42-year-old US diver makes an inspiring return to the sport after having four kids and undergoing spinal fusion surgery
A banner for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics is seen behind a traffic sign, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease , in Tokyo, Japan, March 23, 2020.
It was a new millennium and Wilkinson, despite being hobbled by a broken foot, had just spectacularly won gold on the 10-metre platform at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Her triumph ended Chinese domination of the event stretching back to the 1984 Los Angeles Games.Comebacks have long been a staple of the sporting genre but Wilkinson's return has all the elements of a unique feel-good story.
Living with the risk that one small miss-step while crashing into the water at 61 km/h might leave you a paraplegic adds another layer of drama to what is already a compelling return. That record currently belongs to China's Wu Minxia, who was 30 when she won the synchronized three metre springboard at the 2016 Rio Games.
She had two children with her husband Eriek and adopted two more but the sport took up permanent residence in the back of her mind. As a young girl Wilkinson's goal was to become a gymnast but a growth spurt in her early teens ended that dream. So she switched to diving only to be told she was too old for a new sport and was kicked off her high school team.
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