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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

CALLUM WATSON

CROSS COUNTRY SKIER

AND WINTER OLYMPIAN

ention Cross Country skiing
Mand the tendency is to think
of Scandinavia or North America
or somewhere with vast open
spaces white with snow. So it is not
generally a sport that you associate
with Australians. However, Callum
Watson is an Australian who has
taken up the sport and, despite a
near fatal skiing accident in 2014,
now competes with the best in the
World. He will be competing at the
2018 Pyeong Chang Olympics - one
of roughly 40 Australian athletes
competing at the Winter Olympics,
which makes him one of a pretty
select field. Callum has the highest
recorded VO2max in Australia.

Here TOUCHLINE catches up with
Callum to find out a little more about
his achievements and ambitions.

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