Olympic champions Ian Thorpe, Leisel Jones and Holly Lincoln-Smith have both inspired and entertained a crowd of nearly 700 people in Armidale.
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With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics just around the corner (unless derailed by the coronavirus), PLC Armidale brought the Olympics Unleashed program to Armidale, which featured the trio, on Friday.
The presentation was open to students, their families and the general public and definitely proved popular.
From the get-go, the crowd were hooked with Thorpe talked of how he began his career in the pool right through to his gold medal feats.
The crowd learned of Thorpe's initial hiccups in the pool, including is dislike for getting his head wet and his allergy to chlorine.
Thorpe began competing against men when he was 12-years-old, was in the national team at 14 and then was a world champion at 15 before becoming an Olympian at 17.
One year out from the Sydney 2000 Games, Thorpe snapped his ankle and spoke of how he came back from that to win three golds and two silver medals.
Jones also didn't have the best start to her swimming career, sinking to the bottom of the pool in her first swimming lesson.
Not only did Jones talk about her swimming career but her love for the country and The Welder's Dog.
But it was Lincoln-Smith who had the crowd in awe.
She didn't begin playing water polo until she was 13-years-old and spoke about the contract she wrote herself at that age to one day compete at the Olympics.
Lincoln-Smith didn't have backing from a lot of outside sources during her time in the pool but believed she could achieve what she set out to do, and what she eventually did.
When she was struck down by illness during the 2012 Olympics, she battled through and urged her coach to put her in the pool against China in the quarter finals.
Despite not being able to eat for three days and beginning the match on the bench, Lincoln-Smith managed to get in the pool and deliver the goal which saw her side draw with China and then eventually beat them in extra time.
They went on to win the bronze medal against Hungary.
While the 2016 Rio campaign wasn't a successful one for the Australian women's water polo team, Lincoln-Smith emphasised the importance of giving everything a go and not living with 'what ifs.'
After the speeches by the athletes, the crowd, who were still buzzing from the speeches, then ventured outside to mingle with the trio.