A former track and field athlete from suburban Melbourne is milliseconds away from being the best female bob-sledder in the world. Bree Walker made Australian history when she won world cup gold with the last race of the season.
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00:00 Bree Walker always wanted to win gold, she just didn't expect it to be in a bobsled.
00:07 Bree back in the day would never have imagined that I would be doing what I'm doing now.
00:13 This is where it all began, at the Mount Evelyn Athletics Track an hour east of Melbourne.
00:18 Bree grew up here, dreaming of Olympic glory over 400 metres.
00:23 But when injury set her back...
00:25 I just simply googled if we had an Australian bobsled team.
00:29 She's been pushing to win ever since.
00:32 The end game is medal at the Olympics, for sure.
00:38 She's on track, ending this year's bobsleigh season with a World Cup gold and the number two ranking in the world.
00:45 But it almost didn't happen.
00:47 The funding kind of ran out before Lake Placid.
00:50 So Bree funded herself.
00:52 I'm very glad that I did that because it was definitely the highlight of my season.
00:57 And probably the highlight of my career so far.
01:01 After a short break to celebrate, it's straight back to business.
01:05 You never have to be motivating or get her to do the work.
01:10 It's very technical coaching because she has the drive.
01:13 Which is finessed by Bree's mentor and mindset coach, gold medalist Lydia Lassler.
01:18 I think most athletes would say that the physical is like 20% but on game day it's like 80% mind.
01:27 Bree will work on both when she moves to Calgary next month to train with her new push coach.
01:33 As the hurdler from Mount Evelyn sets her sights on Olympic gold in Milan.
01:38 How big do you dream?
01:39 Oh, crazy big.
01:41 It's almost like I'm a little bit delusional sometimes.
01:45 (laughing)
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