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Big dreams wrestle bitter truths as three teenage girls pursue Olympic history. Shot over seven years, this coming-of-ag | dG1fY2EzNm1GOW1iTWM
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00:01Come on!
00:022020 is going to be the first time ever that skateboarding is an Olympic event.
00:06Are you guys skater girls?
00:07Yeah.
00:08I hope to qualify. I'm so excited.
00:11Hayley Wilson.
00:13The Australian champ.
00:14Ava Godfrey.
00:15Top three in the country.
00:17How about Charlotte Heath?
00:18A horse to be reckoned with.
00:20Do you want to win the Olympics?
00:22I want to be the best in the world.
00:24Looking back at those little girls from eight years ago,
00:26is there anything you'd want to say to them?
00:28You don't know what's to come.
00:30I'm joined by 12-year-old Olympic hopeful.
00:33A lot of the other sports will have age limits, but skating doesn't.
00:36You're throwing a very young person into a dog-eat-dog situation.
00:41There is pressure, and everyone wants a piece of you.
00:44She's got to go next level.
00:45They have to perform.
00:46She's only in primary school.
00:48I think I've spent $2,000 to get here.
00:50It's our last chance to qualify.
00:52Coach was pretty nice, yeah.
00:53I wasn't speaking to my parents, but I felt like I had to keep going.
00:57What?
00:59Do you have any AKAs?
01:00And there's pressure just building.
01:02She stopped hanging out with friends.
01:04How nervous are you?
01:05This is her entire teenage experience.
01:07This is not just a contest.
01:08I'm excited to make Australia proud.
01:10This is the Olympic Games.
01:12Oh, my God!
01:13It's not what skateboarding should be about.
01:15You know, to just go skate with friends and have a good time.
01:19As soon as I stopped skating, I realized I'm an actual teenager.
01:25I did it to make other people happy.
01:29First place once again.
01:30I really want my own life now.
01:32Are you involved?
01:33Well, not yet.
01:34Coffee?
01:35Yes.
01:36You don't have to be the person that everybody wants you to be.
01:43Just trying to figure out who you are and where you stand.
01:47I get a feeling of freedom.
01:49No.
01:50ends.
01:51Totally.
01:52You!
01:53You!
01:54You!
01:55Only knowing that all have to be better, that luckily we。
01:58Yeah, we can do this a awesome day, I'm one-way going to my brain now.
02:12Yeah?
02:13YouANT!
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