1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast 2 00:00:10,613 --> 00:00:11,733 Speaker 1: from News Talks at me. 3 00:00:13,093 --> 00:00:16,693 Speaker 2: Honestly, I just don't want it to end. I cannot 4 00:00:16,773 --> 00:00:20,733 Speaker 2: bear the thought of these Olympic Games ending. Has two 5 00:00:20,773 --> 00:00:25,853 Speaker 2: weeks really passed that quickly? Yeah? Honestly, my entire life, 6 00:00:26,893 --> 00:00:31,773 Speaker 2: the daily rhythms of our household have entirely come to 7 00:00:31,893 --> 00:00:34,933 Speaker 2: revolve around the Olympic Games. There isn't a dinner that 8 00:00:34,973 --> 00:00:37,733 Speaker 2: has cooked, a lunch box that is prepared, a table 9 00:00:37,773 --> 00:00:40,813 Speaker 2: that has wiped down, or a basket of washing that 10 00:00:40,893 --> 00:00:45,533 Speaker 2: has folded without the steady hum of speed climbing or 11 00:00:45,733 --> 00:00:49,093 Speaker 2: synchronized diving, or the men's eight hundred meters ramp a 12 00:00:49,173 --> 00:00:52,293 Speaker 2: charge in the background. So these are my takeaways from 13 00:00:52,293 --> 00:00:55,533 Speaker 2: Paris twenty twenty four. First of all, I love the 14 00:00:55,613 --> 00:01:00,653 Speaker 2: way in which sporting history turns on the finest human margins. 15 00:01:01,053 --> 00:01:03,013 Speaker 2: The mean one hundred meter final, I think, was the 16 00:01:03,053 --> 00:01:07,053 Speaker 2: perfect example, the way they broke the line in such 17 00:01:07,053 --> 00:01:10,853 Speaker 2: a crowd that both first and second place recorded the 18 00:01:10,893 --> 00:01:14,493 Speaker 2: same time on the TV, in stadium clocks and with 19 00:01:14,573 --> 00:01:18,453 Speaker 2: a microscope and a high quality photo. Apparently the silver 20 00:01:18,533 --> 00:01:22,213 Speaker 2: medallist somehow broke the line first, but he did so 21 00:01:22,333 --> 00:01:25,533 Speaker 2: with his foot, with his foot and not with his chest, 22 00:01:26,253 --> 00:01:30,373 Speaker 2: and ultimately it's whoever's chest breaks the line first that 23 00:01:30,493 --> 00:01:36,013 Speaker 2: wins the race. History decided by five one thousandth of 24 00:01:36,093 --> 00:01:38,813 Speaker 2: a second. I said before the Games that I was 25 00:01:38,853 --> 00:01:41,293 Speaker 2: really looking forward to the men's fifteen hundred meters, and 26 00:01:41,333 --> 00:01:43,933 Speaker 2: I tell you what, it did not disappoint. The two 27 00:01:43,973 --> 00:01:46,733 Speaker 2: favorites had been talked up so much and had smacked 28 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:49,733 Speaker 2: talked each other so much that basically everyone including me, 29 00:01:50,413 --> 00:01:53,733 Speaker 2: had worked themselves into a state where it felt like 30 00:01:53,813 --> 00:01:56,413 Speaker 2: those were the only two runners who could possibly win 31 00:01:56,693 --> 00:02:00,693 Speaker 2: Olympic gold. And the defending champion was so cavalier that 32 00:02:00,733 --> 00:02:04,173 Speaker 2: in the heats he deliberately didn't crouch from the start 33 00:02:04,173 --> 00:02:07,253 Speaker 2: of the race. He waited for the starting gun, let 34 00:02:07,373 --> 00:02:09,413 Speaker 2: everyone else run off in front of him, and then 35 00:02:09,573 --> 00:02:12,733 Speaker 2: casually trundled after him. The commentators were saying, like, this 36 00:02:12,813 --> 00:02:17,413 Speaker 2: is just plain disrespectful. But in the final yakob Ingerbritson's 37 00:02:17,413 --> 00:02:19,933 Speaker 2: approach came back to bite him. He led for the 38 00:02:19,973 --> 00:02:22,293 Speaker 2: first eighty or eighty five percent of the race. He 39 00:02:22,373 --> 00:02:25,333 Speaker 2: was setting a cracking pace as he tried to break 40 00:02:25,533 --> 00:02:28,333 Speaker 2: his great rival. This guy from Britain called Josh Kerr, 41 00:02:28,573 --> 00:02:31,573 Speaker 2: and on the final stretch, Kerr looked to go around 42 00:02:31,693 --> 00:02:35,813 Speaker 2: Ingerbritson and Ingerbriton kind of drifted into lane two to 43 00:02:35,893 --> 00:02:39,573 Speaker 2: try and block the overtake. But what do we know 44 00:02:39,613 --> 00:02:45,093 Speaker 2: about geometry? The inside lane Lane one has the shortest 45 00:02:45,253 --> 00:02:48,453 Speaker 2: path to the finish line, and as the two favorites 46 00:02:48,613 --> 00:02:51,613 Speaker 2: scrapped it out in lanes two and three, an American runner, 47 00:02:51,653 --> 00:02:55,093 Speaker 2: this guy called Cole Howker, slipped in on the inside 48 00:02:55,133 --> 00:02:59,293 Speaker 2: and pipped them for Olympic glory. Kerr finished second, Ingerbritson fourth. 49 00:02:59,413 --> 00:03:03,533 Speaker 2: It was it was extraordinary. It was amazing. So, with 50 00:03:03,573 --> 00:03:07,093 Speaker 2: the day to go before the closing ceremony, here's my 51 00:03:07,133 --> 00:03:10,373 Speaker 2: take on the Olympic sports. I love many of the 52 00:03:10,413 --> 00:03:13,413 Speaker 2: newer ones. Sport climbing, welcome to the Olympics. So good, 53 00:03:13,733 --> 00:03:14,173 Speaker 2: so good. 54 00:03:14,693 --> 00:03:14,893 Speaker 1: You know. 55 00:03:14,933 --> 00:03:18,933 Speaker 2: It fits into my could a caveman do it? Category, 56 00:03:19,293 --> 00:03:21,493 Speaker 2: which I think is a really excellent measure for whether 57 00:03:21,573 --> 00:03:24,253 Speaker 2: individual sports should be at the Olympics. Think about it, right, 58 00:03:24,493 --> 00:03:25,853 Speaker 2: Swimming could a caveman do it? 59 00:03:25,933 --> 00:03:26,213 Speaker 1: Yes? 60 00:03:27,413 --> 00:03:31,453 Speaker 2: Shot put javelin, could a caveman do it? Yes? Running 61 00:03:31,573 --> 00:03:34,573 Speaker 2: could a caveman do it yes? Climbing could a cave 62 00:03:34,613 --> 00:03:37,133 Speaker 2: man do it. Yeah, And I'm not just saying it 63 00:03:37,173 --> 00:03:39,933 Speaker 2: because Finn Butcher won gold, but I reckon the kayak 64 00:03:40,053 --> 00:03:44,493 Speaker 2: cross is an absolute revelation. It's such a spectacle, it's 65 00:03:44,533 --> 00:03:46,973 Speaker 2: so good. It just feels like just like anyone could 66 00:03:46,973 --> 00:03:49,853 Speaker 2: win any race. The same applies to skateboarding. Actually such 67 00:03:49,933 --> 00:03:53,973 Speaker 2: spectacle a it's so good. I mean no disrespect to 68 00:03:54,013 --> 00:03:56,333 Speaker 2: any of the athletes in these sports, but I am 69 00:03:56,493 --> 00:03:59,933 Speaker 2: a little bit ambivalent on surfing at the Olympics. If 70 00:03:59,933 --> 00:04:03,773 Speaker 2: I'm totally honest, and as spectacular as the breaking has 71 00:04:03,853 --> 00:04:06,853 Speaker 2: been this morning, it is gonna take me a bit 72 00:04:06,893 --> 00:04:11,093 Speaker 2: longer to get used to break dancing at the Olympics. Honestly, 73 00:04:11,773 --> 00:04:14,813 Speaker 2: I don't think that football should be at the Olympics. 