1 00:00:06,707 --> 00:00:10,387 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,747 --> 00:00:11,787 Speaker 1: from Newstalk ZB. 3 00:00:12,867 --> 00:00:15,027 Speaker 2: You'd be struggling to find anyone, I reckon with more 4 00:00:15,067 --> 00:00:17,867 Speaker 2: knowledge and experience of the Olympic Games in this country 5 00:00:17,867 --> 00:00:21,427 Speaker 2: than New Zealand journalist, author and broadcaster Joseph Romanos. He's 6 00:00:21,427 --> 00:00:23,867 Speaker 2: about to jet hot jet out to Paris, but he 7 00:00:23,907 --> 00:00:26,187 Speaker 2: stopped him for a jet on the way. How many 8 00:00:26,467 --> 00:00:29,707 Speaker 2: Olympic Games have you attended, Joseph. 9 00:00:29,747 --> 00:00:32,787 Speaker 3: I've been to them all since nineteen eighty eight, and 10 00:00:32,907 --> 00:00:36,427 Speaker 3: I went to a Winter Olympics as well, so ten 11 00:00:36,547 --> 00:00:37,707 Speaker 3: or eleven around there. 12 00:00:37,787 --> 00:00:40,107 Speaker 2: See, when you're losing count, that means you've been to 13 00:00:40,427 --> 00:00:41,507 Speaker 2: a lot of them, right. 14 00:00:41,587 --> 00:00:44,787 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's starting to get into those misty memories. 15 00:00:44,987 --> 00:00:48,107 Speaker 2: Yeah, do you have a favorite Olympic Games? 16 00:00:49,187 --> 00:00:52,067 Speaker 3: Some of them were really good, Like Ethens was great 17 00:00:52,067 --> 00:00:54,707 Speaker 3: because it was a centenary. It was because it was 18 00:00:54,747 --> 00:00:57,867 Speaker 3: the home of the Olympics. That was good. Sydney was 19 00:00:57,907 --> 00:01:00,267 Speaker 3: good because it was so well run, and London was 20 00:01:00,307 --> 00:01:02,467 Speaker 3: good because you were so familiar with London that it 21 00:01:02,587 --> 00:01:03,067 Speaker 3: was easy. 22 00:01:03,747 --> 00:01:07,107 Speaker 2: Paris. What do you expect from the Paris Olympic Games. 23 00:01:08,387 --> 00:01:10,587 Speaker 3: I suppose it'll be good. It'll be hot. I expected 24 00:01:10,667 --> 00:01:14,187 Speaker 3: to be hot, really really busy. I mean it's such 25 00:01:14,187 --> 00:01:18,107 Speaker 3: a big tourist place, Jason, and I know they were 26 00:01:18,227 --> 00:01:19,987 Speaker 3: very determined to do a better job than they did 27 00:01:20,027 --> 00:01:21,187 Speaker 3: last time they hosted it. 28 00:01:21,307 --> 00:01:24,027 Speaker 2: Yeah, well that was was that nineteen twenty four though, 29 00:01:24,147 --> 00:01:26,107 Speaker 2: that's ye's one hundred. I'm surely they could do better 30 00:01:26,107 --> 00:01:26,827 Speaker 2: one hundred years on. 31 00:01:27,227 --> 00:01:29,547 Speaker 3: They hosted it in nineteen oh four and it was 32 00:01:29,587 --> 00:01:32,587 Speaker 3: a total shambles. The Olympics lasted about five months and 33 00:01:32,627 --> 00:01:35,227 Speaker 3: they were just part of a World Trades fair and 34 00:01:35,427 --> 00:01:38,787 Speaker 3: were a real after thoughts and they every now and 35 00:01:38,827 --> 00:01:41,067 Speaker 3: then they'd stick in an Olympic event. It was nothing, 36 00:01:41,107 --> 00:01:44,587 Speaker 3: and no one grasped the importance of the occasion at all. 37 00:01:45,307 --> 00:01:47,987 Speaker 3: In nineteen twenty four it was a very important Olympics 38 00:01:48,027 --> 00:01:52,187 Speaker 3: because after World War One, Antwerp it had the Olympics 39 00:01:52,347 --> 00:01:57,027 Speaker 3: nineteen twenty in Belgium devastated by World War One, really devastated, 40 00:01:57,187 --> 00:02:00,227 Speaker 3: very poor, and it was it was hardly an Olympics. 