1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,387 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,787 Speaker 1: from News Talk zed B. 3 00:00:13,027 --> 00:00:17,627 Speaker 2: One hundred meters to go, Brook Francis, Lucy Spores. They've 4 00:00:17,667 --> 00:00:20,587 Speaker 2: got thin noses in front. Can they maintain the lead? 5 00:00:20,907 --> 00:00:21,907 Speaker 3: Half a boat length? 6 00:00:22,467 --> 00:00:28,147 Speaker 2: Francis Spores, Gold Beckons for the New Zealand Women's double skulls. 7 00:00:28,427 --> 00:00:29,507 Speaker 2: Down to the line. 8 00:00:29,627 --> 00:00:32,427 Speaker 3: That's gold, gold for. 9 00:00:32,707 --> 00:00:40,387 Speaker 2: New Zealand, Brook Francis, Lucy Spores, Olympic champions. Magnificent from 10 00:00:40,427 --> 00:00:42,187 Speaker 2: the New Zealand women's double. 11 00:00:41,987 --> 00:00:44,947 Speaker 4: Skulls crew, no outstanding call from Malcolm Jordan. Gold for 12 00:00:45,267 --> 00:00:48,307 Speaker 4: Brook Francis and Lucy Spores and the women's double skulls 13 00:00:48,307 --> 00:00:50,107 Speaker 4: a silver and a bronze as well, as I say, 14 00:00:50,587 --> 00:00:52,227 Speaker 4: we'll get to those in the sec But after they 15 00:00:52,267 --> 00:00:54,987 Speaker 4: won that gold medal, I spoke with Lucy Spores to 16 00:00:54,987 --> 00:00:58,867 Speaker 4: see how it felt to be an Olympic champion double sculler. 17 00:00:59,587 --> 00:01:02,387 Speaker 5: Oh, it feels unbelievable and it's just slowly starting to 18 00:01:02,427 --> 00:01:05,027 Speaker 5: sink in. I think when you're racing, you can only 19 00:01:05,067 --> 00:01:07,867 Speaker 5: either think so far ahead and you're always sort of 20 00:01:07,907 --> 00:01:09,587 Speaker 5: thinking about the moment and what's ahead of. 21 00:01:09,507 --> 00:01:10,187 Speaker 6: You for that day. 22 00:01:10,267 --> 00:01:12,867 Speaker 5: So to be here now in New Zealand house, celebrating 23 00:01:12,867 --> 00:01:13,827 Speaker 5: with family and friends. 24 00:01:13,867 --> 00:01:16,067 Speaker 6: It's sort of just starting to all sit in. 25 00:01:16,867 --> 00:01:18,467 Speaker 3: It's been a journey, hasn't it. You know. 26 00:01:18,587 --> 00:01:20,587 Speaker 4: I think a lot of people are becoming aware of 27 00:01:20,587 --> 00:01:24,067 Speaker 4: your story after Tokyo, a way to start a family 28 00:01:24,187 --> 00:01:27,747 Speaker 4: back now a couple of mums who are now gold medalists. 29 00:01:28,307 --> 00:01:30,067 Speaker 4: How do you reflect on the last three years of 30 00:01:30,107 --> 00:01:30,707 Speaker 4: your life? 31 00:01:32,147 --> 00:01:36,827 Speaker 5: Oh, I'm so I'm so proud, I guess and I 32 00:01:36,907 --> 00:01:39,947 Speaker 5: have taken some time today to sort of reflect on 33 00:01:40,547 --> 00:01:43,267 Speaker 5: where we've come from and what it has taken, because 34 00:01:44,227 --> 00:01:46,787 Speaker 5: I guess there was a point there where, yes, we 35 00:01:46,867 --> 00:01:50,307 Speaker 5: had both just given birth and I felt so far 36 00:01:50,387 --> 00:01:53,867 Speaker 5: physically from where I needed to be as an Olympian, 37 00:01:53,987 --> 00:01:56,227 Speaker 5: and also I was going through, you know, such mental 38 00:01:56,307 --> 00:01:57,947 Speaker 5: changes as a mother. 