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Michelle Ford, Olympic Champion – Turning The Tide, PART 2: The Voices Kept Telling Herb \u00a0On The Final Lap In Moscow: \u201cLet\u2019s do this, Michelle.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0A devoted family and her coaches supported Michelle Ford’s dreams and desires to become an Olympic champion as she juggled the rigorous daily training routines, so much time away from school and home.<\/p>\n

All the time encouraged by the wise words of wisdom and support of her family and in particular her grandfather, Ollie Alldis.<\/p>\n

There are so many issues and extraordinary exposes, from a time when teenage athletes were sent on adventures away from home that none of us could possibly imagine or believe if they were not documented in the pages of Michelle Ford, Olympic Champion –Turning The Tide.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

An Olympic gold medallist whose father and grandfather told a 10-year-old Michelle as they watched Shane Gould<\/strong> swim her way to Olympic stardom in Munich in 1972: \u201cThat could be you one day!\u201d<\/p>\n

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BRAVE NEW WAVE: Michelle Ford celebrates Moscow gold. Photo Russ McPhedran (Hanson Media Collection)<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s also just as much a story about her grandfather who stood by his grand-daughter through thick and thin \u2013 and who encouraged her to follow her dreams and to follow her heart, to believe that anything is possible.<\/p>\n

Moscow is where Michelle Ford would finally have her day in the sun and become the Olympic champion, carrying the memory of her grandfather Ollie Alldis, through every stroke of every one of the 16 laps in the race of her life.<\/p>\n

Ollie was a World War II veteran, who fought for Australia in the Middle East for three years and returned home to have a profound influence on his family and a granddaughter who would remember his every word of advice and every word of encouragement.<\/p>\n

Michelle writing:\u201d I kept returning to my grandfather\u2019s words, the quest he\u2019d set me and the confidence he\u2019d given me\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

Voices in her head as she embarked on the last lap in her Olympic 800m gold medal final, with three swimmers in blue swimsuits snapping at her heels in the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s do this, Michelle,\u201d said those voices.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy voice, my coach\u2019s voice, the American voices of US legend Tracy Caulkins and her Nashville team in the US (where she prepared for the Games under Aussie coach Don Talbot) but who had their own dreams crushed by the US led boycott; the voices of my parents, and my grandfather and all those who\u2019d supported me through thick and thin.\u201d<\/p>\n

A grandfather who kept a diary of all her times, suggesting at the age of 10 she might bring home a gold herself one day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI laughed but he looked me straight in the eye and said, \u201cMichelle, here is what I will do. If you break a senior NSW State record, I will give you $10; a National record, $15\u2019<\/p>\n

“Interesting (thought Michelle) But it would be a long time, if ever, before he would have to pay I suggested.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe ignored me and got back to his quest: \u201cIf you win the Australian titles, another $30, then a world record $100.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know the value of money, but I sensed that it was a ludicrous amount. But the challenge of the \u2018game\u2019 intrigued me!<\/p>\n

\u201cI now thought he was joking but the spark caught hold. What if?<\/p>\n

\u201cHe went on\u2014 \u2018Commonwealth record, Commonwealth medal, Olympic medal and then, out it came: Olympic gold gets $500. It seemed so far out of reach (at the time) that it was insane, a fantasy of his aspiration for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

But a man who kept the dream alive\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI had achieved the impossible, the unthinkable, the quest my grandfather had challenged me to take on\u2026.I proved to myself that I was capable of anything. I was no longer that<\/p>\n

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TIME TO CELEBRATE: Michelle Ford (centre) with from left, Isa Wye (Team manager), Karen Van Der Graaf, team coach Joe King and Lisa Curry. Photo Courtesy Russ McPhedran (Hanson Media Collection).<\/p><\/div>\n

little girl on the sofa nodding to \u201cThat could be you one day\u201d but not truly believing\u2026.<\/p>\n

A man who had made it all the way to Montreal in 1976 to cheer her on at her first Olympics, tragically passing away the same year, four years prior to Michelle\u2019s Moscow triumphs.<\/p>\n

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“By the time we arrived in Montreal, I hadn\u2019t seen my parents in months. I was delighted when they finally got tickets. They rented a little terraced house not far from The Village. My grandfather, my biggest supporter, travelled with them. He was devoted to my career.I cherished the time with my parents and grandfather. It made me feel supported again, and able to rebuild and get my head in the right place for the job ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI would never forget the door my grandfather had opened in my heart and mind. He was the one who told me I could be right up there with the best. I carried his belief, strength, and spirit with me into the next chapters of my swimming story.\u201d<\/p>\n

A proud grandfather and an Aussie schoolgirl both believing that dreams can come true\u2026.and against any odds\u2026.<\/p>\n

Michelle Ford, Olympic Champion – Turning The Tide<\/strong> (With Craig Lord) Fair Play Publishing.<\/p>\n

US Swimming legend and three-time Olympic gold medallist and her 1980 training partner Tracy Caulkins<\/strong>\u00a0will launch Michelle Ford, Olympic Champion – Turning The Tide<\/strong> in Sydney today, March 11.<\/p>\n

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