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Speaker 1: Right now, the Kiwis are still looking to secure their

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Speaker 1: first medal in the Paris Olympics. It's been a busy morning.

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Speaker 1: We've had cycling, we've had multiple equestrian events. Still no medals,

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Speaker 1: but Kiwi Tom Saunders is one of the top laser

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Speaker 1: sailors in the world in Paris for his first Olympics

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Speaker 1: and he is with us now. Tom, thank you very

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Speaker 1: much for being with me. First of all, how are

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Speaker 1: you enjoying the experience?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty cool. Obviously we're not in Paris, we're

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Speaker 2: in Marseille, which is a little bit different being away

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Speaker 2: from the village, but yeah, it's pretty exciting opportunity coming

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Speaker 2: up and really looking forward to getting started.

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Speaker 1: Where are you staying if do they have a village

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Speaker 1: in Marseille or is he just in hotels or something.

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Speaker 2: They do have a mini village in Marseille, but the

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Speaker 2: sailing team we've opted to we're all staying in a

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Speaker 2: couple of big houses, so we're all together and have

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Speaker 2: our own little thing going here. So it's quite a

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Speaker 2: nice setup and yeah, a bit of a luxury.

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Speaker 1: Quite a quite a difference for you. I mean, looking

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Speaker 1: back at Tokyo, you obviously missed out on selection for

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Speaker 1: the Olympics. Then how does it feel to be there now?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're sort of still pinching yourself a little bit. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I've come close a couple of times and you have

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Speaker 2: to finally get the nod and to be here now. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's super exciting. And yeah, still got a few more

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Speaker 2: days before our event starts, but yeah, just starting to

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Speaker 2: get at your feet. So yeah, really looking forward to it.

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Speaker 1: Tell us about your event, the ILCA seven. What is

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Speaker 1: it exactly? I'm told it's the most competitive of the competitions.

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Speaker 1: Tell us about it and who's your big competition?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I say, by myself. So it's a means

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Speaker 2: dinghy and it's all one design, So we turn up

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Speaker 2: to the event and they supply all your equipment, which

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Speaker 2: is pretty cool. So it's a lot a lot more

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Speaker 2: pure sailing, I think, and it's all comes down to

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Speaker 2: the sailor the individual as opposed to sort of what

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Speaker 2: gear you might have. So so in that sense it's yeah,

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Speaker 2: it makes the racing super close because everyone's got the

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Speaker 2: same kit. But yeah, plenty of competition. We have the biggest,

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Speaker 2: biggest fleet I think in the event, and yeah, just

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Speaker 2: being one design class, it's a lot easier for some

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Speaker 2: of the smaller nations to make it more affordable to race,

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Speaker 2: I suppose, so that's why we have good fleet numbers.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, in terms of competition, I've been training with

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Speaker 2: the Aussie and the brit and they've sort of set

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Speaker 2: the benchmark the last sort of two years, so yeah

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Speaker 2: there'd be two, and yeah there'll be Germany, Norway, a

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Speaker 2: guy from Cyprus going really well and the hometown favorite

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Speaker 2: of the French. So yeah, not sure a competition that's

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Speaker 2: for sure.

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Speaker 1: Yep, you're racist. Thursday, ten pm, KEI we time for

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Speaker 1: those who are interested in having a geezel having a

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Speaker 1: listen on gold Sport. Best of luck for your race

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Speaker 1: and congratulations on getting to the Olympics. Will you be

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Speaker 1: our first medal?

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Speaker 2: No, the forty nine boys are going really well at

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Speaker 2: the moment, two days in and currently leading, so hopefully

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Speaker 2: them first and then follow by me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, fingers crossed, fingers cross, We're looking forward to that

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Speaker 1: first one. Thank you very much for your time and

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Speaker 1: best to luck. Tom Saunders with us the KeyWe Olympics Sailor.

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