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 ZEDB. 3 00:00:12,827 --> 00:00:17,147 Speaker 2: Lydia Coe, the teenage sensation who has been a household 4 00:00:17,267 --> 00:00:20,267 Speaker 2: name here in New Zealand for well over a decade. 5 00:00:20,787 --> 00:00:23,827 Speaker 2: There's two parts here for gold the boy would she love? 6 00:00:23,867 --> 00:00:24,587 Speaker 3: A birdie? 7 00:00:24,907 --> 00:00:31,907 Speaker 4: Co puts through and it's down a golden glow for 8 00:00:32,107 --> 00:00:37,547 Speaker 4: Lydia Comb. Runner up in Rio, two back in Tokyo 9 00:00:38,307 --> 00:00:42,067 Speaker 4: and at top of the podium in Paris. The fairy 10 00:00:42,187 --> 00:00:50,347 Speaker 4: tale is complete. Lydia Co is an Olympic champion. 11 00:00:50,547 --> 00:00:53,227 Speaker 5: Indeed, she is Lydia Coe's one Olympic gold in the 12 00:00:53,227 --> 00:00:57,747 Speaker 5: women's golf at LA Golf National, simultaneously sacuring entry into 13 00:00:57,747 --> 00:01:00,827 Speaker 5: the LPGA's Hall of Fame. She fired at one of 14 00:01:00,907 --> 00:01:03,507 Speaker 5: the past seventy one in her final round, sinking that 15 00:01:03,587 --> 00:01:06,827 Speaker 5: birdie on the eighteenth to finish ten under overall for 16 00:01:06,867 --> 00:01:09,507 Speaker 5: a two shot win. It completes, of course, the trifecta 17 00:01:09,587 --> 00:01:13,547 Speaker 5: of medals after Lydia Co won silver in Rio and 18 00:01:13,667 --> 00:01:16,987 Speaker 5: bronze in Tokyo. Lydia Coe's with us with a gold 19 00:01:17,027 --> 00:01:21,187 Speaker 5: medal around her neck. Congratulations, Lydia, How do you reflect 20 00:01:21,227 --> 00:01:21,787 Speaker 5: on your day? 21 00:01:23,027 --> 00:01:25,667 Speaker 3: Yeah? You know, I think I stayed really patient today. 22 00:01:26,307 --> 00:01:28,427 Speaker 3: I was nervous, and I knew going into the day 23 00:01:28,467 --> 00:01:30,947 Speaker 3: that I was going to be nervous, But I stuck 24 00:01:30,987 --> 00:01:33,707 Speaker 3: to the same routines as any other day and tried 25 00:01:33,707 --> 00:01:36,107 Speaker 3: to take a lot of deep breaths. And I've been 26 00:01:36,107 --> 00:01:39,387 Speaker 3: doing a lot of good work with my coaches, and 27 00:01:40,187 --> 00:01:45,307 Speaker 3: I felt like like all those training and all those 28 00:01:45,387 --> 00:01:51,347 Speaker 3: moments were were you know, I guess working, and like 29 00:01:51,547 --> 00:01:54,307 Speaker 3: I was able to, you know, prove to myself that 30 00:01:54,387 --> 00:01:57,747 Speaker 3: I could do it for this moment. So it's honestly 31 00:01:57,827 --> 00:02:00,267 Speaker 3: so cool that all, you know, all of the hard work, 32 00:02:00,707 --> 00:02:03,587 Speaker 3: not only just for myself but from my team is 33 00:02:03,627 --> 00:02:06,267 Speaker 3: like peed off and honestly paid off at the biggest 34 00:02:06,587 --> 00:02:07,787 Speaker 3: event in my home tail. 35 00:02:08,187 --> 00:02:12,267 Speaker 5: Indeed, Well, you had that tricky moment on eighteen. You 36 00:02:12,347 --> 00:02:14,747 Speaker 5: had to get it over the water, you know, with 37 00:02:15,387 --> 00:02:17,587 Speaker 5: not much room to play with and certainly not much 38 00:02:17,627 --> 00:02:19,667 Speaker 5: room on the scoreboard. What was your mental process as 39 00:02:19,667 --> 00:02:21,787 Speaker 5: you as you played your approach to the eighteenth green? 40 00:02:22,587 --> 00:02:26,387 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I heard I wasn't the best contact 41 00:02:26,387 --> 00:02:28,227 Speaker 3: off the T shirt, but I knew being at the 42 00:02:28,267 --> 00:02:32,587 Speaker 3: bear Way it was crucial, and you know, I worked 43 00:02:32,587 --> 00:02:36,787 Speaker 3: through the numbers patiently with mc Kertie Paul and having 44 00:02:36,787 --> 00:02:39,827 Speaker 3: that which was having a nice way to kind of 45 00:02:39,827 --> 00:02:43,067 Speaker 3: approach the green, but I didn't want it to be greedy. 