74 00:04:14,973 --> 00:04:17,813 Speaker 2: The same with tennis and golf, although of course, if 75 00:04:17,893 --> 00:04:20,853 Speaker 2: Lydia Coe wins gold in the next twenty four hours, 76 00:04:21,093 --> 00:04:23,293 Speaker 2: I might have to go and scrub that from the internet. 77 00:04:23,693 --> 00:04:26,213 Speaker 2: Those sports, I just think they're big enough outside of 78 00:04:26,453 --> 00:04:29,133 Speaker 2: outside of the Games, and maybe the best test should 79 00:04:29,173 --> 00:04:32,493 Speaker 2: be whether or not the Olympics is the pinnacle competition 80 00:04:32,653 --> 00:04:34,973 Speaker 2: in that respective sport, you know what I mean? And 81 00:04:35,053 --> 00:04:38,613 Speaker 2: if it's not, then perhaps leave it out. One of 82 00:04:38,653 --> 00:04:39,933 Speaker 2: the things that I think has been great about the 83 00:04:39,933 --> 00:04:42,413 Speaker 2: Games is just how well attended all of the events 84 00:04:42,413 --> 00:04:45,933 Speaker 2: have been. The crowds for everything have been massive, like 85 00:04:46,013 --> 00:04:49,773 Speaker 2: massive crowds at the judo, at the fencing, at the 86 00:04:49,853 --> 00:04:53,973 Speaker 2: sport climbing. I also love how refreshing it is to 87 00:04:53,973 --> 00:04:58,133 Speaker 2: hear from athletes who you know aren't like rugby players 88 00:04:58,213 --> 00:05:01,653 Speaker 2: have had every scintilla of life and personality beaten out 89 00:05:01,693 --> 00:05:04,693 Speaker 2: of them by overly protective media managers over the years. 90 00:05:05,333 --> 00:05:07,213 Speaker 2: Favorite athlete of the game, it's got to be some 91 00:05:07,253 --> 00:05:09,733 Speaker 2: own Biles. Surely she's the queen of the Paris Olympics. 92 00:05:09,773 --> 00:05:12,973 Speaker 2: And as for my favorite kiwi performance, well, we still 93 00:05:12,973 --> 00:05:16,293 Speaker 2: have that incredible contest and the women's k one to come. 94 00:05:16,573 --> 00:05:19,933 Speaker 2: It's gonna be amazing watsing Lisa Carrington and Amy Fisher 95 00:05:19,973 --> 00:05:21,813 Speaker 2: take to the water. And of course there are several 96 00:05:21,813 --> 00:05:24,693 Speaker 2: other kiwis who could be a chance tonight, But for me, 97 00:05:25,573 --> 00:05:27,293 Speaker 2: it is still going to be hard to beat our 98 00:05:27,413 --> 00:05:31,213 Speaker 2: very first medal of Paris twenty four, our very first goal. 99 00:05:31,613 --> 00:05:34,253 Speaker 2: There's something about the women's sevens team that just I 100 00:05:34,293 --> 00:05:37,613 Speaker 2: don't know, There's something, there's something they've got that expector. 101 00:05:37,893 --> 00:05:40,973 Speaker 2: There's something magic, don't you think. Tell you what, though, 102 00:05:42,973 --> 00:05:45,933 Speaker 2: I don't like Mondays at the best of times, but 103 00:05:46,093 --> 00:05:49,933 Speaker 2: I reckon this week and Monday of this week is 104 00:05:49,973 --> 00:05:52,453 Speaker 2: going to be really, really tough. 105 00:05:53,333 --> 00:05:56,453 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 106 00:05:56,533 --> 00:05:59,733 Speaker 1: to News Talks B from nine am Saturday, or follow 107 00:05:59,773 --> 00:06:01,333 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.