Paris 2024 Olympics: Aussie high jumper Eleanor Patterson’s journey

Australian high jumper from regional Victoria to star in Paris Olympics.

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00:00 It's pretty cool to be bringing Aussies to the world and putting our mark on the world

00:07 as far as athletics goes.

00:08 It's wild to think that I came from such a small town where there was no athletics track,

00:13 often had to travel over an hour to get to an athletics track.

00:16 All my family's from Llangatha and that's where I grew up.

00:19 So much support from home, which is incredible.

00:21 The community always has supported me and cheered me on from afar.

00:25 But yeah, it's cool to see Llangatha taking the world on.

00:36 I always knew I was capable of it and then all of a sudden the rest of the world knew

00:39 and so it was quite a lot to take in at first.

00:42 I would like to think that given results my major championships are my bread and butter

00:47 and so I'm really looking forward to Paris this year.

00:50 [Music]