39 00:01:58,067 --> 00:01:59,507 Speaker 6: You know, it really changes who you are. 40 00:01:59,667 --> 00:02:04,267 Speaker 5: So together it all together and to persevere when you 41 00:02:04,307 --> 00:02:06,987 Speaker 5: know that you're, you know, sort of scraping up the 42 00:02:07,027 --> 00:02:09,187 Speaker 5: bottom of the Royal New Zealand team and you're not 43 00:02:09,227 --> 00:02:12,307 Speaker 5: on form at all. It has taken a lot of patience, yeah, 44 00:02:12,307 --> 00:02:14,347 Speaker 5: and I think a lot of courage from both of us, 45 00:02:14,387 --> 00:02:17,187 Speaker 5: and I definitely couldn't have done it without Brook because 46 00:02:17,507 --> 00:02:19,787 Speaker 5: to have someone who was, you know, just three months 47 00:02:19,787 --> 00:02:23,187 Speaker 5: ahead of me postpartum, and you know, to be able 48 00:02:23,227 --> 00:02:25,547 Speaker 5: to have her to ask questions of and things like that, 49 00:02:26,147 --> 00:02:28,947 Speaker 5: it's been yeah, amazing and definitely a journey. 50 00:02:29,467 --> 00:02:32,067 Speaker 4: Did you always feel as though you would make it 51 00:02:32,107 --> 00:02:32,627 Speaker 4: to Paris? 52 00:02:34,587 --> 00:02:36,667 Speaker 5: I think, if I'm honest, we both didn't return to 53 00:02:36,747 --> 00:02:42,787 Speaker 5: sport without believing that we could be in Paris. The 54 00:02:42,827 --> 00:02:45,147 Speaker 5: first thing I wanted to take off was obviously qualifying 55 00:02:45,187 --> 00:02:47,467 Speaker 5: the boat and getting here. But you know, we both 56 00:02:47,507 --> 00:02:50,707 Speaker 5: had silver and Tokyo, and we both I think had 57 00:02:50,707 --> 00:02:53,387 Speaker 5: a real drive to be here, not to just make 58 00:02:53,467 --> 00:02:56,587 Speaker 5: up the numbers. So yeah, I think I think there 59 00:02:56,587 --> 00:02:59,347 Speaker 5: has been a deep belief throughout, even though from the 60 00:02:59,347 --> 00:03:00,547 Speaker 5: outside it probably. 61 00:03:00,227 --> 00:03:02,427 Speaker 6: Didn't really look like that for a really long time. 62 00:03:03,467 --> 00:03:05,187 Speaker 4: Well let's look at this race. You were third at 63 00:03:05,227 --> 00:03:09,067 Speaker 4: one thousand, then accelerated to take the lead from Romania 64 00:03:09,107 --> 00:03:11,707 Speaker 4: around the fifteen hundred meter mark, and then they came 65 00:03:11,747 --> 00:03:12,547 Speaker 4: at you at the end. 66 00:03:13,667 --> 00:03:16,147 Speaker 3: Was did the race go to plan? What is it? 67 00:03:16,187 --> 00:03:17,027 Speaker 3: What you planned? 68 00:03:19,467 --> 00:03:22,867 Speaker 5: We have a very set race plan for obviously different 69 00:03:22,867 --> 00:03:25,187 Speaker 5: stages of the race, which I know like the back 70 00:03:25,227 --> 00:03:27,507 Speaker 5: of my hand. But today's sort of the main goal 71 00:03:27,587 --> 00:03:29,707 Speaker 5: was we went out there thinking that we had to 72 00:03:29,747 --> 00:03:34,627 Speaker 5: be brave. The Romanians have been unbelievably dominant for the 73 00:03:34,707 --> 00:03:39,347 Speaker 5: last three years since Tokyo, and they're really dangerous, you know, 74 00:03:39,507 --> 00:03:42,347 Speaker 5: in that last five hundred, and going up beside them 75 00:03:42,387 --> 00:03:46,747 Speaker 5: in that last five hundred wasn't exactly where I would have. 76 00:03:46,707 --> 00:03:47,987 Speaker 6: Said was the perfect place to be. 77 00:03:48,187 --> 00:03:51,187 Speaker 5: But I also just back, you know Brooks so much, 78 00:03:51,227 --> 00:03:53,307 Speaker 5: and I thought, if we get our bow out, I reckon, 79 00:03:53,307 --> 00:03:55,547 Speaker 5: we're not going to give it up. And I kind 80 00:03:55,547 --> 00:03:57,227 Speaker 5: of feel like that's exactly what we did. We just 81 00:03:57,307 --> 00:03:59,307 Speaker 5: once we got our bow out, we were just hanging on, 82 00:03:59,507 --> 00:04:01,427 Speaker 5: hanging on, hanging on, and the rate was coming up 83 00:04:01,467 --> 00:04:04,987 Speaker 5: and up. But I think we just knew, we knew 84 00:04:04,987 --> 00:04:05,747 Speaker 5: we could hang in there. 