Watch: How David Taylor won a dramatic Olympic gold that fulfilled a childhood promise

Originally posted on NBC Sports | Last updated 4/18/24

David Taylor walks through his thrilling gold medal match against Iran's Hassan Yazdani at the Tokyo Olympics, the culmination of a quest for Olympic glory that began when he was 8 years old.

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