Tasmania’s 2015 Athlete of the Year, champion cyclist Amy Cure, candidly admits stress is “always” with her. “Leading up to selection of making a team, leading into an event, the week before and even on race day, these are always stressful times for me, when my hands start to sweat,” says Cure, who is in Europe preparing for the Rio Olympics.
“I know this is all part of being an elite athlete. One of the most important things is to find out how to overcome this and turn it around into a positive. You need to learn how to make stress your friend.”
