Melissa Wu is an Australian treasure- and of course Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games Diving medallist! Starting diving at 10, Melissa immediately fell in love with the sport… and here we are 20 years later. In 2008 she was the youngest Australian ever to win an Olympic medal in diving, and she is still medalling including in Tokyo 2020 Olympics where she won Bronze in the 10metre platform.
But she doesn’t much like water!
We talk motivation and how Melissa remains focussed and in the moment.
More recently she has been on SAS Australia, and she explains why a professional athlete would want to go on a reality TV show, and what she learned from the experience.
04:20 Melissa’s dislike of water!
06:20 Melissa gets captivated by diving
08:30 Shout out to Ruby!
10:20 What about motivation?- how Melissa gets and stays motivated
13:10 What about failure?
15:00 Subjectiveness in diving
17:45 Emotional regulation techniques
21:50 Why Tim couldn’t dive from the 10 metre tower
25:30 Poolside Sudoku!
27:20 How does synchro diving work- how do you prepare as a pair?
32:20 Tower, pool and venue differences
38:30 Talking SAS Australia- why did Melissa commit to the show?
40:40 Bodyweight and moving mass- how did Melissa go?
42:20 What Melissa learned about herself from the show?
47:40 When Melissa got gassed (tear gassed!)
50:00 How supportive were the instructors?
52:00 What happens on selection courses when people don’t receive feedback?
56:20 What does Melissa do for Melissa?
1:01:10 The Plans for Commonwealth Games 2022
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Music
Mitchell Martin - available on Spotify
The Externals – available on Spotify
Ben Frichot - available on Spotify
S5E8 – Riana Crehan ‘Suffers Well’; From Supercars to SAS Australia
S5E7 – MAJGEN Justin “Jake” Ellwood DSC AM CSC – On Running (an Army Division, the Queensland Reconstruction Authority….and in general!)
S5E6 – Dr. Luana Main – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of stress and (over)training
@RV31 - Reconciliation, Travel and Reflections on Guests
S5E5 – Rachel Vickery “Don’t Fix Broken – Create Awesome”
S5E4– Creativity Builds Resilience: Artists in Foxholes @fova.org.au
S5E3– Ian Prior: How Professional Athletes Stay In the Arena
S5E2– Dr Rob Barbour: SAS Doctor Out of Africa
S5E1B – Jaz Diab – Special Forces Nuclear Scientist, Nerd and Mum! Part B
S5E1A – Jaz Diab: Special Forces Nuclear Scientist, Nerd and Mum! Part A
@RV30 – The Season 5 Kick Off
Season 5- We are (ALL) back on the cans
Season 5 - And We're Back!
Special Episode- Vale Tim Robertson: Forever the Chronic Overachiever
@RV29 – Events and Reflections: The Year in Review
S4E21- Ben and Tim on the Golds Gym Podcast
S4E20 – Senator David Van – Politics and Conflict, at home and abroad
S4E19 – Brad McIlroy: Beyond the Bali Bombing
S4E18 – Associate Professor Justine Gatt: Providing a COMPAS to navigate wellbeing and resilience
S4E17 – Life in Bloom: Sam and Cam Bloom on Life, Adversity, Growth and Love
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