46 00:02:43,227 --> 00:02:48,427 Speaker 3: But at the same time, just like focus, focus on 47 00:02:48,547 --> 00:02:50,627 Speaker 3: what I've got to do, and just know that it's 48 00:02:50,667 --> 00:02:53,827 Speaker 3: never over until the end, so just put one percent 49 00:02:53,907 --> 00:02:55,867 Speaker 3: effort in until that board drops. 50 00:02:56,187 --> 00:02:58,947 Speaker 5: And going back to the thirteenth, you had that double bogie, 51 00:02:58,987 --> 00:03:01,107 Speaker 5: which which sets you back a little bit. How did 52 00:03:01,147 --> 00:03:03,627 Speaker 5: you recover from that? What was the mental process behind that? 53 00:03:05,067 --> 00:03:07,867 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I actually it didn't hit like a 54 00:03:07,907 --> 00:03:10,267 Speaker 3: bad shot for it to go in the water, So 55 00:03:10,707 --> 00:03:13,707 Speaker 3: I think in ways like because I knew obviously I 56 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:17,747 Speaker 3: made no mistake, I didn't like take it to the 57 00:03:17,867 --> 00:03:21,707 Speaker 3: head right away, and you know, with fourteen being a 58 00:03:21,867 --> 00:03:27,427 Speaker 3: part of five, I knew that it was like where 59 00:03:27,467 --> 00:03:29,267 Speaker 3: I could potentially make a broody and kind of come 60 00:03:29,307 --> 00:03:32,867 Speaker 3: back and find my momentum again. And even though I didn't, 61 00:03:33,147 --> 00:03:35,987 Speaker 3: I just stayed patient and just know that, hey, there's 62 00:03:36,187 --> 00:03:38,867 Speaker 3: still holes left, and just got to focus on what's 63 00:03:38,867 --> 00:03:41,107 Speaker 3: in front of me and not what happened, not what 64 00:03:41,187 --> 00:03:42,107 Speaker 3: has already happened. 65 00:03:42,187 --> 00:03:45,547 Speaker 5: Yeah, I saw a really cool quote from you in 66 00:03:45,667 --> 00:03:48,227 Speaker 5: one of your post round interviews when you talked about 67 00:03:48,627 --> 00:03:51,787 Speaker 5: a quote you'd heard from American gymnast Simone Biles about 68 00:03:52,027 --> 00:03:55,427 Speaker 5: it being up to you to write your own conclusion, 69 00:03:55,467 --> 00:03:59,507 Speaker 5: the own conclusion to your story. Is that a quote 70 00:03:59,507 --> 00:04:01,467 Speaker 5: that's kind of set in your mind this whole time? 71 00:04:03,027 --> 00:04:06,147 Speaker 3: Yeah, I saw her documentary and it said and she said, 72 00:04:06,187 --> 00:04:08,747 Speaker 3: I get to write my own ending, And that's what 73 00:04:08,787 --> 00:04:11,867 Speaker 3: I tried to embrace today. I didn't want, you know, 74 00:04:11,947 --> 00:04:15,427 Speaker 3: somebody else playing bad or good to dictate how I 75 00:04:15,467 --> 00:04:18,347 Speaker 3: was approaching it. So I just wanted to focus on 76 00:04:18,467 --> 00:04:20,867 Speaker 3: me and made sure that I got the job done. 77 00:04:21,067 --> 00:04:23,707 Speaker 5: As you're playing the funnel round to the orny a round, 78 00:04:23,947 --> 00:04:26,147 Speaker 5: are you aware of the score board as you're going around? 79 00:04:26,187 --> 00:04:29,707 Speaker 5: Were you aware of how close those behind you were today? 80 00:04:30,707 --> 00:04:30,947 Speaker 2: Yeah? 81 00:04:31,187 --> 00:04:33,307 Speaker 3: I mean there's a lot of scoreboards, so it's hard 82 00:04:33,347 --> 00:04:37,627 Speaker 3: to like miss it. So I knew what the situation was. 83 00:04:37,787 --> 00:04:41,707 Speaker 3: So I think hitting quality iron shots. I'm fifteen and sixteen, 84 00:04:41,747 --> 00:04:44,227 Speaker 3: I knew was going to be the most important factors. 