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I think I've always just loved doing sport.

Javelin was just one of them things where I just picked it up and then I threw it and everyone was like, "Can you describe the difference between the pressures you face as an athlete and the pressures you face just as Holly?"

I'm so lucky and privileged to be in the position I am to represent my country.

Sometimes I identify myself as I've got to be this sort of gold medal winning and I've got to do this and I've got to show the world I can do this and want to make people proud of me and be a good role model in one way.

But sometimes you also lose yourself within that and maybe forget that I am just Holly.

I guess that takes us on to social media.

I certainly live in a society now which everyone feels like it's scrutinized with what you put out.

So, I think it's just having that confidence to be like, you know what, this is me.

I'm not perfect.

Can you describe what happened in Paris?

Yeah.

Paris is quite a hard one.

I wanted to get that gold medal and unfortunately I came away with a bronze, which is amazing.

Bronze is just an amazing achievement for myself and my own goals.

I wanted to go out there and win the gold medal.

It was like, you're never going to win a gold medal again.

Like, you've let everybody down.

You've sacrificed so much and you still haven't done it.

It was just heartache.

I felt broken.

And it took a second.

It took a long time to heal.

Mhm.

So, but hey, like it's been a journey and we're still back here and we're still training and you're still fighting.

We're still fighting.

Like there's so much to be happy about.

And one day when I'm old, really old, like I say, when you're a grandma, when I'm really old and hopefully I’ve got kids and grandkids, I can be like, I did that.

Yeah.

This is what I did.

With your mental health journey as well, Jill, do you feel a similar way?

I left my mental health journey way too long before I admitted that I needed help.

I was very broken, but slowly and surely I did get sort of put together, didn't I?

And obviously the family was the glue putting us all together, I suppose, wasn't it?

I feel like maybe as parents you only see yourself as Ashen and Holly's mom.

No, you're Jill.

That's who you are.

How do you feel since you've made the decision to put your hand up and say, "I'm not okay"?

That first step of actually admitting that there's an issue is the biggest step you can take.

And once you've taken that step, then things can only get better.

And I think it's about having an amazing support system around you.

It allows you to open up to be able to do something as simple as having a sit‑down meal with your family or your friends, going for a walk, whatever that may be.

It's just so nice that we get to do this and actually have a conversation together.

Definitely.

Cheers to us.

Let's tuck in.