“We know competing at a home worlds on home soil, being Americans, is a really special feeling," said Chock, who along with Bates took bronze at the 2016 worlds in Boston.
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“America has always had a very global reach when it comes to politics and culture," Chock said, reflecting on that cafe encounter, "but we never really saw that truly reflected in her until that moment, when it was like, 'Oh, OK.
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