It is surely a good sign for Michelle Heyman’s hopes of going to Paris that she was chosen to model the Australian Olympic team’s opening ceremony uniforms – but she’s not jumping to conclusions.
Michelle Heyman will spend the next six weeks training with a men’s team as she awaits official confirmation that she will return to the Olympics with the Matildas – after admitting she “panicked” under the pressure of her debut Games eight years ago.on Wednesday morning but is not reading too much into her role as a human mannequin, aware of the difficulty coach Tony Gustavsson is facing in finalising his 18-player squad.
“But I have no idea what’s going on in Tony’s head. Fingers crossed, I’ll be wearing this jacket soon.” “It’s been a lot of information that I’ve been taking in, feeling really confident within my own ability, and just going to continue to push on the things that I need to work on,” she said. Heyman was part of the team that reached the quarter-finals at Rio 2016, where they lost to Brazil on penalties. So much has changed since – her own confidence, the progression of women’s football and the stunning rise of the Matildas as Australia’s favourite national side.“At Rio, I panicked,” she said.
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