Episode 25 - High Vaultage
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Eliza McCartney leapt into our lives in 2016 with a brilliant Olympic bronze as a 19-year-old with a smile as wide as the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Two years later she soared to what is still the world's fifth highest women's vault of all time but there were warning signs of injury troubles which would ultimately cost her a trip to Tokyo & see her effectively start from scratch. Now a rebuilt & renewed athlete has ripped up the runway in 2023 already armed with a ticket to Budapest & beyond.
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