Well today, on the one year anniversary of that particular night, where I anxiously awaited the final stretch of our RoadtoRio for my first Olympic Games, I’m going to share with you a few of my own thoughts – taken straight out of my diary from 3rd August 2016…well, with just a few small edits!

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“I’m really exhausted right now, but decided it was too big of day not to have my thoughts written down. Tomorrow I fly to Rio! I think once I reach that Olympic village, that is when I will consider myself an Olympian – and then obviously officially an Olympian when I’ve finished competing. But I have made it! It’s so amazing! I am really excited to fly out to Rio and I think it will become more real once I am there – not that I will have time to think about it –…