Australian - Athlete | October 24, 1990 -
I get called Pink quite a lot. The Pink of the Action Sport World. Or Queen of the Dirt - some call me that.
Caroline Buchanan
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I am just this small-town Canberra girl that's taken riding a little kid's bike on dirt tracks to the highest level.
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BMX is still a young sport in Olympic terms. So the sport science behind it is also relatively new. As a program, it's only going to get better as the sport gets bigger and more extreme.
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I've always been a bit of a daredevil, even as a little girl with a pretty high pain tolerance and things like that.
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Mum and dad would drive me to the ACT Academy of Sport gym at 5 A.M., sit in the car and read a book, and then drive me to school. I appreciated it when I was younger, but I didn't really understand how much they were putting into it. Now I look at budgets of $70,000 to compete, and I think, 'Wow, they've put so much into this.'
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At the end of the day, I'm riding a little kid's bike around a track; that's what I've done for as long as I can remember. Now it's just on a bigger stage at the Olympics.
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When I compete, I love a huge crowd, expectation, pressure, and I like to have nerves: the butterflies flying and my hands shaking. This way, I am completely amped, focused, and ready; otherwise, I tend to be to relaxed, content, and don't perform at my maximal potential.
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I quickly realised that there is no 'I' in team. So I am so fortunate to have a supportive family that has been there for me since day one.
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I definitely thrive off adversity. I know it's always up from there.
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I've always been very competitive - that runs in our family. I'd always try to beat my brother. I'd race the boys and wanted to beat them. They toughened me up. They didn't treat me like a girl.
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The majority of the time, I'm just in my team training clothes or work-out gear, but whenever I'm killing time, I always like to watch 'Project Runway' or 'America's Next Top Model.'
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I think, in BMX, it's a lot like horse racing. I wouldn't really bet on it.
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