85 00:04:06,627 --> 00:04:10,307 Speaker 4: I remember the men's double scullers Joseph Sullivan Nathan Cohen 86 00:04:10,347 --> 00:04:13,467 Speaker 4: winning gold in London and twenty twelve, and from memory 87 00:04:13,467 --> 00:04:14,787 Speaker 4: that was a sprint finish as well. 88 00:04:15,147 --> 00:04:17,347 Speaker 3: Was that Were you aware. 89 00:04:17,067 --> 00:04:19,347 Speaker 4: Of that sort of finish that might be required to 90 00:04:19,387 --> 00:04:20,987 Speaker 4: win gold in a regatta like this. 91 00:04:22,227 --> 00:04:22,467 Speaker 3: Yeah. 92 00:04:22,467 --> 00:04:24,547 Speaker 5: And it's funny you say that because we've actually told 93 00:04:25,627 --> 00:04:28,307 Speaker 5: told a lot of people that today is that we 94 00:04:28,467 --> 00:04:30,707 Speaker 5: talked about it if it came down to that, and 95 00:04:31,547 --> 00:04:34,347 Speaker 5: we knew that the last couple of strokes would have 96 00:04:34,467 --> 00:04:37,827 Speaker 5: to be punchy and really effective, and coming into the 97 00:04:37,867 --> 00:04:42,267 Speaker 5: last hundred, Brook actually yelled Joe, and I knew exactly 98 00:04:42,307 --> 00:04:42,907 Speaker 5: what that meant. 99 00:04:42,987 --> 00:04:45,387 Speaker 6: I knew that the margin was super tight. 100 00:04:45,467 --> 00:04:47,507 Speaker 5: And I mean it was only sort of an hour 101 00:04:47,547 --> 00:04:49,467 Speaker 5: ago that I actually looked at the times and realized 102 00:04:49,467 --> 00:04:50,267 Speaker 5: how plus it was. 103 00:04:51,307 --> 00:04:54,187 Speaker 4: That's amazing that your channeled those guys from twelve years 104 00:04:54,227 --> 00:04:54,987 Speaker 4: ago to get. 105 00:04:54,827 --> 00:04:57,707 Speaker 3: You across the line. That's outstanding, of course. 106 00:04:57,827 --> 00:05:00,827 Speaker 5: Yeah, and I actually I actually wrote nothing like Joe Sullivan, 107 00:05:00,907 --> 00:05:04,387 Speaker 5: Like He's a short, powerful guy and I'm much longer, 108 00:05:04,427 --> 00:05:07,507 Speaker 5: and I don't actually know that I'm capable of rowing 109 00:05:07,547 --> 00:05:09,667 Speaker 5: like him, but it's what I was thinking about. 110 00:05:10,027 --> 00:05:11,907 Speaker 4: Oh, whatever it was, it worked. Of course, you won 111 00:05:12,027 --> 00:05:16,427 Speaker 4: silver and the women's eight back in Tokyo. How different 112 00:05:16,627 --> 00:05:18,947 Speaker 4: has it been with Brooke, just the two of you 113 00:05:19,027 --> 00:05:21,787 Speaker 4: compared to a team of eight or nine? 114 00:05:21,787 --> 00:05:25,787 Speaker 5: Actually, yes, and I mean the team of eight was 115 00:05:25,827 --> 00:05:28,227 Speaker 5: an amazing experience, and I wouldn't change it for the world, 116 00:05:28,267 --> 00:05:32,227 Speaker 5: because you know, those girls were absolutely you know, we're 117 00:05:32,267 --> 00:05:33,107 Speaker 5: friends forever now. 118 00:05:33,227 --> 00:05:35,787 Speaker 6: But to do this with Brook. 119 00:05:36,267 --> 00:05:38,027 Speaker 5: Now that we've done that as two months together, I 120 00:05:38,067 --> 00:05:40,427 Speaker 5: can't imagine it working out so well if I was 121 00:05:40,427 --> 00:05:42,707 Speaker 5: in a bigger boat with so many people having to 122 00:05:42,747 --> 00:05:46,467 Speaker 5: make compromise, you know, just having us as a unit, 123 00:05:46,867 --> 00:05:50,227 Speaker 5: I think all mothers know you've got to be flexible 124 00:05:50,227 --> 00:05:52,947 Speaker 5: and things are changing all the time, and the amount 125 00:05:52,947 --> 00:05:55,427 Speaker 5: of times we've had to adapt and change things on 126 00:05:55,467 --> 00:05:58,467 Speaker 5: the fly, it has been difficult and it hasn't been easy, 127 00:05:58,507 --> 00:06:01,107 Speaker 5: and probably having just the two of us in the 128 00:06:01,107 --> 00:06:04,987 Speaker 5: one boat has yeah given us the ability to do 129 00:06:05,027 --> 00:06:06,107 Speaker 5: there the best of times. 