1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,347 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,747 Speaker 1: from News Talk ZEDB. 3 00:00:12,747 --> 00:00:17,107 Speaker 2: Zoey Hobbs is New Zealand's fastest female sprinter of all time. 4 00:00:17,467 --> 00:00:20,107 Speaker 2: Last year, she became the first New Zealand female sprinter 5 00:00:20,427 --> 00:00:23,827 Speaker 2: to compete at the Olympic Game since nineteen seventy six, 6 00:00:24,307 --> 00:00:27,947 Speaker 2: and the first Kiwi sprinter to reach the semifinals at 7 00:00:27,947 --> 00:00:29,547 Speaker 2: the Olympics in a century. 8 00:00:29,667 --> 00:00:31,627 Speaker 3: She got away nicely, Zoe Hobbs in the middle of 9 00:00:31,667 --> 00:00:34,907 Speaker 3: the field and leads through twenty meters. Julian Elfred down 10 00:00:34,947 --> 00:00:37,867 Speaker 3: here in late nine. Zoe Hobbs leads through eighty meters. 11 00:00:37,987 --> 00:00:40,147 Speaker 3: She's going to be second. She's going to go through 12 00:00:40,187 --> 00:00:43,547 Speaker 3: to the semis. Zoe Hobbs eleven eight. 13 00:00:43,867 --> 00:00:46,387 Speaker 2: Zoey Hobbs is with us on Weekend Sport ahead of 14 00:00:46,387 --> 00:00:49,547 Speaker 2: her appearance at the International Track Meet in christ Church 15 00:00:50,027 --> 00:00:52,867 Speaker 2: this weekend. Zoe, thanks for joining us. Let's start last 16 00:00:52,947 --> 00:00:55,667 Speaker 2: year with the chance to reflect a little bit. What 17 00:00:55,667 --> 00:00:58,067 Speaker 2: were the main things that you took away from your 18 00:00:58,067 --> 00:01:00,027 Speaker 2: appearance at the Paris Olympics last year. 19 00:01:00,747 --> 00:01:03,387 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I turned up in one of the 20 00:01:03,387 --> 00:01:06,107 Speaker 4: best shapes I've ever been in and I'm really happy 21 00:01:06,147 --> 00:01:07,627 Speaker 4: with how I managed to. 22 00:01:07,627 --> 00:01:08,547 Speaker 5: Execute the heat. 23 00:01:09,467 --> 00:01:11,667 Speaker 4: It was one of the best when normalized times that 24 00:01:11,707 --> 00:01:15,747 Speaker 4: I'd run in my lifetime, So yeah, I was close 25 00:01:15,787 --> 00:01:18,707 Speaker 4: to my best and I ran that heat really relaxed 26 00:01:18,707 --> 00:01:21,267 Speaker 4: and feeling good going into the semi. One of my 27 00:01:21,267 --> 00:01:25,067 Speaker 4: biggest reflections from the Games was just how I executed 28 00:01:25,107 --> 00:01:25,587 Speaker 4: the semi. 29 00:01:25,987 --> 00:01:27,347 Speaker 5: I didn't move off the line, and. 30 00:01:27,627 --> 00:01:30,547 Speaker 4: As we know, with the short sprints, you can't make 31 00:01:30,587 --> 00:01:32,427 Speaker 4: any room for eric because there's no room to make 32 00:01:32,467 --> 00:01:34,627 Speaker 4: it back up. So that was one of the biggest 33 00:01:34,627 --> 00:01:37,387 Speaker 4: things I took away from the Games, just managing to 34 00:01:37,427 --> 00:01:41,267 Speaker 4: compose myself under that pressure. And one of the learnings 35 00:01:41,267 --> 00:01:43,187 Speaker 4: from the games as well was just how much noise 36 00:01:43,227 --> 00:01:45,387 Speaker 4: goes on in the stadium. I wasn't quite used to 37 00:01:45,427 --> 00:01:47,667 Speaker 4: that in the past, like I've never experienced that from 38 00:01:47,747 --> 00:01:51,027 Speaker 4: Diamond Leagues or from a World Chance in the past. 39 