“My most successful years have been the year after the Olympic Games where you learn from those mistakes, failures and hard times and build upon it. I wouldn’t be an 8 times World Champion now without what happened at those two Olympic Games. Every time it’s lit that fire and that’s very important in a long career I’ve been racing BMX since I was 5”
My special guest is Caroline Buchanan. Caroline is an 8 times World Champion which is 3 times BMX and 5 times Mountain Biking, while she also is a two time Olympian having represented Australia in London 2012 and Brazil in 2016.
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You will learn plenty about Caroline Buchanan in episode 44 of Talking with TK.
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TIME STAMPS
3:50 – Welcome Caroline Buchanan
4:15 – Winning her 8th World Championship
5:30 – Difference between BMX and Mountain Biking
8:25 – Celebrating wins
10:00 – The first World Championship
11:50 – Business side of the sport
14:00 – Self Education and Social Media
18:35 – Living the ride
22:45 – Competitiveness with Barry Nobles
26:00 – Mentoring the next generation
29:00 – Strengths vs. Weaknesses
31:08 – Tour friendships and bonds
32:25 – Learning from the Olympics
37:15 – Pressure prior to the Olympics
39:00 – Finding balance and performing at her best
40:00 – Visualisation
43:55 – Having a great Inner circle
44:41 – Typical week of preparation
47:00 – The start line
48:48 – The inside lane
52:29 – The Olympic Moment
53:09 – Posters on her bedroom wall growing up
56:24 – 5 People she would invite to a private dinner party
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