130 00:06:06,427 --> 00:06:06,827 Speaker 3: Amazing. 131 00:06:06,947 --> 00:06:10,347 Speaker 4: And you weren't the only sports girl to have a 132 00:06:10,467 --> 00:06:13,947 Speaker 4: dual with Romanians today. Your sister Phoebe of course, part 133 00:06:13,987 --> 00:06:16,227 Speaker 4: of the women's four who won bronze and they were 134 00:06:16,267 --> 00:06:18,107 Speaker 4: battling away with the Romanians for the back end of 135 00:06:18,147 --> 00:06:20,107 Speaker 4: their race as well. Did you get the chance to 136 00:06:20,147 --> 00:06:20,907 Speaker 4: watch that race? 137 00:06:22,227 --> 00:06:22,427 Speaker 6: Oh? 138 00:06:22,467 --> 00:06:24,787 Speaker 5: I did, And I think I ruined about ten other 139 00:06:24,787 --> 00:06:30,587 Speaker 5: people's media interviews in the media shoot because I was 140 00:06:30,667 --> 00:06:34,347 Speaker 5: absolutely screaming for thieves. But I was so conscious of 141 00:06:34,707 --> 00:06:36,827 Speaker 5: wrapping up my own interviews and getting myself in a 142 00:06:36,827 --> 00:06:38,467 Speaker 5: place where I could yell my hit off for her, 143 00:06:38,547 --> 00:06:41,547 Speaker 5: because I really believed that they could also have a 144 00:06:41,587 --> 00:06:42,227 Speaker 5: good race. 145 00:06:42,067 --> 00:06:44,347 Speaker 6: And I feel the same about the whole New Zealand 146 00:06:44,387 --> 00:06:44,867 Speaker 6: rolling team. 147 00:06:44,867 --> 00:06:46,627 Speaker 5: You know, we're all family, and I think we're heading 148 00:06:46,667 --> 00:06:50,107 Speaker 5: into another couple of really exciting days. You know, all 149 00:06:50,107 --> 00:06:52,947 Speaker 5: our training partners are about to go next and it's 150 00:06:52,947 --> 00:06:53,787 Speaker 5: going to be cool. 151 00:06:53,747 --> 00:06:55,987 Speaker 4: So cool al right and just before you go, obviously 152 00:06:56,187 --> 00:06:58,947 Speaker 4: a new mum. Now are your son Rupert? I believe 153 00:06:59,227 --> 00:07:03,067 Speaker 4: he's there with you? Presumably, yes, he is, so. 154 00:07:03,107 --> 00:07:05,547 Speaker 5: Brooke and I have moved into the hotel and the 155 00:07:05,587 --> 00:07:08,907 Speaker 5: team hotel Paris, so he's staying with my partner and 156 00:07:08,907 --> 00:07:11,987 Speaker 5: my parents in an airbnb. But he's here. He's been 157 00:07:11,987 --> 00:07:15,587 Speaker 5: watching every day. Today was really hot for him. He's 158 00:07:15,627 --> 00:07:18,427 Speaker 5: been He needs to have a few ice blocks. 159 00:07:18,027 --> 00:07:19,107 Speaker 6: And calm down. 160 00:07:19,227 --> 00:07:23,507 Speaker 5: But for an eighteen month old, he said, some pretty 161 00:07:23,547 --> 00:07:24,067 Speaker 5: big days. 162 00:07:24,467 --> 00:07:26,987 Speaker 4: I remember those days as when my kids were about 163 00:07:26,987 --> 00:07:28,747 Speaker 4: that age year. Nothing like an ice block to come 164 00:07:28,787 --> 00:07:32,307 Speaker 4: somebody down on a hot day. Outstanding, Lucy, congratulations on 165 00:07:32,347 --> 00:07:35,147 Speaker 4: the gold medal. Everybody back here is just utterly delighted 166 00:07:35,147 --> 00:07:36,947 Speaker 4: with what you've achieved. More to come, I know from 167 00:07:36,947 --> 00:07:38,947 Speaker 4: the rowing team. Thanks so much for taking the time 168 00:07:38,987 --> 00:07:42,107 Speaker 4: for a chat. Thanks so much as Lucy Spores gold 169 00:07:42,147 --> 00:07:46,067 Speaker 4: medalist in the women's double skulls along with Brook Francis. 170 00:07:46,107 --> 00:07:48,787 Speaker 3: Not long after that, of course, there was silver for 171 00:07:48,827 --> 00:07:49,627 Speaker 3: the men's four. 172 00:07:49,907 --> 00:07:53,747 Speaker 2: They're almost bow to about now the New Zealand Crewe, McLean, 173 00:07:54,027 --> 00:07:56,267 Speaker 2: Olrich Murray and McDonald. 