Thursday, February 25, 2010

Lydia Lassila wins Australia's second gold

Diminutive Lydia Lassila emerged from the Cypress Mountain mist to land two mighty spinning, twisting jumps, and with them Australia's second gold medal of these Winter Games, now the country's most successful. What a great follow-on from Alisa Camplin in Salt Lake City. Lassila's gold was like her mid-air somersaults, triply destined. It was the medal she had always believed would be hers one day, first as a gymnast, for the past 10 years as aerialist who at first was too gung-ho for own wellbeing, but is now complete. Go girls!

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