‘I want to be the one that’s determining my fate’
Ko is taking motivation from a documentary she has watched here in Paris about gymnast Simone Biles.
“It is called Rising and I found it so inspirational,” Ko said. “As an outsider, we never know what the person is going through. For her to have been so vulnerable, I think it inspires a lot of people and it inspired me.
“I loved a few of the quotes so much that I’ve written them in my yardage book. The one that has most stuck with me was, ‘I get to write my own ending’. Sometimes we get carried on about things that we can’t control, and if I can do a good job of the things that I can control, you know, the rest is out of my hands.
“I’ve always said I want to be the one that’s determining my fate and it to hear literally the greatest of all time as a gymnast, and maybe potentially one of the best athletes of all time, say it in her story is very inspiring.”
Team GB will not be among the medals, despite both Georgia Hall and Charley Hull shooting under-par rounds on Friday. With a 71 Hall moved to three-over and into a tie for 27th, while Hull, the world No 11, compiled a 69 to go to five-over and stand in a tie for 36th in the 60-woman field.