00:01:51,107 --> 00:01:53,627 Speaker 4: So now having gained that experience, I know that that's 40 00:01:53,627 --> 00:01:57,027 Speaker 4: something to expect and something that I can practice going 41 00:01:57,067 --> 00:01:59,667 Speaker 4: into future campaigns. There was a lot of positives to 42 00:01:59,707 --> 00:02:02,387 Speaker 4: take away, but yeah, obviously a little bit disappointed with 43 00:02:02,427 --> 00:02:06,547 Speaker 4: how I executed that semi final. Obviously the goal was 44 00:02:06,547 --> 00:02:07,547 Speaker 4: to make the final. 45 00:02:07,907 --> 00:02:10,387 Speaker 2: Well, you ran the heat in eleven I eight. We 46 00:02:10,507 --> 00:02:12,427 Speaker 2: just listened to it, and that would have got you 47 00:02:12,507 --> 00:02:14,667 Speaker 2: close to the final if you'd run eleven o eight 48 00:02:14,987 --> 00:02:16,827 Speaker 2: in the semi final. Was it a bit gutting that 49 00:02:16,867 --> 00:02:19,587 Speaker 2: you couldn't back up your excellent performance in the heat 50 00:02:19,867 --> 00:02:22,187 Speaker 2: in the semi final, Yeah, for sure. 51 00:02:22,227 --> 00:02:24,827 Speaker 4: And I knew as soon Like often sometimes you'll finish 52 00:02:24,827 --> 00:02:27,867 Speaker 4: a race and not quite know what went wrong, I 53 00:02:27,907 --> 00:02:29,707 Speaker 4: knew as soon as I finished that I just missed 54 00:02:29,747 --> 00:02:31,347 Speaker 4: the race up and it was right from the start. 55 00:02:31,507 --> 00:02:34,387 Speaker 4: My reaction was terrible. Usually the best part of my 56 00:02:34,547 --> 00:02:37,987 Speaker 4: race is the first ten to twenty meters, and from 57 00:02:38,067 --> 00:02:40,427 Speaker 4: the first step I was already behind. So I knew 58 00:02:40,427 --> 00:02:42,827 Speaker 4: that I'd missed up that part of the race. And 59 00:02:42,947 --> 00:02:44,987 Speaker 4: the disappointing thing was I was in the bear shape 60 00:02:45,467 --> 00:02:49,707 Speaker 4: i'd been in a long time. And yeah, having run 61 00:02:49,747 --> 00:02:52,387 Speaker 4: the heat in eleven o eight into a hidin when normalized, 62 00:02:52,387 --> 00:02:55,027 Speaker 4: one of the best times I'd produced, I felt relaxed, 63 00:02:55,067 --> 00:02:58,147 Speaker 4: and having yeah, running eleven o eight relaxed. It was 64 00:02:58,187 --> 00:03:01,027 Speaker 4: all voting while going into that semi final. It's just yeah, 65 00:03:01,067 --> 00:03:03,547 Speaker 4: how I managed to pull the trigger and it didn't 66 00:03:03,587 --> 00:03:06,107 Speaker 4: quite come together, But that sport. 67 00:03:06,707 --> 00:03:09,467 Speaker 2: Indeed it is. We spoke about eighteen months ago, I 68 00:03:09,467 --> 00:03:11,707 Speaker 2: think it was, and you talked about one of your 69 00:03:11,747 --> 00:03:14,587 Speaker 2: work ons being not tensing up so much in the 70 00:03:14,627 --> 00:03:18,107 Speaker 2: last thirty meters of your races. Is that something you've 71 00:03:18,147 --> 00:03:18,667 Speaker 2: got better at? 72 00:03:20,387 --> 00:03:23,347 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think worth experience. The more races that I 73 00:03:23,347 --> 00:03:26,707 Speaker 4: immerse myself into during the season, the more I can 74 00:03:26,747 --> 00:03:30,107 Speaker 4: practice that. So if we take the last month, for example, 75 00:03:30,467 --> 00:03:34,707 Speaker 4: having run a few races now, even two indoors internationally 