85 00:04:44,307 --> 00:04:46,547 Speaker 3: Where you know, I was going to take like big 86 00:04:46,627 --> 00:04:49,867 Speaker 3: numbers out of the way, so and you know, I 87 00:04:49,907 --> 00:04:52,587 Speaker 3: had I hold two good three footers for par on 88 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:56,387 Speaker 3: those two holes to kind of you know, reset myself 89 00:04:56,427 --> 00:04:59,587 Speaker 3: and get ready for seventeen and eighteen. So yeah, I 90 00:04:59,587 --> 00:05:02,307 Speaker 3: would have preferred a little bit more of a cushion 91 00:05:02,387 --> 00:05:06,667 Speaker 3: going down the last, but no, eighteen being a part five, 92 00:05:07,547 --> 00:05:09,507 Speaker 3: I wanted to just stick to my game plan and 93 00:05:10,867 --> 00:05:12,827 Speaker 3: you know, just take it one shot at a time 94 00:05:12,907 --> 00:05:15,187 Speaker 3: and to better finish with the Birdie was. It really 95 00:05:15,187 --> 00:05:16,227 Speaker 3: couldn't have been any better. 96 00:05:16,547 --> 00:05:18,947 Speaker 5: So a third Olympic medal for you now one of 97 00:05:18,947 --> 00:05:22,347 Speaker 5: each color of course, silver, Rio, bronze, Tokyo, now gold 98 00:05:22,347 --> 00:05:24,387 Speaker 5: here in Paris. Can you can you put into context 99 00:05:24,387 --> 00:05:26,467 Speaker 5: with everything else you have achieved in your golf in 100 00:05:26,547 --> 00:05:28,667 Speaker 5: Korea where your Olympic medals sit. 101 00:05:30,467 --> 00:05:32,987 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, it means a lot, you know, to 102 00:05:33,107 --> 00:05:35,227 Speaker 3: be able to represent museum and to do it at 103 00:05:35,267 --> 00:05:38,867 Speaker 3: the Olympics three times. I'm very proud to call myself 104 00:05:38,867 --> 00:05:41,907 Speaker 3: a three time Olympian and now a three time Olympic 105 00:05:41,987 --> 00:05:48,107 Speaker 3: medalists and to collect both all all colors of the 106 00:05:48,267 --> 00:05:51,987 Speaker 3: of the medal. It's it's on a c cereal And yeah, 107 00:05:51,987 --> 00:05:54,467 Speaker 3: you know, I I think when I lost in the 108 00:05:54,467 --> 00:05:59,427 Speaker 3: playoff in Tokyo, I wished I had, you know, one silver. 109 00:05:59,907 --> 00:06:03,547 Speaker 3: But you know, maybe it was a golfing gods way 110 00:06:03,627 --> 00:06:06,187 Speaker 3: of saying, hey, get ready for gold in Paris. 111 00:06:07,027 --> 00:06:10,707 Speaker 5: Yeah. Well, whoever was making these decisions certainly got it 112 00:06:10,787 --> 00:06:13,787 Speaker 5: right today. And just to finish, in the context of 113 00:06:13,907 --> 00:06:17,227 Speaker 5: everything you've done as a golfer across your pro career, 114 00:06:17,267 --> 00:06:18,787 Speaker 5: where does this rank, this gold medal? 115 00:06:19,907 --> 00:06:23,587 Speaker 3: I think everyone is special in its own way. You know, 116 00:06:23,667 --> 00:06:27,787 Speaker 3: my bronze and silver medal, they are just as up 117 00:06:27,827 --> 00:06:30,107 Speaker 3: there as any of my other wins, so it's kind 118 00:06:30,107 --> 00:06:32,307 Speaker 3: of hard to compare that. But for now, this is, 119 00:06:32,627 --> 00:06:34,507 Speaker 3: you know, it feels like the biggest moment. 120 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:34,827 Speaker 4: In my career. 121 00:06:34,987 --> 00:06:37,547 Speaker 5: Wonderful. Thank you for joining us, Lydia really appreciate it 122 00:06:37,587 --> 00:06:41,707 Speaker 5: and you're packed schedule. Lydia Coe gold medalist and the 123 00:06:41,707 --> 00:06:44,187 Speaker 5: Women's golf for gold of silver and a bronze for 124 00:06:44,267 --> 00:06:44,747 Speaker 5: her Now. 125 00:06:45,787 --> 00:06:48,947 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 126 00:06:49,107 --> 00:06:52,387 Speaker 1: to News Talk d BE weekends from midday, or follow 127 00:06:52,427 --> 00:06:54,027 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.