Kahla Preston writes for Honey.nine.com.au
Children often develop intense fixations, and for a young Sally Fitzgibbons it was the Olympic Games.
From age five, she would imagine herself in Rocky-style movie montages as she threw herself into various sports. The "weird infatuation" was only cemented when she saw Cathy Freeman win gold at Sydney 2000.
"Every time I'd finish running around the block or riding my BMX, I'd be like, 'Coming down the home straight, she's gonna...