If you wish to win a gold medal, who higher to enlist as a mentor than somebody who’s already achieved it?
That is the case for Australia’s Olympic Winter Games medal hope Bree Walker, who gave a particular perception into the skilled and private relationship she shares with 2010 gold medallist Lydia Lassila.
Walker beamed into 9’s protection from Cortina with Lassila on the panel subsequent to host Allison Langdon.
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Langdon requested Walker concerning the affect of the previous aerial skiier, and it gave a sign into how a lot they push one another.
“We’re not the lovey dovey sort, we do not inform one another how a lot we love one another so Lydia cowl your ears after I say good issues about you,” Walker stated.
Bree Walker on 9’s protection. 9
“However I do love you,” Lassila replied earlier than Walker chuckled and added an “I do adore you, simply cowl your ears”.
On the Olympic Winter Insitute of Australia’s web site, Walker lists Lassila as her grownup hero, together with Serena Williams, and it is clear they’ve a particular bond.
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“I would not be the athlete or particular person I’m immediately with out her (Lassila),” she stated.
“5 years in the past Lydia taught me all the pieces she knew about easy methods to step it up, to carry out on the prime stage, to be a relentless medal contender and I’ve learnt a lot from her over time.
“She turned any individual I regarded to for steerage in many alternative issues; in performing, in teaching selections, damage administration but in addition simply life generally. I used to be very, very fortunate to have Lydia in my life.”
Lydia Lassila together with her gold medal. Getty
Lassila gave a spherical of compliments again earlier than laughing and saying “you do precisely what I ask of you, you do what you are advised”.
Walker’s final Winter Olympic Video games was at Beijing in 2022 the place she completed fifth within the girls’s monobob occasion.
