The secret lives of sportswomen, part 2 :
Female athletes are intriguing, inspiring, multidimensional women – it’s not all training and bulk-buy protein powder. We guarantee they are at least as fascinating as those other #fitspo chicks you follow on Insta. So, in the lead-up to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (April 4–15), we take a peek inside their lives and minds. Meet Hockeyroos captain Emily Smith…
Emily Smith thought she was just visiting the Hockeyroos training base in Perth as a junior athlete to get a taste of squad life. But she made her first national debut that same year and, seven years later, the NSW-born hockey player is still there. “At the end of 2011 I got lucky – one of the girls got injured and I happened to be playing well at the time and the selectors said, ‘Well you may as well have a go [playing for the Australian Hockeyroos].’” Her first big comp? “Um, actually the London 2012 Olympics,” she says. Oh yep, that’s pretty big.
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der January 2018-Ausgabe von Women's Health Australia.
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