174 00:07:56,707 --> 00:07:58,067 Speaker 3: Can they run down the US? 175 00:07:58,507 --> 00:08:00,907 Speaker 2: I think it's going to be just beyond them, the 176 00:08:00,987 --> 00:08:06,347 Speaker 2: USA coming down to the line in first position gold, 177 00:08:06,867 --> 00:08:11,307 Speaker 2: US silver, New Zealand yah silver for the men's four 178 00:08:11,387 --> 00:08:16,427 Speaker 2: comprising Ollie McLain, Logan, Ulrich, Tom Murray and Matt McDonald. 179 00:08:16,467 --> 00:08:18,627 Speaker 4: I spoke to Matt McDonald not long after they received 180 00:08:18,667 --> 00:08:21,547 Speaker 4: their medals and asked how it felt around his neck. 181 00:08:22,587 --> 00:08:27,707 Speaker 7: It feels effect it's heavy, super shiny where we're over 182 00:08:27,747 --> 00:08:30,627 Speaker 7: the moon with how our race went and how the 183 00:08:31,267 --> 00:08:36,907 Speaker 7: overall the regatta went for us. Yeah, we're we're extremely proud. 184 00:08:36,827 --> 00:08:39,707 Speaker 4: Pipped by the United States who led from start to finish, 185 00:08:39,787 --> 00:08:41,467 Speaker 4: but g you gave it a good go. Can you 186 00:08:41,507 --> 00:08:43,387 Speaker 4: Can you talk about the race? Can you take us 187 00:08:43,387 --> 00:08:45,467 Speaker 4: through it from start to finish? 188 00:08:45,667 --> 00:08:45,947 Speaker 3: Yeah? 189 00:08:46,347 --> 00:08:50,667 Speaker 7: Yeah, the Americans were exceptional today. I don't think they 190 00:08:50,787 --> 00:08:54,227 Speaker 7: put a foot wrong and we soon knew we were 191 00:08:54,227 --> 00:08:55,867 Speaker 7: going to have to have our perfect race for it 192 00:08:55,907 --> 00:08:58,867 Speaker 7: to be that closed or for it to be goal 193 00:08:58,987 --> 00:09:02,107 Speaker 7: for us, and I think, you know, we we did 194 00:09:02,227 --> 00:09:05,627 Speaker 7: just about one hundred percent perfect race, and you're right, 195 00:09:05,667 --> 00:09:09,347 Speaker 7: they did from start to finish, and we knew we 196 00:09:09,387 --> 00:09:11,627 Speaker 7: needed to have a good start and get away quickly 197 00:09:11,667 --> 00:09:14,107 Speaker 7: with them, which I think we did a decent job of, 198 00:09:14,147 --> 00:09:18,267 Speaker 7: and then I think they sort of moved away slowly 199 00:09:18,547 --> 00:09:21,507 Speaker 7: in that sort of second five hundred, and we then 200 00:09:21,627 --> 00:09:24,067 Speaker 7: did a really good job of coming back up to 201 00:09:24,147 --> 00:09:26,547 Speaker 7: them in the third five hundred, and then it was 202 00:09:26,587 --> 00:09:30,067 Speaker 7: really exciting coming into the last five hundred. We I 203 00:09:30,067 --> 00:09:32,387 Speaker 7: think we drew pretty much level with them and thought 204 00:09:32,387 --> 00:09:35,907 Speaker 7: we had a real shot at the gold and we 205 00:09:35,907 --> 00:09:38,427 Speaker 7: were just chasing the line the whole way, and I think, 206 00:09:39,867 --> 00:09:42,147 Speaker 7: you know, with that little buffer that they had built 207 00:09:42,387 --> 00:09:44,267 Speaker 7: earlier on in the race, they were able to sort 208 00:09:44,267 --> 00:09:48,867 Speaker 7: of cover our move. But we're extremely proud the way 209 00:09:48,907 --> 00:09:52,467 Speaker 7: we raced and left everything out there. So you know, 210 00:09:52,907 --> 00:09:55,867 Speaker 7: I think none of us have any regrets. And they 211 00:09:55,867 --> 00:09:57,667 Speaker 7: were the top crew today. 212 00:09:58,067 --> 00:10:01,347 Speaker 4: Yeah, perfectly described. It's a tough class, isn't it. I mean, 213 00:10:01,387 --> 00:10:04,467 Speaker 4: outside of the eight, it feels like the men's four 214 00:10:04,667 --> 00:10:07,467 Speaker 4: is a really tough class. I think yours is just 215 00:10:07,467 --> 00:10:10,947 Speaker 4: the third podium finish in this class. Does it feel 216 00:10:11,027 --> 00:10:13,107 Speaker 4: does it feel really competitive this class? 