Kendell Williams, a two-time Olympian in the women's heptathlon and the No. 6 all-time American competitor and equal to No. 31 in global history with 6,683 points, joins DyeStat editor Erik Boal to discuss being the only returning member for the United States from the trio that competed in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and her aspirations to improve upon a 17th-place finish from five years ago with her two-day schedule Aug. 4-5 in Tokyo. Williams reflects on her experiences from 2016, along with finishing 12th at the World Championships in 2017 in London and fifth in the World final in 2019 in Doha, and how those opportunities have benefited her in preparation for her second Olympics. She analyzes the group of teammates she will be competing with, with Erica Bougard as the No. 4 competitor in U.S. history at 6,725 points and Annie Kunz as the current world leader and No. 5 all-time American performer at 6,703 points, and shares her pride for all three athletes representing the Southeastern Conference, as Williams is pursuing a Masters degree in public relations at Georgia, Bougard graduated from Mississippi State and Kunz is a Texas A&M grad. Williams also examines the group that former Georgia coach Petros Kyprianou is mentoring in addition to her in Tokyo, including American decathlete Garrett Scantling and U.S. triple jumper Jasmine Moore, as well as Estonian decathletes Maicel Uibo, Johannes Erm and Karel Tilga, along with Jamaican long jumper Chanice Porter. She explains what it will require to become only the third American to make the podium in the Olympic heptathlon, joining a silver medal from Hyleas Fountain in 2008, as well as golds from Jackie Joyner-Kersee in both 1988 and 1992, following silver in 1984, and the challenges presented by reigning Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium, in addition to defending World gold medalist Katarina Johnson-Thompson of Great Britain, both capable of surpassing 7,000 points.