41 00:02:00,227 --> 00:02:02,187 Speaker 3: I don't know why they gave it to Antwerp. They 42 00:02:02,187 --> 00:02:05,147 Speaker 3: weren't ready for it, so it had to be good. 43 00:02:05,267 --> 00:02:07,467 Speaker 3: In Paris and nineteen ten, twenty four otherwise there was 44 00:02:07,467 --> 00:02:10,307 Speaker 3: a bit of jeopardy for the whole Olympic movement, and 45 00:02:11,347 --> 00:02:14,027 Speaker 3: that they did they did well. De Kubertant was there 46 00:02:14,347 --> 00:02:18,347 Speaker 3: was quite ever present, and there was quite a few innovations, 47 00:02:18,467 --> 00:02:22,747 Speaker 3: like the Olympic Village for athletes the first time that 48 00:02:22,867 --> 00:02:24,787 Speaker 3: had been there. There were they come up with the 49 00:02:24,867 --> 00:02:30,227 Speaker 3: Citius ltus fortius, the Olympic motto. There were medal ceremonies, 50 00:02:31,387 --> 00:02:33,667 Speaker 3: There was quite a lot of things that came in 51 00:02:33,707 --> 00:02:36,147 Speaker 3: the first time. And it was a pretty successful Olympics. 52 00:02:36,547 --> 00:02:39,827 Speaker 3: Having said that, Jason, there was something like three thousand, 53 00:02:39,907 --> 00:02:43,627 Speaker 3: two hundred just rounding it, three two hundred athletes competed 54 00:02:43,907 --> 00:02:46,467 Speaker 3: and only one hundred odd were women, so it was 55 00:02:46,507 --> 00:02:47,507 Speaker 3: a man's event. 56 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:49,907 Speaker 2: Sounds like it. So if you look at the success 57 00:02:49,947 --> 00:02:52,747 Speaker 2: of an Olympics, now, if for example, we get to 58 00:02:52,747 --> 00:02:54,707 Speaker 2: the end of the Paris Olympic Games, what sort of 59 00:02:54,707 --> 00:02:57,387 Speaker 2: things have to happen for it to be regarded as 60 00:02:57,387 --> 00:02:58,627 Speaker 2: a successful Olympics. 61 00:02:59,187 --> 00:03:01,507 Speaker 3: Well, you'd like to get through without a major incident, 62 00:03:01,587 --> 00:03:04,947 Speaker 3: a security incident. That would be you know, and they 63 00:03:04,947 --> 00:03:09,467 Speaker 3: do spend billions in billion dollars on security, and it's 64 00:03:09,507 --> 00:03:12,227 Speaker 3: great of a few heroes of the Olympics can emerge 65 00:03:12,267 --> 00:03:16,067 Speaker 3: people like Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps and going back 66 00:03:16,107 --> 00:03:19,107 Speaker 3: further as sort of an Olga Corbett or something like that. 67 00:03:19,187 --> 00:03:21,547 Speaker 3: So it's nice if you can think, oh, yes, that 68 00:03:21,667 --> 00:03:24,267 Speaker 3: was the Olympics that you know Jason Pine was in 69 00:03:24,307 --> 00:03:30,027 Speaker 3: the gymnastics and how good he was and so on. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 70 00:03:30,027 --> 00:03:33,107 Speaker 3: that's good. And then you'd like it to be a 71 00:03:33,187 --> 00:03:36,147 Speaker 3: friendly Olympics. That for them to be an atmosphere of 72 00:03:36,907 --> 00:03:40,987 Speaker 3: conviviality and collegiality and so on. And I mean it 73 00:03:41,027 --> 00:03:43,907 Speaker 3: didn't happen in Atlanta. That was not an easy Olympics 74 00:03:43,907 --> 00:03:47,827 Speaker 3: because of some absurd security stuff going on and various 75 00:03:47,827 --> 00:03:50,787 Speaker 3: other problems. But generally is a nice feeling. 76 00:03:51,267 --> 00:03:54,067 Speaker 2: As far as the athletes are concerned. The Olympics seems 77 00:03:54,107 --> 00:03:57,187 Speaker 2: to have retained its relevance. And it's allure is that 78 00:03:57,187 --> 00:03:58,267 Speaker 2: the feeling you get. 79 00:03:58,347 --> 00:04:01,267 Speaker 3: Oh more then mean, I mean, they point much more 80 00:04:01,347 --> 00:04:05,027 Speaker 3: than forty years ago. They point their whole sports careers 81 00:04:05,067 --> 00:04:08,587 Speaker 3: around the next Olympic. That's what they're aiming for, even 82 00:04:08,627 --> 00:04:11,507 Speaker 3: in the interim years when they're competing in World champion 83 00:04:11,627 --> 00:04:13,547 Speaker 3: so and it's like this is good, this is a 84 00:04:13,547 --> 00:04:15,307 Speaker 3: good stepping stone to the Olympics. 