# @lala_the_diver on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DO8zb2VjeI5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36731507-lala-the-diver-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-23T15:38:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Laura Wilkinson🥇Athlete Mindset & Performance Coach (@lala_the_diver) — https://gondola.cc/lala_the_diver

## Caption

On this day 25 years ago, I began to live out my dream.

It was the prelims of my first Olympic Games. 

When I look back at my pictures, I’m not in a lot of them.

The images are flooded with Olympic rings, lit torches and stadiums full of spectators.

I had been dreaming about that since I was 8 years old. Now here I was, walking it out.

After an okay but not great prelim, I was feeling all the internal battles that night as the next morning would be semi finals followed by a ridiculously long wait and then finals… the medal rounds.

I was feeling the full weight of my entire life that night.

But instead of running away scared or trying to distract myself, I chose to go sit on my bed alone and deal with it.

I thought of all the things that made me scared from failing to winning, and I walked through every possible scenario. 

What was I left with?

Hope.
Determination.
Motivation.

I realized that no matter happened that next day, I would overcome. And that set me free.

Now I love teaching athletes how to use these same tools to breakthrough plateaus, mental blocks, fear and pressure. 

And when you learn how to breakthrough, the enjoyment of your sport begins to thrive once again.

Join the waitlist to find out more about my new program that I’m unleashing tomorrow! 
Join here —> Link in bio 🥇

#olympicgames #olympian #platformdiving #olympicgold #athletemindset #mindsetcoaching #breakthroughmoments #sydney #sydneyolympics

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sydney, olympicgames, olympian, mindsetcoaching, athletemindset, platformdiving, breakthroughmoments, sydneyolympics, olympicgold

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