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<p>Not many of us have won Olympic Gold. And even fewer of us have jumped over a 6m high bar. But Australian pole vaulting champion Steve Hooker has done both. And boy oh boy does he have a story to tell!? That was rhetorical btw, he definitely does have a story to tell.<br><br>What would you do if you were the best in the world at something one day, and then the next day you suddenly couldn’t do that thing anymore?? At all. That’s pretty much what happened to Steve. And on this episode he tells childhood friends Hugh and Josh, along with newhood friend Ryan, how he was able to get through that and how it affected his mental health.<br><br>To donate to the Community Spirit Foundation through the sMile relay event, follow this link: <a href="https://bit.ly/3Sg33WL">https://bit.ly/3Sg33WL</a><br><br>To buy ticket's to the Zatopek race where Hugh, Steve, Brendan and Simon will be attempting to break the 400m relay record (in the mens 40-44 age group), follow this link <em>(and remember use the code "theimperfects" at the top of the ticket listing for $5 of the proceeds to be donated to the Community Spirit Foundation)</em>: <a href="https://bit.ly/473VKW8">https://bit.ly/473VKW8</a><br><br>To watch Steve's winning jump in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, follow this link: <a href="https://bit.ly/40cDuYl">https://bit.ly/40cDuYl</a></p> <p>To watch the pink dildo security camera footage, follow this link: <a href="https://bit.ly/40dbF2c">https://bit.ly/40dbF2c</a></p> <p>For app recommendation, Calm, (compassion and loving kindness meditations), follow this link: <a href="https://bit.ly/3MhcRMe">https://bit.ly/3MhcRMe</a></p> <p>For book recommendation, Positivity, by Barbra Fredrickson, follow this link: <a href="https://bit.ly/3FxjBSf">https://bit.ly/3FxjBSf</a></p> <p> </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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