85 00:04:15,387 --> 00:04:17,307 Speaker 2: How has that happened? How is it because it's a 86 00:04:17,307 --> 00:04:21,547 Speaker 2: crowded sporting marketplace. How attention span seem to be minuscule 87 00:04:21,587 --> 00:04:23,547 Speaker 2: by comparison to what they were a while ago. How 88 00:04:23,547 --> 00:04:26,107 Speaker 2: has the Olympics retained its relevance? 89 00:04:26,227 --> 00:04:28,987 Speaker 3: Oh, it's more than retained it though, I mean, it's 90 00:04:29,027 --> 00:04:33,147 Speaker 3: become the major thing in most sports. I mean, they've 91 00:04:33,187 --> 00:04:35,147 Speaker 3: got tennis and golf in there, and I'm not sure 92 00:04:35,227 --> 00:04:38,107 Speaker 3: that the tennis players or the golfers would put winning 93 00:04:38,107 --> 00:04:41,507 Speaker 3: an Olympic gold medal anywhere near winning a Grand Slam 94 00:04:41,547 --> 00:04:45,027 Speaker 3: tennis or a major golf event. And they have cycling, 95 00:04:45,067 --> 00:04:46,667 Speaker 3: and I still think they'd rather win the two de 96 00:04:46,747 --> 00:04:50,907 Speaker 3: France than an Olympic gold medal. But for virtually every 97 00:04:50,907 --> 00:04:54,307 Speaker 3: other sport, a World champs is the next tier down 98 00:04:54,347 --> 00:04:56,467 Speaker 3: to winning an Olympic gold medal. And I guess the 99 00:04:56,507 --> 00:04:59,907 Speaker 3: longer time goes on and the more tradition there is, 100 00:04:59,947 --> 00:05:01,747 Speaker 3: the more important Olympic gold medal is. 101 00:05:01,907 --> 00:05:04,267 Speaker 2: So you mentioned Usain Bolt before, so it's your feeling 102 00:05:04,347 --> 00:05:07,347 Speaker 2: that he would revere his li the gold medals more 103 00:05:07,387 --> 00:05:08,827 Speaker 2: than the World championship. 104 00:05:09,067 --> 00:05:12,907 Speaker 3: Absolutely, no question. In one world Champce he broke in 105 00:05:12,987 --> 00:05:16,627 Speaker 3: the two hundred meters I think it was, and so 106 00:05:16,747 --> 00:05:20,387 Speaker 3: he was disqualified from that event, and it was just 107 00:05:20,427 --> 00:05:22,187 Speaker 3: a blip in his career. Really, I tell you what 108 00:05:22,227 --> 00:05:23,867 Speaker 3: if that happened to him at an Olympics and that 109 00:05:23,907 --> 00:05:26,587 Speaker 3: was an Olympic gold medal thrown away, he'd be crying 110 00:05:26,627 --> 00:05:27,427 Speaker 3: about that today. 111 00:05:27,907 --> 00:05:30,427 Speaker 2: How do you regard the addition of new sports to 112 00:05:30,467 --> 00:05:34,907 Speaker 2: the Olympics, the likes of breakdancing, sport, climbing, skateboarding. How 113 00:05:34,907 --> 00:05:36,027 Speaker 2: do you feel about those sports? 114 00:05:36,947 --> 00:05:39,427 Speaker 3: I love it. I think it's great. The Olympics are 115 00:05:39,427 --> 00:05:42,547 Speaker 3: supposed to reflect the youth of today, and they do, 116 00:05:42,707 --> 00:05:46,227 Speaker 3: and they're great. The young people go out and express 117 00:05:46,267 --> 00:05:49,787 Speaker 3: themselves in ways that you couldn't have dreamed of. Its terrific. 118 00:05:50,067 --> 00:05:53,627 Speaker 3: I just wish that the IOC had the courage to 119 00:05:53,747 --> 00:05:57,027 Speaker 3: discard some of the sports that aren't relevant today. The 120 00:05:57,027 --> 00:06:01,227 Speaker 3: modern pentathlon invented over one hundred years ago for army people. 