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Rio 2016: I want to connect more with youth, says Kristi Castlin

Updated on: 19 August,2016 08:29 AM IST  | 
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Kristi Castlin dedicated her 100m hurdles medal to victims of gun violence after helping the United States claim a historic podium sweep in the event on Wednesday

Rio 2016: I want to connect more with youth, says Kristi Castlin

Kristi Castlin. Pic/AFP

Rio de Janeiro: Kristi Castlin dedicated her 100m hurdles medal to victims of gun violence after helping the United States claim a historic podium sweep in the event on Wednesday.


Kristi Castlin. Pic/AFP
Kristi Castlin. Pic/AFP


Castlin, whose father was shot dead in 2000, later said she hoped to work to help victims of gun violence.


"I want to connect more with young people that have been victims of gun violence. I feel, when I was young, I definitely had a lot of good guidance but sometimes I didn't have someone of my age that I really could talk too," said Castlin.

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