Max Hatzoglou
Australian gold medal lawn bowler Carla Krizanic departed her Sunbury home last Thursday to take flight to the Gold Coast in preparation for the 2021 Australian Champion of Champions.
The 2021 event was postponed last November and rescheduled to run over the weekend from April 23.
Krizanic won gold playing among a team of four in the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.
More recently Krizanic won silver in the 2020 national championships, which is the same competition she will compete in this time around.
Speaking to Krizanic at the Melbourne Airport on the way to the event last Thursday, she expressed her excitement for the competition which has brought a different challenge to her this year.
“I can’t wait because it’s been a long time since I won the state one which leads onto this so obviously it got postponed back in October last year so it feels like a long time coming, so I’m very excited to finally get a chance to go and play,” she said.
“The preps definitely been different to what I anticipated it would have been.
“Back when I was supposed to play I would have been about 34 weeks pregnant so instead, I’ve got a four-month old baby with me so the prep hasn’t been ideal.
“I’m a bit busy with the kids these days so I’m going in with no great expectations but hoping to just play my singles game the way I know I can.
Despite the interrupted preparation, Krizanic said it has benefited her bowling in other ways through having more hunger to perform when she can gets out to events and using the time she gets to train more effectively.
“It would be very nice to take home a gold medal,” she said.
“Definitely this event is a bit different preparation for me but sometimes that’s a good thing as well.
“Just hoping to go well yeah and to bring home some extra luggage, that’ll be awesome.”
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Max Hatzoglou