121 00:06:01,547 --> 00:06:03,827 Speaker 3: I mean, it's got no relevance today at all. No 122 00:06:03,907 --> 00:06:07,667 Speaker 3: one in most countries world has even heard of it. 123 00:06:07,987 --> 00:06:11,147 Speaker 3: And also some of the fencing and wrestling events and 124 00:06:11,187 --> 00:06:13,627 Speaker 3: some other ones that they could have a look at 125 00:06:13,787 --> 00:06:16,827 Speaker 3: and discard without a lot of sweat. 126 00:06:17,187 --> 00:06:18,707 Speaker 2: Who was our greatest Olympian? 127 00:06:19,947 --> 00:06:22,147 Speaker 3: Well, ever, I always said Peter Snell, But I think 128 00:06:22,187 --> 00:06:25,547 Speaker 3: you'd have to I would. I would pass the torch 129 00:06:25,627 --> 00:06:29,587 Speaker 3: on to Lisa Carrington. Now, I think over three Olympics, 130 00:06:29,627 --> 00:06:32,947 Speaker 3: that level of achievement in the modern sports world, when 131 00:06:32,947 --> 00:06:35,467 Speaker 3: it's so competitive, pretty hard to go past her. 132 00:06:35,667 --> 00:06:38,667 Speaker 2: Absolutely, yeah, no, I think you do. You're necessarily I 133 00:06:38,747 --> 00:06:41,467 Speaker 2: think whenever we talk about a greater sports person, I 134 00:06:41,507 --> 00:06:43,187 Speaker 2: think so Peter Snell jumps to the front of the 135 00:06:43,227 --> 00:06:44,827 Speaker 2: queue for a lot of people, doesn't he. But in 136 00:06:44,907 --> 00:06:47,147 Speaker 2: terms of because medals are only one part of it, 137 00:06:47,147 --> 00:06:50,067 Speaker 2: aren't they. But Dame Lisa has been consistently brilliant for 138 00:06:50,107 --> 00:06:50,707 Speaker 2: a long time. 139 00:06:51,067 --> 00:06:54,147 Speaker 3: Well, she was never beaten in her specialty event, the 140 00:06:54,147 --> 00:06:54,987 Speaker 3: two hundred. 141 00:06:54,667 --> 00:06:56,827 Speaker 2: Meters gone now course, yeah, yeah, they do that. 142 00:06:57,187 --> 00:06:59,227 Speaker 3: They did that with Olma when you know for three 143 00:06:59,267 --> 00:07:02,947 Speaker 3: thousand meters individual pursuit, Okay, that's out. Yeah, So she 144 00:07:03,067 --> 00:07:04,947 Speaker 3: was never beaten at any time in that in a 145 00:07:04,947 --> 00:07:08,387 Speaker 3: succession of world titles, and then the ability to go 146 00:07:08,427 --> 00:07:10,947 Speaker 3: to the five hundred meters, a longer distance event. It's 147 00:07:10,987 --> 00:07:13,747 Speaker 3: like a sprinter going to the eight hundred meters on 148 00:07:13,827 --> 00:07:16,107 Speaker 3: the track and then also then to team up in 149 00:07:16,147 --> 00:07:19,067 Speaker 3: the pears and the fours and be winning medals there too. 150 00:07:19,147 --> 00:07:22,507 Speaker 3: So it's really fantastic and you have to you have 151 00:07:22,587 --> 00:07:25,187 Speaker 3: to salute her and go has anyone done that well 152 00:07:25,227 --> 00:07:25,907 Speaker 3: for New Zealand? 153 00:07:26,027 --> 00:07:27,707 Speaker 2: There could be more to come as well. Do you 154 00:07:27,747 --> 00:07:29,707 Speaker 2: have a favorite Olympic moment or do you have a 155 00:07:29,707 --> 00:07:31,587 Speaker 2: couple of moments that stand out from all of the 156 00:07:31,627 --> 00:07:32,467 Speaker 2: games she've covered. 157 00:07:33,387 --> 00:07:35,587 Speaker 3: I think the Olympic moment that stands out for me 158 00:07:35,987 --> 00:07:39,747 Speaker 3: was in Sydney in two thousand when Kathy Freeman won 159 00:07:39,787 --> 00:07:42,347 Speaker 3: the two the four hundred meters gold medal and a 160 00:07:42,387 --> 00:07:46,987 Speaker 3: home home at home, homegirl. She'd been the facy the Olympics. 