Eight years like an eternity.
How far Perrine Laffont has come since 2014, when she discovered – a carefree little 15-year-old kid – the Olympic Games in Sochi.
Some athletes burn their wings so early in wanting to climb too high too quickly, but not the Pyrenean who took the time to work properly to win Olympic gold four years later in Pyeongchang.
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How quickly!
she smiles.
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Frankly, I feel like Sochi was last week and Pyeongchang was yesterday.
I tell myself that it's incredible to live my third Games at only 23 years old.
In a sports career, it's so crazy.
I did not imagine that eight years ago.
I'm so in my thing, in this obsession to improve myself that I don't realize what it represents.
I measure the progress made, in the sense that obviously I feel that I am no longer the little teenager who discovered the Games with big eyes.
I grew up, matured...
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