76 00:03:34,787 --> 00:03:39,227 Speaker 4: and a sixty, the starter is amplified. If you don't 77 00:03:39,267 --> 00:03:41,947 Speaker 4: get the reaction right or the first team to twenty meters, 78 00:03:41,987 --> 00:03:45,627 Speaker 4: then you're trying to crawl it back for fifty more meters, 79 00:03:45,627 --> 00:03:49,707 Speaker 4: which is a blink of a couple of seconds. So yeah, 80 00:03:49,707 --> 00:03:51,587 Speaker 4: the more I immerse myself in races, the more I 81 00:03:51,587 --> 00:03:55,667 Speaker 4: can practice composing myself. I sort of just need to 82 00:03:55,667 --> 00:03:57,907 Speaker 4: get those first races out of my system and line 83 00:03:57,987 --> 00:04:02,427 Speaker 4: up next to pressure and really fuel you know, yeah, 84 00:04:02,627 --> 00:04:05,227 Speaker 4: fuel the pressure next to me and just let it 85 00:04:05,267 --> 00:04:07,867 Speaker 4: be sort of. Yeah, the more immerse myself and races, 86 00:04:07,907 --> 00:04:10,147 Speaker 4: the more I can practice just running in my own 87 00:04:10,227 --> 00:04:12,827 Speaker 4: lane and blocking out the noise next to me. And 88 00:04:12,867 --> 00:04:14,827 Speaker 4: that's one of the reflections that I had from last 89 00:04:14,867 --> 00:04:17,707 Speaker 4: year is I didn't actually race as much in twenty 90 00:04:17,747 --> 00:04:19,627 Speaker 4: twenty four and the lead up to the Games as 91 00:04:19,707 --> 00:04:22,987 Speaker 4: what I did in twenty twenty three. So just taking 92 00:04:22,987 --> 00:04:24,867 Speaker 4: from that learning and I think something that we want 93 00:04:24,907 --> 00:04:27,827 Speaker 4: to apply for twenty twenty five is immersing myself in 94 00:04:27,827 --> 00:04:30,907 Speaker 4: more races and getting more race experience to really practice 95 00:04:31,067 --> 00:04:33,227 Speaker 4: not tensing up in the later half of the race. 96 00:04:33,587 --> 00:04:35,347 Speaker 2: I just want to ask you more about where you're 97 00:04:35,347 --> 00:04:38,147 Speaker 2: placing your focus to make those improvements in a moment. 98 00:04:38,187 --> 00:04:41,427 Speaker 2: But as far as breaking eleven seconds is concerned, you're 99 00:04:41,467 --> 00:04:43,467 Speaker 2: the first key we woman need to do it over 100 00:04:43,507 --> 00:04:45,347 Speaker 2: one hundred meters. You've done it a few times now. 101 00:04:45,787 --> 00:04:48,587 Speaker 2: Is breaking that eleven second barrier something which is now 102 00:04:48,627 --> 00:04:50,347 Speaker 2: a little bit addictive for you? 103 00:04:51,187 --> 00:04:51,427 Speaker 5: Oh? 104 00:04:51,507 --> 00:04:53,867 Speaker 4: I always want to be better, and I think, yeah, 105 00:04:53,907 --> 00:04:55,627 Speaker 4: like I'd love to get back to that place of 106 00:04:56,067 --> 00:04:58,867 Speaker 4: breaking eleven seconds again. That's the sort of mark that 107 00:04:58,907 --> 00:05:01,227 Speaker 4: you're looking at if you want to make a World 108 00:05:01,267 --> 00:05:04,867 Speaker 4: champ final or even an Olympic final. It's not what 109 00:05:04,907 --> 00:05:07,387 Speaker 4: we saw this year, but generally that's around the mark 110 00:05:07,427 --> 00:05:09,027 Speaker 4: that you have to be to make that. 111 00:05:10,227 --> 00:05:11,907 Speaker 5: Yeah, the world sort of level final. 