161 00:07:47,027 --> 00:07:51,427 Speaker 3: She had fifteen story high billboards of her on buildings. 162 00:07:51,787 --> 00:07:55,827 Speaker 3: She carried the Olympic flame into the stadium. She was 163 00:07:55,867 --> 00:07:58,227 Speaker 3: the face of the Olympics. The pressure on that woman 164 00:07:58,467 --> 00:08:02,547 Speaker 3: was monumental. She came out onto the track, that Sydney 165 00:08:02,547 --> 00:08:05,187 Speaker 3: stadium was overflowing with people, one hundred and eight one 166 00:08:05,267 --> 00:08:09,427 Speaker 3: hundred and twelve thousand people. I remember Brendan Telfer saying 167 00:08:09,427 --> 00:08:12,307 Speaker 3: to me, the city's gone Kathy Freeman mad. And she 168 00:08:12,387 --> 00:08:15,467 Speaker 3: came out in that space age suit she wore, and 169 00:08:15,507 --> 00:08:17,867 Speaker 3: she went out there and she won the gold medal 170 00:08:18,107 --> 00:08:22,267 Speaker 3: and when it finished, she just squatted down on the 171 00:08:22,307 --> 00:08:26,347 Speaker 3: track in shock. And you know what, I'm not surprised 172 00:08:26,387 --> 00:08:28,307 Speaker 3: she never ran that well again, because I don't think 173 00:08:28,347 --> 00:08:30,347 Speaker 3: you can climb that high a mountain twice. 174 00:08:31,267 --> 00:08:33,627 Speaker 2: Sydney wasn't a great Olympics for New Zealand, was it? 175 00:08:33,707 --> 00:08:36,187 Speaker 2: Considering how close it was? We don't win many medals? 176 00:08:36,187 --> 00:08:36,387 Speaker 3: Are there? 177 00:08:36,427 --> 00:08:36,787 Speaker 2: Want to we? 178 00:08:37,187 --> 00:08:39,787 Speaker 3: No? No, it was terrible. We won one gold. I 179 00:08:39,787 --> 00:08:43,267 Speaker 3: think Robertell won a gold and Barbara Kendall won a 180 00:08:43,347 --> 00:08:46,267 Speaker 3: bronze and we got a I think a board sailing medal. 181 00:08:46,347 --> 00:08:46,867 Speaker 2: That was it. 182 00:08:46,907 --> 00:08:49,667 Speaker 3: I think or no, Todd might have got a medal. Yeah, 183 00:08:49,707 --> 00:08:53,027 Speaker 3: that was it. Not much at all, and it really 184 00:08:54,347 --> 00:08:57,267 Speaker 3: signaled the end of the Sports Foundation. That model wasn't 185 00:08:57,267 --> 00:09:02,147 Speaker 3: working clearly, and a more professional attitude towards distributing funds 186 00:09:02,267 --> 00:09:05,067 Speaker 3: through what became Spark Sport New Zealand. 187 00:09:05,387 --> 00:09:07,547 Speaker 2: Well, it's gone well in the last three I think, 188 00:09:07,627 --> 00:09:11,587 Speaker 2: you know, London, Rio, Tokyo, we've gone up each time. 189 00:09:11,667 --> 00:09:14,747 Speaker 2: Tokyo was our best ever buy by the metric of 190 00:09:14,867 --> 00:09:18,067 Speaker 2: total medals. What twenty in Tokyo. Do you think twenty's 191 00:09:18,107 --> 00:09:19,147 Speaker 2: under threaten in Paris? 192 00:09:19,747 --> 00:09:22,227 Speaker 3: No, I don't think we'll get to twenty. I mean 193 00:09:22,227 --> 00:09:25,947 Speaker 3: that was a fantastic achievement and the team behind the 194 00:09:25,987 --> 00:09:28,827 Speaker 3: team in Tokyo did so well to prepare those athletes 195 00:09:28,867 --> 00:09:31,747 Speaker 3: in that COVID environment and to make it comfortable for 196 00:09:31,787 --> 00:09:35,547 Speaker 3: them and able to perform well. It was a fantastic 197 00:09:35,587 --> 00:09:39,387 Speaker 3: effort by the Olympic Committee and by the competitors themselves. 