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Speaker 1: This is the Fits In with Her with Kate Richie podcast.

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Speaker 2: The success of Australia over there has just been unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: Could this be our greatest Olympics of all time? And

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Speaker 2: one lady snagged two gold? She also snagged two silver

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Speaker 2: in the pool?

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Speaker 3: Was Ariane?

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Speaker 2: Tipmas have we got Ariane?

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Speaker 3: There is that Ariane? Is that you?

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Speaker 1: It is?

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, how did we snag you? Arianne? You

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Speaker 3: should be You should be gallivanting all across Europe now

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Speaker 3: after your success.

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Speaker 1: My manager is very spacy many Arnie.

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Speaker 3: Arnie, Well, we were supposed to speak to you yesterday

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Speaker 3: but and you know what you deserve to celebrate. Let

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Speaker 3: your hair down a little bit. We were told that you

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Speaker 3: may have had a couple of champagnes and you just

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Speaker 3: wanted the day off, did you. I saw that there

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Speaker 3: was a bit of a boat cruise and there was

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Speaker 3: a bit of a party for the medal winners.

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Speaker 1: How did that go? Last night was definitely a different

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Speaker 1: vibe to the first night Missus Brian Hartford on a

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Speaker 1: cruise for all the medalists and it was just the

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Speaker 1: perfect night we needed. It was quite calm. It was

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Speaker 1: actually unbelievable we had Macho Bacelly perform for us, which

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Speaker 1: is Andre Bacelli's son. Yeah, he was unbelievable and like

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Speaker 1: as were cruising past the Eiffel Tower and it was

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Speaker 1: all sparkling. He's singing like these most amazing like opera

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Speaker 1: songs and it was actually really emotional.

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Speaker 3: To be honest, that is awesome. Like I said, it's

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Speaker 3: an amazing game. It's funny, Annie because four years ago

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Speaker 3: when we spoke to you, everyone was talking that Tokyo

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Speaker 3: was going to be the COVID Games. But I can't

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Speaker 3: believe how much it went through a lot of athletes

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Speaker 3: leading into this Olympics. And I know that there was

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Speaker 3: quite a were you quite scared that you were going

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Speaker 3: to get it because quite a few of the swimmers

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Speaker 3: got it before they had to race, didn't they.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I think there's so much sickness that goes on

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Speaker 1: that goes so unreported. I mean not just in Australia

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Speaker 1: and swimming, but like so many other countries and other

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Speaker 1: athletes have been sick, and so many more athletes on

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Speaker 1: the swim team of being sick there just no one

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Speaker 1: ever knows about. You just put your cowboy boots on,

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Speaker 1: you get on with the job. I just think that

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Speaker 1: because it's a free for all now, you know, there's

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Speaker 1: no one really wearing masks. Everyone's crowds, people are getting

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Speaker 1: out and about. There's just so much more of a

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Speaker 1: chance of getting sick that it's just kind of just

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Speaker 1: gone through the entire village like wildfire.

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Speaker 4: And Annie, I want to know as far as the

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Speaker 4: Olympic village goes. I mean, do you have free rain now?

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Speaker 4: Can you just wander around anywhere now that you're finished up?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you can pretty much do whatever you like. So

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Speaker 1: I think today we're going to have a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a relaxing day. We had a very big first

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Speaker 1: couple of days, so we're excited just to have a

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Speaker 1: quiet lunch or something.

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Speaker 3: Do you Annie, I want to ask you because everyone

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Speaker 3: talks about the rivalry with America, but I love the

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Speaker 3: relationship that you have with Katie Ladecki, who is regarded

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Speaker 3: as probably one of the greatest and you know, male

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Speaker 3: and female swimmers of all time. But she praises you

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Speaker 3: all the time, and I know she sent a message

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Speaker 3: to you saying you're amazing, thanks for making us all better.

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Speaker 3: So is it a bit inflated when we hear this

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Speaker 3: huge rivalry with the Americans and there's all this sledging

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Speaker 3: going on. Is that a bit out of control?

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Speaker 1: Oh, it's so totally inflated. I get along really well

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Speaker 1: with a lot of the Americans. You know, I'm actually

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Speaker 1: pretty very friendly with Katie. I would consider her a friend.

