'Crazy' list of perks Matildas were once denied
Eight years after she “panicked” at her first Olympic Games, Michelle Heyman struggled to comprehend the new landscape.
The Matildas striker has the potential to be one of the best Australian stories of Paris 2024, having ended a five year retirement to answer an SOS following superstar Sam Kerr’s season ending knee injury.
The likeable 35-year-old was the most sought after of the 10 uniform modelling athletes made available to media 100 days out from the Games.
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“You get to sleep in your own room, without a roommate. The quality of recovery, they really care about your recovery side of things. So we have the ice baths, we have the protein, we have like 26 staff.
“I think back in the day we had 10 if we were lucky. So now there’s pretty much one staff per person if you really thought about it. They’ve set you up to be successful within the Matildas and you can see that now.
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