Javelin throwing is a sport rife with injury. Kelsey-Lee Roberts knows all about it.
"It's kinda been described as a car crash event so most often you're going to have to have a niggle that you're managing," she said.
For Roberts, 24, it was a lower-back injury sustained after she had qualified for the Rio Games which caused her to miss the tail end of the domestic season, including the national championships.
Her intricate training program was in disarray just months out from the biggest sporting event of her life, meaning she's had to go to plan B.
"Not only am I dealing with the change in the training itself but there's this whole big thing outside of the world of training which is life, which is managing emotions, which is that Rio goal," Roberts said.
And she's not letting the injury get in the way of her Olympic dream.
Confined to the gymnasium at the Australian Institute of Sport while she recovers, Roberts has turned to training her mind as much as her body.
She utilises mental imagery techniques to practice, when she's not practicing.
Her coach, Mike Barber, explains: "So Kelsey has built in place some really good processes in terms of mental imagery."
"So she's able to simulate the throw in her mind while she's not able to do it on the runway in training," he said.
"So she's able to visualise herself going through the motions, the timing, the sound, the feel of everything. And I think that helps her keep in touch the throws when she's not able to do it in training."
And it's helping keep Roberts' spirits up as the days countdown to Rio.
"Yes my training is modified but I can still train and the training I'm doing now is things that I might not be able to do while I'm throwing, because my throwing would take precedence," she said.
At a time when most other Olympians are on the path to reaching their peak as Rio approaches, Roberts remains unflappable about what she hopes to achieve at the Games.
"My goal, my dream, it leads to the podium," she said.
"For me to get there I'm going to have to throw a PB, which with the work I've done, and yeah the minor setback with my back, but I fully think that's possible."