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Speaker 1: You know, we chat to each other before heats and finals.

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Speaker 1: I've always say good luck to her before we race.

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Speaker 1: You know, my best friend is at home is actually

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Speaker 1: a massive Katie fan. And before the medals of the

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Speaker 1: eight hundred, I got it a film, like a little

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Speaker 1: video to stay hello to her, so like, yeah, so

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Speaker 1: it's totally not what it seems in the media. We

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Speaker 1: just have such respect for each other, and even just

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Speaker 1: not just Katie and I, but you know, a few

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Speaker 1: of the other American athletes I'm really friendly with, and

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Speaker 1: the entire team. Really like, there's not this rivalry that

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Speaker 1: everyone speaks about. We really just want us in the

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Speaker 1: best for our country. They want to being the best

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Speaker 1: of their country, and we just happened to both be

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Speaker 1: the best.

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Speaker 5: Okay, Annie, let's talk pre race rituals. If you don't mind.

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Speaker 5: You were saying last night that you were listening to

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Speaker 5: Andrea Orcelly's son on the on the cruise, I mean,

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Speaker 5: who is making your pre race playlist?

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Speaker 1: So not I'm kind of getting over it a little

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Speaker 1: bit now, but I have to keep doing it because

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Speaker 1: it's superstision. But I listened to mum's playlist. It's predominantly

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Speaker 1: like eighties rock, ac DC in excess, guns and Roses.

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Speaker 1: Bon Jovi actually put this Savage Garden in there, which

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Speaker 1: breaks it up. So it's good. It is really good.

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Speaker 1: Gets to going actually a bit of danger zone. I

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Speaker 1: really enjoy Okay, yeah, yeah, no, it's good. It's the

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Speaker 1: only time I ever listened to the playlist. But like

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Speaker 1: it's the work release, I got to keep doing it.

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Speaker 3: I reckon you. Your mum's got to release that playlist.

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Speaker 3: That could be a good pump up playlist for anyone.

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Speaker 3: Compare it could be.

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Speaker 1: It could be a good pump up like eighteen hours worth.

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Speaker 4: And Arnie, I'm the foremost food expert on the show,

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Speaker 4: so I do have to know what was the food

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Speaker 4: like in the village. I mean, you're in Paris, so

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Speaker 4: we assume the expectation be pretty high.

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Speaker 1: Honestly, I always went to the dining hall twice before racing,

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Speaker 1: and then we're very lucky. These showing headquarters were putting

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Speaker 1: on food for us for breakfast, lunch and dinner every

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Speaker 1: day and the main lunch dearer auctions was available with

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Speaker 1: Pokey bowls and I reckonize eight two dozen Pokey bowls.

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Speaker 1: I reckonize, I reckon I've turned into a Pokey.

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Speaker 3: That is awesome.

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Speaker 5: We have so many young girls and boys listening in

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Speaker 5: the car right now. You've inspired so much by coming

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Speaker 5: home with two gold and two silver medals, Like, what

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Speaker 5: advice would you have for these young kids that might

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Speaker 5: be thinking about taking up swimming after seeing you on

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Speaker 5: this world stage.

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Speaker 1: Well, I came from the coldest place in Australia, definitely

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Speaker 1: not conducive for swimming in early mornings and far away

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Speaker 1: from the harbor of swimming in Australia, with which is Queensland.

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Speaker 1: I grew up in Tazzy and I probably had a

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Speaker 1: lot of people I remember back then telling me you

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Speaker 1: know you're not going to make it, can't do it

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Speaker 1: from Tazzy, you know a bit of tall poppy. But

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Speaker 1: I think it's really just if you love what you

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Speaker 1: do and you want to go for it, and you

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Speaker 1: want to work hard and you believe in yourself. Just

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Speaker 1: block it out. Don't let anyone tell you what you

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Speaker 1: can and can't do. I think that's the biggest bit

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Speaker 1: of advice I can give. Really believe in yourself and

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Speaker 1: go for it, and don't be scared of chasing big

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Speaker 1: dreams because they could happen. So that would be my advice.

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Speaker 3: You're an inspiration, Arnie. Congratulations, what an amazing Olympics. You

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Speaker 3: deserve every success. We know how hard you've worked and

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Speaker 3: we really appreciate your time on the show This morning.

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