217 00:10:14,627 --> 00:10:14,827 Speaker 3: Yeah? 218 00:10:14,827 --> 00:10:16,987 Speaker 7: It does. I feel like the Memes four is like, 219 00:10:18,507 --> 00:10:20,747 Speaker 7: you know, the f one of rolling to be fair, 220 00:10:20,787 --> 00:10:23,627 Speaker 7: apart from the aids, but they're more like a steam train, 221 00:10:23,707 --> 00:10:26,867 Speaker 7: you know, like the way the boat goes the four 222 00:10:27,027 --> 00:10:30,987 Speaker 7: is super light and flighty and you it's a it's 223 00:10:31,027 --> 00:10:33,867 Speaker 7: a real magic boat to row when when you're up 224 00:10:33,907 --> 00:10:36,467 Speaker 7: out of the water. So yeah, and I think that's 225 00:10:36,507 --> 00:10:40,507 Speaker 7: reflected in the in the sort of level of rolling 226 00:10:40,587 --> 00:10:45,867 Speaker 7: in that field. You know, there was sex crews lining 227 00:10:45,907 --> 00:10:48,747 Speaker 7: up there could have won that race on the day. 228 00:10:48,827 --> 00:10:52,267 Speaker 7: So to come away with silver where we're super stoked 229 00:10:52,347 --> 00:10:56,827 Speaker 7: and and to be amongst GB and USA on the 230 00:10:56,827 --> 00:11:01,907 Speaker 7: podium is is really cool because to the last three 231 00:11:02,067 --> 00:11:05,427 Speaker 7: and regattas, including this one, that's been the same podium, 232 00:11:06,627 --> 00:11:11,187 Speaker 7: different orders each time. But it's been a great, great 233 00:11:11,267 --> 00:11:14,107 Speaker 7: competition racing against those guys, and we've built a bit 234 00:11:14,147 --> 00:11:18,747 Speaker 7: of camaraderie over the last eighteen months or so since. 235 00:11:18,507 --> 00:11:19,747 Speaker 6: Will Champs in Serbia. 236 00:11:19,867 --> 00:11:23,347 Speaker 7: So yeah, all in aws, it was a great day. 237 00:11:23,467 --> 00:11:25,587 Speaker 4: Yeah, not bad company to be and that's for sure. 238 00:11:25,747 --> 00:11:27,987 Speaker 4: Of course, you were part of the eight that won 239 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:30,987 Speaker 4: in Tokyo three years ago with Tom Murray, Ollie and 240 00:11:31,027 --> 00:11:35,067 Speaker 4: Logan at their first games. Did you have to look 241 00:11:35,147 --> 00:11:39,627 Speaker 4: after the first timers or do you all actually was 242 00:11:39,667 --> 00:11:41,187 Speaker 4: it all okay once you got out there? 243 00:11:43,067 --> 00:11:46,347 Speaker 7: Oh no, no, it was it was all okay. Oli 244 00:11:46,387 --> 00:11:49,507 Speaker 7: and Logan a seasoned races in their own right, so 245 00:11:50,027 --> 00:11:52,867 Speaker 7: we had, you know, everyone had total trust in each 246 00:11:52,907 --> 00:11:56,547 Speaker 7: other's ability and knew that we were going to go 247 00:11:56,707 --> 00:12:00,147 Speaker 7: racing and perform really well because that's sort of the 248 00:12:00,187 --> 00:12:02,707 Speaker 7: strength of our crew. I'd say, like a two k 249 00:12:02,867 --> 00:12:06,347 Speaker 7: race is really our bread and butter. We're kind of 250 00:12:06,707 --> 00:12:11,067 Speaker 7: not the best lower stroke rate crew or over longer distances, 251 00:12:11,107 --> 00:12:13,107 Speaker 7: but as soon as we get to open it up 252 00:12:13,107 --> 00:12:15,267 Speaker 7: and go for a race, so that's where we really shine. 