After winning three silver medals across four Paralympics, Madison De Rozario credited wheelchair racing legend Louise Sauvage with giving her the belief she could go one better | tomdecent SMHsport
Madison de Rozario has credited Australian wheelchair racing legend Louise Sauvage for instilling in her the confidence that she could clinch a maiden gold medal after executing her race plan to perfection to chalk up Australia’s first win on the track at the Paralympics.
It was a morale-boosting victory for Team Australia after a two-and-a-half day gold medal drought across all sports at the Games. De Rozario has come close before. After three silver medals across four Paralympic Games, doubts began to crystallise in her mind. “Winning silver is usually my go-to at these Games. I’m notorious for it,” de Rozario said.“This feels different to a world title and it feels nice to check this off. In sport, a lot of your identity quickly gets wrapped up in your results, which is unfortunate, but it’s what we lean in to and are encouraged to lean in to get the best of ourselves.
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