When Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi won bronze in the K1 slalom canoeing competition at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics as a mother in her mid-thirties, she knew it marked the end of one journey and the beginning of another. The French-born athlete defied conventions of her era by balancing motherhood and Olympic training, later becoming a pioneering coach who championed gender equality in canoe slalom. Despite facing systemic resistance, Fox-Jerusalmi led the fight to introduce women's canoe singles (C1) to international competition, culminating in its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 – where her daughter Jess Fox claimed the historic first gold medal.

Olympic diver Yona Knight-Wisdom revolutionised his performance through mental imagery: “Because I’ve been through that process so many times in my head, when I get on the board, I’m like, ‘I’ve been here before; I know what I need to think about.’” The Jamaican three-time Olympian reveals how working on his mindset, particularly through visualisation, transformed his diving career and continues to guide his approach to life beyond the platform.