253 00:12:15,347 --> 00:12:19,827 Speaker 7: So no, there was no sort of looking after the 254 00:12:19,867 --> 00:12:22,467 Speaker 7: younger guys at all. They were they were raring to 255 00:12:22,507 --> 00:12:24,787 Speaker 7: go and we're all on great form. 256 00:12:25,027 --> 00:12:26,987 Speaker 4: And by the time you guys crossed for your silver, 257 00:12:27,187 --> 00:12:29,667 Speaker 4: of course, that was that was the complete set for 258 00:12:29,707 --> 00:12:32,507 Speaker 4: New Zealand on the day, with gold and the women's 259 00:12:32,547 --> 00:12:35,827 Speaker 4: double skulls bronze and the women's four I'm not sure 260 00:12:35,867 --> 00:12:36,867 Speaker 4: how does it work, Matt? 261 00:12:36,907 --> 00:12:39,987 Speaker 3: Can you watch those races? Did? Were you aware of 262 00:12:40,027 --> 00:12:41,587 Speaker 3: the results before you hit the water? 263 00:12:43,587 --> 00:12:47,267 Speaker 7: We were definitely aware of the women's double result. It 264 00:12:47,307 --> 00:12:50,787 Speaker 7: was it was quite interesting timing because the way the 265 00:12:50,947 --> 00:12:54,187 Speaker 7: venues set up, we were sort of sort of on 266 00:12:54,347 --> 00:13:00,027 Speaker 7: a couple floors above the above the racetrack warming up 267 00:13:00,027 --> 00:13:02,987 Speaker 7: on land on the IRG, so we saw the women's 268 00:13:02,987 --> 00:13:05,987 Speaker 7: double come down and saw them when So that was 269 00:13:07,027 --> 00:13:12,027 Speaker 7: massively a huge boost of motivation and confidence as we're 270 00:13:12,067 --> 00:13:14,147 Speaker 7: just about to get on the water to see another 271 00:13:14,227 --> 00:13:17,307 Speaker 7: key we crew that we've been training alongside do the 272 00:13:17,347 --> 00:13:20,747 Speaker 7: business and win. So yeah, like we got to see. 273 00:13:20,507 --> 00:13:22,227 Speaker 6: Them do that. 274 00:13:22,307 --> 00:13:24,907 Speaker 7: And then we were on the water in the warm 275 00:13:25,027 --> 00:13:28,747 Speaker 7: up area just adjacent to the course when the women's 276 00:13:28,747 --> 00:13:32,267 Speaker 7: four came down and I think we saw them with 277 00:13:32,507 --> 00:13:35,867 Speaker 7: five hundred meters to go and they were near connected 278 00:13:35,907 --> 00:13:38,667 Speaker 7: with Romania going to the last five hundred, so it 279 00:13:38,787 --> 00:13:40,867 Speaker 7: was really all to play for for the bronze at 280 00:13:40,867 --> 00:13:44,987 Speaker 7: that point, and Romain is not necessarily the nation you 281 00:13:44,987 --> 00:13:49,467 Speaker 7: want to come up against in a sprint, so I 282 00:13:49,787 --> 00:13:52,107 Speaker 7: had full confidence in our girls, but I knew it 283 00:13:52,147 --> 00:13:56,507 Speaker 7: was going to take an epic last five hundred. So 284 00:13:56,547 --> 00:13:58,907 Speaker 7: when when we got to the middle pond turn and 285 00:13:58,947 --> 00:14:01,747 Speaker 7: saw their boats sitting there, that was when we realized 286 00:14:01,747 --> 00:14:03,347 Speaker 7: that the Woman's four had got a middle two, so 287 00:14:04,227 --> 00:14:06,627 Speaker 7: that there was another win right there in that and 288 00:14:06,627 --> 00:14:11,627 Speaker 7: so it was an epic sort of our forty five 289 00:14:11,667 --> 00:14:13,667 Speaker 7: minutes kind of thing. It was a real high for 290 00:14:13,707 --> 00:14:14,267 Speaker 7: the whole. 291 00:14:14,067 --> 00:14:17,107 Speaker 4: Team, absolutely, and for everybody back here, I can tell you, 292 00:14:17,147 --> 00:14:19,147 Speaker 4: and there's hopefully more to come, because do you get 293 00:14:19,147 --> 00:14:22,627 Speaker 4: the opportunity now to stay on and support your you know, 294 00:14:22,667 --> 00:14:25,387 Speaker 4: your country men and women who still have the opportunity 295 00:14:25,787 --> 00:14:26,707 Speaker 4: to row for medals. 