112 00:05:12,067 --> 00:05:14,427 Speaker 4: So I'd love to be at a point where I 113 00:05:14,427 --> 00:05:17,747 Speaker 4: can consistently break eleven seconds, not just doing it once 114 00:05:17,827 --> 00:05:21,707 Speaker 4: or twice a year. Yeah, I'd love to be consistently 115 00:05:21,827 --> 00:05:22,707 Speaker 4: breaking that barrier. 116 00:05:23,067 --> 00:05:26,507 Speaker 2: So yeah, right, well, let's talk about how you do 117 00:05:26,587 --> 00:05:29,587 Speaker 2: that more regularly. And you alluded to it slightly before 118 00:05:29,827 --> 00:05:31,787 Speaker 2: blocking out some of the noise in the stadium, staying 119 00:05:31,787 --> 00:05:33,627 Speaker 2: in your lane, that sort of thing. Where are you 120 00:05:34,187 --> 00:05:37,827 Speaker 2: placing your focus specifically as you look to run sub 121 00:05:37,827 --> 00:05:40,107 Speaker 2: eleven or close to it more regularly. 122 00:05:41,507 --> 00:05:45,387 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm working with a great team. I actually made 123 00:05:45,707 --> 00:05:51,027 Speaker 4: a team change at the end of twenty twenty three. 124 00:05:51,667 --> 00:05:54,907 Speaker 4: There's a lot of physical, biomechanical changes that we've made 125 00:05:54,987 --> 00:06:00,267 Speaker 4: over the last twelve months. I used to run with 126 00:06:00,347 --> 00:06:03,227 Speaker 4: a this is getting really technical, but a right wall collapse. 127 00:06:03,387 --> 00:06:05,267 Speaker 4: I was leaking a lot of energy and how I 128 00:06:05,307 --> 00:06:08,067 Speaker 4: was running. So we've cleaned a bit of that up, 129 00:06:09,827 --> 00:06:14,227 Speaker 4: changing some of my trying to get like more terminal extensions. 130 00:06:14,267 --> 00:06:17,427 Speaker 4: So if we think about it simply, it's like trying 131 00:06:17,467 --> 00:06:20,587 Speaker 4: to get more hip pipe so that I'm striking the 132 00:06:20,587 --> 00:06:24,627 Speaker 4: ground higher and able to get more out of my stride. So, yeah, 133 00:06:24,627 --> 00:06:28,267 Speaker 4: I've worked with a new team to try and create 134 00:06:28,347 --> 00:06:30,947 Speaker 4: these changes. It's just not something that's going to happen overnight, 135 00:06:30,987 --> 00:06:34,147 Speaker 4: and we're slowly shipping away and trying to make it 136 00:06:34,347 --> 00:06:37,147 Speaker 4: natural in some of the team post stuff that we're 137 00:06:37,187 --> 00:06:40,467 Speaker 4: doing in training. But when it comes to racing, you 138 00:06:40,467 --> 00:06:42,707 Speaker 4: can't think about technical changes. You've just got to let 139 00:06:42,707 --> 00:06:46,147 Speaker 4: it go. So we're hoping that it overtime leads into 140 00:06:46,267 --> 00:06:48,187 Speaker 4: some of my races. But we have seen a big 141 00:06:48,227 --> 00:06:53,387 Speaker 4: physical change in how I'm starting to race compared to 142 00:06:53,467 --> 00:06:56,347 Speaker 4: where I was twelve months ago, so hopefully that just 143 00:06:56,427 --> 00:06:57,867 Speaker 4: continually changes over time. 144 00:06:58,067 --> 00:07:00,627 Speaker 2: Man, there is you know, you talk about it being technical. 145 00:07:00,667 --> 00:07:03,707 Speaker 2: There it's obviously so technical and just these little changes 146 00:07:03,707 --> 00:07:05,907 Speaker 2: in the way that you run. So are you watching 147 00:07:06,187 --> 00:07:09,347 Speaker 2: a lot of footage with your team to identify some 148 00:07:09,427 --> 00:07:11,907 Speaker 2: things which you might want to change and then working 149 00:07:11,947 --> 00:07:16,107 Speaker 2: on making those things happen subconsciously without even thinking about it. 150 00:07:16,987 --> 00:07:19,907 Speaker 4: Yeah, So it's all the stuff that we're working and training. 151 00:07:21,067 --> 00:07:23,547 Speaker 4: It's easier to work on the technical changes in things 152 00:07:23,627 --> 00:07:26,787 Speaker 4: like the gym or tempo running, so not at that 153 00:07:26,827 --> 00:07:29,907 Speaker 4: maximal pace, but then when we go to do fast, 154 00:07:30,107 --> 00:07:33,787 Speaker 4: faster stuff like for example, flying thirties or even when 155 00:07:33,787 --> 00:07:35,987 Speaker 4: it comes time to being in an actual race, you 156 00:07:35,987 --> 00:07:38,867 Speaker 4: don't have time. You can't afford to think about how 157 00:07:38,907 --> 00:07:41,427 Speaker 4: you're going to technically run, because as soon as you think, 158 00:07:41,467 --> 00:07:44,867 Speaker 4: when you're running, then you're just going to be running 159 00:07:44,907 --> 00:07:47,827 Speaker 4: slow because you're spending too much time thinking. So the 160 00:07:47,907 --> 00:07:50,627 Speaker 4: idea is like, yeah, when we're doing stuff in the gym, 161 00:07:50,667 --> 00:07:55,027 Speaker 4: we're trying to bring in new exercises and buy mechanics 162 00:07:55,067 --> 00:07:56,907 Speaker 4: and things to try and fix. 163 00:07:56,707 --> 00:08:00,627 Speaker 5: Up some of my flaws, I guess, and. 164 00:08:00,587 --> 00:08:03,707 Speaker 4: Like the tempo running, having time to think about how 165 00:08:03,747 --> 00:08:06,907 Speaker 4: to change the mechanics so that over time just bleeds 166 00:08:06,947 --> 00:08:08,867 Speaker 4: into my actual fast running. 167 00:08:09,427 --> 00:08:11,227 Speaker 2: All right, well, let's look ahead to twenty twenty five 168 00:08:11,227 --> 00:08:13,307 Speaker 2: and what it might hold for you. You recently, in 169 00:08:13,347 --> 00:08:15,507 Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks qualified for the World Indoor 170 00:08:15,587 --> 00:08:18,547 Speaker 2: Champs in the sixty meters, so you've got that locked in. 171 00:08:18,587 --> 00:08:20,627 Speaker 2: At the back end of March, the New Zealand National 172 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:22,947 Speaker 2: Champs or a couple of weeks before that. What are 173 00:08:22,947 --> 00:08:25,627 Speaker 2: the other key events are your targeting in twenty twenty five? 174 00:08:27,107 --> 00:08:31,307 Speaker 4: So short term, this weekend I'm racing at ITM and 175 00:08:31,387 --> 00:08:35,027 Speaker 4: christ Church and that's as you say, two weeks before 176 00:08:35,307 --> 00:08:40,787 Speaker 4: the National Championships and then wilder doors mid to late March, 177 00:08:41,107 --> 00:08:45,507 Speaker 4: and then looking beyond that my outdoor international campaign will start. 178 00:08:45,587 --> 00:08:49,827 Speaker 4: I'm hoping around May. I'm looking to target the Dohad 179 00:08:49,867 --> 00:08:51,987 Speaker 4: Diamond League again. I went there two years ago and 180 00:08:52,027 --> 00:08:55,027 Speaker 4: as a meat that I loved. The season is looking 181 00:08:55,107 --> 00:08:57,067 Speaker 4: quite different to how it has in the past, so 182 00:08:57,587 --> 00:09:00,587 Speaker 4: World Athletics have now structured the World Championships to be 183 00:09:00,827 --> 00:09:05,867 Speaker 4: the last the last race on the calendar, to make 184 00:09:05,867 --> 00:09:10,147 Speaker 4: that like the final hit stop. So it's going to 185 00:09:10,227 --> 00:09:12,387 Speaker 4: be quite a long season of racing. I think I'm 186 00:09:12,387 --> 00:09:14,987 Speaker 4: going to split out my season at still got to 187 00:09:15,027 --> 00:09:18,067 Speaker 4: work through finalizing a plan, but I think I'm going 188 00:09:18,107 --> 00:09:21,587 Speaker 4: to do Europe twice, so going over from May to 189 00:09:22,067 --> 00:09:26,107 Speaker 4: July ish coming home for a bit of a block 190 00:09:26,307 --> 00:09:29,107 Speaker 4: because there's a window of about two to three weeks 191 00:09:29,107 --> 00:09:31,067 Speaker 4: where there's nothing on in Europe for me to compete in. 192 00:09:31,187 --> 00:09:34,987 Speaker 4: That's usually when they do the European and American Nationals window. 193 00:09:36,347 --> 00:09:38,787 Speaker 4: Get a reset by coming back with my team and 194 00:09:38,827 --> 00:09:42,627 Speaker 4: then go back in August for some more competitions ahead 195 00:09:42,627 --> 00:09:44,467 Speaker 4: of the World Championships in September. 196 00:09:45,427 --> 00:09:48,787 Speaker 2: Is the next Olympics in twenty twenty eight already on 197 00:09:48,827 --> 00:09:49,307 Speaker 2: your radar. 198 00:09:50,507 --> 00:09:51,227 Speaker 5: Yep, for sure. 199 00:09:51,307 --> 00:09:57,387 Speaker 4: Yeah, we look four years ahead, and obviously, being in 200 00:09:57,427 --> 00:10:00,707 Speaker 4: the sport of athletics, the Olympics is one of the 201 00:10:00,747 --> 00:10:03,907 Speaker 4: pinnacles for us. Obviously a world champcess has got the 202 00:10:03,907 --> 00:10:06,907 Speaker 4: same people and it's still a focused short term but yeah, 203 00:10:06,907 --> 00:10:07,707 Speaker 4: the Olympics for. 204 00:10:07,707 --> 00:10:10,827 Speaker 5: Us in athletics is there the pinnacle. 205 00:10:12,467 --> 00:10:14,747 Speaker 4: As I mentioned before, we're trying to work on a 206 00:10:14,787 --> 00:10:18,147 Speaker 4: lot of technical changes, so hopefully in another four years time. 207 00:10:18,027 --> 00:10:19,987 Speaker 5: I will have become more. 208 00:10:21,827 --> 00:10:24,547 Speaker 4: Yeah, more tuned to some of those changes, and yeah, 209 00:10:24,587 --> 00:10:28,147 Speaker 4: I think it's it's all about building towards Yeah, the 210 00:10:28,187 --> 00:10:28,787 Speaker 4: next four years. 211 00:10:28,867 --> 00:10:31,547 Speaker 2: All right, good to know that you're going around again. 212 00:10:31,627 --> 00:10:33,987 Speaker 2: I heard you say in an interview. I think it 213 00:10:34,027 --> 00:10:36,827 Speaker 2: was before the last Olympics that growing up you wondered 214 00:10:37,187 --> 00:10:39,227 Speaker 2: if your dream of going to the Olympic Games was 215 00:10:39,227 --> 00:10:41,987 Speaker 2: one that was too big, But clearly it wasn't because 216 00:10:42,147 --> 00:10:44,147 Speaker 2: you made it to Paris in twenty twenty four. So 217 00:10:44,187 --> 00:10:46,547 Speaker 2: having been to one Olympic Games, do you now have 218 00:10:46,587 --> 00:10:50,147 Speaker 2: an even deeper desire to go to another one and 219 00:10:50,507 --> 00:10:51,707 Speaker 2: do even better once you're there? 220 00:10:52,467 --> 00:10:52,667 Speaker 5: Yeah? 221 00:10:52,747 --> 00:10:56,107 Speaker 4: Oh for sure, Yeah, for sure, Like I think as 222 00:10:56,107 --> 00:10:58,627 Speaker 4: I've grown throughout the sport, my goals have also changed. 223 00:10:59,147 --> 00:11:01,867 Speaker 4: Once upon a time, as you'd alluded to it, like 224 00:11:02,547 --> 00:11:04,827 Speaker 4: to go to the Olympics seemed like a bold dream 225 00:11:05,587 --> 00:11:08,347 Speaker 4: and for a long time it was even chatted amongst 226 00:11:08,387 --> 00:11:10,907 Speaker 4: circles that the only way you could make it major 227 00:11:11,387 --> 00:11:14,027 Speaker 4: as a sprinter in New Zealand would be through relay 228 00:11:14,227 --> 00:11:19,147 Speaker 4: and not individually. And as I've chipped away and got 229 00:11:19,147 --> 00:11:21,787 Speaker 4: closer and closer to qualifying times, I saw it as 230 00:11:21,867 --> 00:11:25,427 Speaker 4: more of a an opportunity. And now that I'm at 231 00:11:25,427 --> 00:11:27,907 Speaker 4: the level I'm at, my goals have changed. I don't 232 00:11:27,947 --> 00:11:31,107 Speaker 4: just want to be there to be a competitor. I 233 00:11:31,107 --> 00:11:33,747 Speaker 4: don't want to just be there to be just represent 234 00:11:33,787 --> 00:11:35,707 Speaker 4: to New Zealand and be a person in a race. 235 00:11:35,747 --> 00:11:39,187 Speaker 4: I actually want to make the final and go even. 236 00:11:38,987 --> 00:11:43,627 Speaker 5: Further with it. So yeah, for sure, la Is is 237 00:11:44,227 --> 00:11:44,947 Speaker 5: definitely a goal. 238 00:11:45,227 --> 00:11:47,827 Speaker 2: Fantastic Well, we can't wait to see what plays out 239 00:11:47,867 --> 00:11:49,907 Speaker 2: for you over the next three years as you head 240 00:11:49,947 --> 00:11:52,787 Speaker 2: towards Los Angeles. Zoe, thanks so much for being so 241 00:11:52,907 --> 00:11:54,387 Speaker 2: generous with your time having a chat to us. All 242 00:11:54,387 --> 00:11:55,987 Speaker 2: the best in christ Us this weekend and then on 243 00:11:56,027 --> 00:11:59,147 Speaker 2: towards the events that lie hit. Really appreciate you taking 244 00:11:59,187 --> 00:12:01,907 Speaker 2: the time for a chat. Thank you, no, thank you, Zoe, 245 00:12:02,027 --> 00:12:08,987 Speaker 2: Zoe Hobbs. There some pretty pretty specific answers there about 246 00:12:08,987 --> 00:12:11,627 Speaker 2: finding improvements, But I guess that's the nature of top 247 00:12:11,707 --> 00:12:14,867 Speaker 2: level sport, isn't it. You know, you seek any way 248 00:12:14,907 --> 00:12:18,667 Speaker 2: of making an improvement, and in track and field the 249 00:12:18,787 --> 00:12:21,707 Speaker 2: likes of you know, one hundred meters where every split 250 00:12:21,787 --> 00:12:25,107 Speaker 2: second is so important, you do whatever you cold, wouldn't 251 00:12:25,107 --> 00:12:28,467 Speaker 2: you to try and find those improvements. Yeah, just can't 252 00:12:28,467 --> 00:12:31,387 Speaker 2: wait to see if, Zoe Hobbs, over the next three 253 00:12:31,387 --> 00:12:34,587 Speaker 2: and a half years, can you make a charge towards 254 00:12:35,027 --> 00:12:37,587 Speaker 2: Los Angeles, get back to the Olympics and who knows, 255 00:12:37,627 --> 00:12:40,387 Speaker 2: maybe even make the final and once you're there, who knows. 256 00:12:41,107 --> 00:12:44,307 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 257 00:12:44,427 --> 00:12:47,707 Speaker 1: to News Talk z B weekends from midday, or follow 258 00:12:47,747 --> 00:12:49,347 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.