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Breaststroke, Red Snakes, And Real Estate: Abbey Harkin on Mastering Performance, Pressure & Perspective
What does it take to miss your Olympic dream by a tenth of a second and still choose to sprint toward the next start line? In this episode of the Mastering Podcast, host Magnus Olsen and co-hosts Lucas Meadowcroft and Don Sanka sit down with Australian swimming powerhouse Abbey Harkin for a raw, energising conversation about heartbreak, healing, and the decision to double down on the future.Abbey opens up about the Paris trials, the three-day whirlwind as her partner headed to the Games, and the messy honesty of wanting to quit before choosing to rebuild. She takes us inside the strange logic…
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