# @lala_the_diver on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CfKZIC-DoEb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72579623-lala-the-diver-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9c52976be5.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-06-23T21:17:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Laura Wilkinson🥇Athlete Mindset & Performance Coach (@lala_the_diver) — https://gondola.cc/lala_the_diver

## Caption

To celebrate #olympicday here’s what I think was truly the magic moment that led me to Olympic gold🥇.

My foot was shattered 6 months earlier in three places and still had a large bone fragment lodged underneath it.

I had trouble walking up the stairs to the platform let alone putting all my weight on my foot to jump, and this was the same action- throwing toward the platform- that I broke my foot on.

This dive was painful AND scary. I had struggled with it since getting back in the water after breaking my foot.

But before this dive, I realized that what I was doing was so much bigger than just me chasing a goal, and I knew that I had so many people cheering for me and dreaming right alongside me.

When I lifted my arms, I no longer cared about the pain. And I looked fear right in the face and it disappeared.

For God, for my teammates, for everyone that walked that journey with me… in that moment I gave everything I was for them.

That’s what I did in that moment. Not worrying about what already happened or what was to come.

Complete commitment in the moment, for a purpose greater than my own, and for those that didn’t let me give up.

My own Olympic moment is obviously close to my heart, but there have been SO many crazy inspiring moments. I’d love to hear your favorites in the comments!

#olympian #olympicgold #platformdiving #sydneyaustralia #magicmoment #whatdrivesyou #findingpurpose #mywhy #lookfearintheface #faceyourfears #faceyourfear #overcomer #comebackstronger #comebackkid #underdog #darkhorse #olympicdiving #pursuit #whatinspiresyou #betheexample #rolemodel

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magicmoment, lookfearintheface, olympicgold, olympicday, findingpurpose, darkhorse, sydneyaustralia, faceyourfears, pursuit, faceyourfear, whatdrivesyou, comebackstronger, comebackkid, platformdiving, whatinspiresyou, overcomer, underdog, olympicdiving, rolemodel, mywhy, olympian, betheexample

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