In Their Own Words: Australian Olympians Assess Their Chances
Posted by Jimmie R. Markham | August 2, 2008
Craig Mottram (5000m):
"I am actually very relaxed and chilled out, which is a very good thing and the extreme opposite to how I was feeling this time last year leading into the world championships."
Steve Hooker (pole vault):
"I’m not a superstitious person – no photos, no mementos, no rituals, no lucky underpants. I just train hard, then go out on the track and have fun on competition day."
Sally McLellan (100m hurdles):
"I just have to get in there and run the bloody race of my life and whatever result comes out of it, it will be the best I can do."
Donna MacFarlane (3000m steeplechase):
“When someone I don’t even know says ‘good luck’ in the street it hits you that you are going. I feel good."
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