10 at hl e t ic s
10 at hl e t ic s
And good she is. Very good. At the recent Youth Olympic Games, after proudly flying the Australian flag in the opening ceremony, it was only world junior champion and world youth best holder from Sweden, Angelica Bengtsson, who kept her from a gold medal. Yet despite the genetics, the expertise, the professionalism and the results, one senses the largest influence on Liz’ s budding career is her sister Vicky. It was all too evident when I caught up to her following her maiden win at the national championships in Perth, where she cleared a personal best of 4.40m, but where Vicky performed below her ability and missed a place in the Commonwealth Games team.“ She’ s not necessarily another competitor because she is one of the closest people to me and it is upsetting when she doesn’ t go well,” Liz said.“ But I know that I will be able to speak to her and comfort her after the event and that I needed to do my job now.“ No matter what, whether she wins or I win, we’ re always going to be sisters and our relationship is never going to change. She’ ll have her bad days and I’ ll have my bad days, but in the end, we’ re still sisters.” When Liz steps up to the run way in Delhi, it was a journey that essentially started four years prior.“ Knowing Vic could do it, it really made me realise that I have a chance as well.”