198 00:09:39,427 --> 00:09:43,267 Speaker 3: Really fantastic and not easy circumstances. But you know, some 199 00:09:43,307 --> 00:09:45,387 Speaker 3: of these sports, rowing is a good example. We did 200 00:09:45,507 --> 00:09:48,427 Speaker 3: really well in Tokyo, and talking to the rowing people, 201 00:09:49,067 --> 00:09:51,907 Speaker 3: I don't think they're expecting anything like that medal hall 202 00:09:51,947 --> 00:09:54,787 Speaker 3: this time, and in fact they'll treasure every medal they get. 203 00:09:55,107 --> 00:09:57,667 Speaker 2: So you're over there, I think aligned to the New 204 00:09:57,787 --> 00:09:59,667 Speaker 2: Zealand Olympic Committee. But will you get the chance to 205 00:09:59,707 --> 00:10:03,307 Speaker 2: watch other Are there sports that kiwis don't you know, 206 00:10:03,467 --> 00:10:05,707 Speaker 2: compete in or at a very high level that you 207 00:10:06,547 --> 00:10:08,507 Speaker 2: like to watch if you get the opportunity. 208 00:10:09,467 --> 00:10:13,267 Speaker 3: No, No, I probably wouldn't. You mean like gymnastics, No, 209 00:10:13,347 --> 00:10:17,067 Speaker 3: I probably wouldn't. Jason, I'm busy enough, but I try 210 00:10:17,107 --> 00:10:18,867 Speaker 3: to get. I try to get to the rock climbing, 211 00:10:18,907 --> 00:10:22,347 Speaker 3: for example, and that sort of thing, you know, something 212 00:10:22,387 --> 00:10:25,147 Speaker 3: novel and special. And I always made a point of 213 00:10:25,187 --> 00:10:28,307 Speaker 3: going to watch Bolt run because there was a performance 214 00:10:28,347 --> 00:10:31,867 Speaker 3: like watching Muhammad Ali, except he's running, not boxing. Yeah, 215 00:10:31,947 --> 00:10:34,067 Speaker 3: so there are things you set your sights on. 216 00:10:34,427 --> 00:10:37,867 Speaker 2: Is working in the sports media at an Olympic Games 217 00:10:38,227 --> 00:10:39,227 Speaker 2: easy or challenging. 218 00:10:41,787 --> 00:10:45,787 Speaker 3: It's easy on one hand because all the information is supplied, 219 00:10:45,827 --> 00:10:48,347 Speaker 3: it's incredible. There's in the main press center, which is 220 00:10:48,387 --> 00:10:51,787 Speaker 3: a massive, massive building, and the main room is huge. 221 00:10:52,067 --> 00:10:55,507 Speaker 3: There's TVs all around, and there's results flooding in, and 222 00:10:55,747 --> 00:10:58,587 Speaker 3: there's a lot of information available. But on the other hand, 223 00:10:58,587 --> 00:11:03,187 Speaker 3: you're jostling with you know, Peruvian TV and some African 224 00:11:03,627 --> 00:11:07,587 Speaker 3: radio stations doing practice broadcasts two meters away from you, 225 00:11:07,707 --> 00:11:10,827 Speaker 3: and it's a very hectic, busy environment. 226 00:11:11,347 --> 00:11:13,827 Speaker 2: Twenty twenty eight, you're off to twenty twenty eight. 227 00:11:14,187 --> 00:11:17,307 Speaker 3: Oh, I'm just trying to get through twenty four justin jeez, 228 00:11:17,787 --> 00:11:20,627 Speaker 3: I'm just happy I'm breathing when I wake up in 229 00:11:20,667 --> 00:11:21,107 Speaker 3: the morning. 230 00:11:22,507 --> 00:11:25,427 Speaker 2: Well, safe travels to Paris. Thanks for popping in before 231 00:11:25,467 --> 00:11:28,467 Speaker 2: your head off. Look forward to seeing whether that twenty 232 00:11:28,547 --> 00:11:32,107 Speaker 2: is under threat, and which new Olympic heroes are Both 233 00:11:32,147 --> 00:11:33,547 Speaker 2: New Zealanders and others emerge. 234 00:11:33,547 --> 00:11:35,787 Speaker 3: Good to Chatty and Joseph, you too, Jason thinks, no. 235 00:11:35,867 --> 00:11:38,827 Speaker 2: Thanks for Bring on Joseph Romanos their honors way to 236 00:11:38,867 --> 00:11:39,987 Speaker 2: the Paris Olympic Games. 237 00:11:40,587 --> 00:11:43,787 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 238 00:11:43,907 --> 00:11:47,187 Speaker 1: to News Talk said B weekends from midday, or follow 239 00:11:47,227 --> 00:11:48,827 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio