Laura Coles navigates career crossroads to realise Olympic goal

 

Laura Coles navigates career crossroads to realise Olympic goal

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 Laura Coles of Australia competes in the womens skeet qualifying at Barry Buddon Shooting Centre during day two of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on July 25, 2014 in Carnoustie, United Kingdom. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

As a young girl growing up on her family’s property in Busselton, 222 kilometres south of Perth, Laura Coles would idle the hours away riding her Quarterhorse, Lady, and dreaming of becoming an Olympic equestrian rider. Even at such a young age, Coles had developed an inner drive and ambition to excel.