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  23. JESSICA FOX

  As the daughter of two World Champions canoe slalom athletes, Jess Fox has been in the water since she was six months old. Jess joins Sam Squiers to discuss making her Olympic debut at 18, leading the way for women in her sport and how it felt to break her parents’ records to become the greatest individual paddler of all time.

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  22. CASEY DELLACQUA

  Before Casey Dellacqua became a household name in Australian tennis, she spent years sharing hotel beds with her teammates and using her prize money to buy her own equipment. Casey joins Sam Squiers to discuss the media’s cruel focus on her weight, financial barriers to a career in professional tennis, the concussion that forced the end of her singles career and the public comments made by tennis great Margaret Court about her family.

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  21. CAROLINE BUCHANAN

  An off-road vehicle accident threatened not only Caroline Buchanan’s career in BMX and mountain bike riding, but her life. Caroline joins Sam Squiers to discuss competing at the BMX World Championships at nine years old, how she used breathing to stay calm during a gruelling four hour trip to hospital with life-threatening injuries and her two year recovery to get back into sport.