296 00:14:27,947 --> 00:14:31,987 Speaker 7: Yes, yes, absolutely we'll be there tomorrow and the next 297 00:14:32,067 --> 00:14:34,827 Speaker 7: day to watch the rest of the New Zealand crews 298 00:14:34,867 --> 00:14:39,787 Speaker 7: come down. And I think it's super it's a unique 299 00:14:39,827 --> 00:14:42,707 Speaker 7: situation to have some of the team finish a couple 300 00:14:42,747 --> 00:14:48,827 Speaker 7: of days before the others. You know, there becomes a 301 00:14:48,867 --> 00:14:52,067 Speaker 7: sense of momentum and the team when certain when crews 302 00:14:52,067 --> 00:14:55,187 Speaker 7: are going well and performing because we all do the 303 00:14:55,227 --> 00:14:59,587 Speaker 7: same training, we all do the same hours and have 304 00:14:59,747 --> 00:15:01,907 Speaker 7: done followed the same program. So as soon as you 305 00:15:01,947 --> 00:15:04,147 Speaker 7: get the sense that one crew is going well and 306 00:15:04,147 --> 00:15:06,827 Speaker 7: then the other crew goes well, and then another there's 307 00:15:06,827 --> 00:15:09,307 Speaker 7: a real confidence in the team that and belief that 308 00:15:09,347 --> 00:15:12,067 Speaker 7: what we've done is is really going to work and 309 00:15:12,827 --> 00:15:15,347 Speaker 7: pay out. So you can, you know, step out onto 310 00:15:15,347 --> 00:15:19,787 Speaker 7: the water knowing knowing that beyond yourself, the whole team 311 00:15:19,867 --> 00:15:21,507 Speaker 7: is really on form. 312 00:15:22,107 --> 00:15:22,547 Speaker 3: So good. 313 00:15:22,907 --> 00:15:24,787 Speaker 4: You must be stoked, man, I mean this must just 314 00:15:24,867 --> 00:15:27,227 Speaker 4: I know you got your goal from Tokyo, of course, 315 00:15:27,267 --> 00:15:29,227 Speaker 4: but I mean this must be special too. 316 00:15:29,347 --> 00:15:29,787 Speaker 3: Yeah. 317 00:15:29,947 --> 00:15:32,587 Speaker 4: You know you sound very calm, but you must be euphoric, 318 00:15:32,667 --> 00:15:34,307 Speaker 4: are you in a certain sense? 319 00:15:35,427 --> 00:15:38,987 Speaker 7: Yeah, no, absolutely, you for it hasn't really sunk in 320 00:15:39,147 --> 00:15:43,427 Speaker 7: yet to be honest, but yeah, to do it in 321 00:15:43,467 --> 00:15:47,267 Speaker 7: a different boat class and with a different group of guys, 322 00:15:48,147 --> 00:15:51,227 Speaker 7: it's a whole different beasts each campaign, so this one 323 00:15:51,267 --> 00:15:55,307 Speaker 7: feels really special. You know, I was I was one 324 00:15:55,307 --> 00:15:57,347 Speaker 7: of the young I was one of the youngest guys 325 00:15:57,347 --> 00:15:58,867 Speaker 7: in the so I was really just sort of following 326 00:15:58,867 --> 00:16:02,787 Speaker 7: the lead and doing the best I could in that boat. 327 00:16:02,827 --> 00:16:06,587 Speaker 7: And you know, Tokyo was a massive learning experience, and 328 00:16:07,747 --> 00:16:10,067 Speaker 7: I just tried to apply what we had learned through 329 00:16:10,107 --> 00:16:14,747 Speaker 7: that boat class to this and it's served us really well. 330 00:16:14,827 --> 00:16:16,507 Speaker 7: So yeah, absolutely over the moon. 331 00:16:16,827 --> 00:16:17,907 Speaker 3: Congratulations Matt. 332 00:16:17,987 --> 00:16:21,187 Speaker 4: Wonderful stuff from you, from Ollie Logan and Tom as 333 00:16:21,187 --> 00:16:23,467 Speaker 4: well and the others who have picked up some precious 334 00:16:23,507 --> 00:16:25,707 Speaker 4: metal today as well. May there be a bit more 335 00:16:25,707 --> 00:16:27,267 Speaker 4: to come. Thanks for taking the Tom for a chat. 336 00:16:27,307 --> 00:16:28,427 Speaker 4: Really appreciate it. Cool. 337 00:16:28,467 --> 00:16:30,027 Speaker 7: Thank you, No Rice, Catch you later. 338 00:16:30,707 --> 00:16:33,867 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 339 00:16:33,987 --> 00:16:37,267 Speaker 1: to News Talk sed B weekends from midday, or follow 340 00:16:37,307 --> 00:16:38,947 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.