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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine

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Speaker 1: from Newstalk ZB.

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Speaker 2: Third place with no sign of any other crews behind them.

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Speaker 2: It's Isaac McCarty and Will McKenzie crossing for third in

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Speaker 2: this race, but that means silver for New Zealand's on

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Speaker 2: the coast of Marseille. It's a silver Mac attack and

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Speaker 2: the Kiwi's, with smiles on their faces, tip the boat

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Speaker 2: over and manew into the ocean. Here to celebrate their.

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Speaker 3: Medal terrific Isaac McCarty and Will McKenzie finished third in

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Speaker 3: the double points race final that saw them finish second

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Speaker 3: in the men's forty nine oer class and win the

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Speaker 3: silver medals. I spoke shortly after that victory with Isaac

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Speaker 3: McCarty to ask how it felt to be an Olympic

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Speaker 3: silver medalist.

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Speaker 4: Jason's absolutely unbelievable. We can't quite believe it yet. It

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Speaker 4: hasn't sunk in.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 4: The the last race was immense and we, yeah, we're

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Speaker 4: super proud. Tell us about as New Zealanders.

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Speaker 3: Tell us about the strategy. Actually, before we talk about

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Speaker 3: the metal race, we had a couple of cracks at

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Speaker 3: it yesterday, didn't we and and couldn't get it done.

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Speaker 3: How challenging was that as you waited for the opportunity

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Speaker 3: to actually race this metal race?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was. It was actually super challenging for us.

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Speaker 4: You know, it was a stressful position for us to

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Speaker 4: be in and to have to sort of prime ourselves

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Speaker 4: three times, so that was quite stressful. But we did

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Speaker 4: a really good job of resetting and working as a team,

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Speaker 4: and yeah, we actually put ourselves in great positions in

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Speaker 4: all of them. So it was And it was super

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Speaker 4: hot as well over here, so we wouldn't think we'd

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Speaker 4: be out on the water for that long and we

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Speaker 4: were getting low on ice and water, so it was.

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Speaker 4: It was a it was a management management program for

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Speaker 4: us well.

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Speaker 3: So not only not much wind, but pretty done hot

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Speaker 3: as well. So the elements really through everything at you

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Speaker 3: did they in Marseille.

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Speaker 4: They did. It was a crazy day. You know, we

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Speaker 4: were so hot, we got what was it halfway through

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Speaker 4: two races and they just ended it at the end

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Speaker 4: of it. So by the bottom mark, I don't think

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Speaker 4: I've ever been that hot in my life. I was

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Speaker 4: sweat running down my head.

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Speaker 3: How do you reflect on the whole on the whole week,

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Speaker 3: the whole week of sailing. You know, as I say,

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Speaker 3: there's been there's been wind shift, You've had to wait,

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Speaker 3: you've had to be patient. How do you reflect on

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Speaker 3: the whole Olympic regatta.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been a super tricky week. As I'm sure

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Speaker 4: a lot of you guys have seen. The results have

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Speaker 4: been all over the show. Nobody sort of ran away

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Speaker 4: with it which people normally do. Yes, super shifty, super light.

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Speaker 4: We had, yeah, some crazy days on the water, but

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Speaker 4: it's been surreal to just sit back and actually compete

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Speaker 4: in our first Olympic Games. And we've just been proud

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Speaker 4: New Zealanders soaking every minute of it up. You know,

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Speaker 4: we've had friends and family here. It's been super special.

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Speaker 3: As far as the medal itself is concerned, what were

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Speaker 3: your expectations or your ambitions coming in? I know every

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Speaker 3: elite sportsperson aims high. Was the podium something that you

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Speaker 3: realistically targeted?

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Speaker 4: Absolutely? We knew, Yeah, the podium was our goal. There's

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Speaker 4: a lot of very experienced sailors in the forty nine

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Speaker 4: ers fleet at the moment and some guys that have

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Speaker 4: been crushing it, so we were you know, we wanted

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Speaker 4: to be on the podium, but we were ready to

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Speaker 4: accept anything, and you know it can carry on the

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Speaker 4: legacy of what Pete and Blair have left is superspicial

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Speaker 4: for us as well.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you've alluded nicely to my next question. You know,

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Speaker 3: the success of Peter Berling and Blair Chuk and this

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Speaker 3: very class I wonder whether that ever weighed heavy on

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Speaker 3: you did it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was definitely in the back of our minds.

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Speaker 4: You know, we didn't want to fall short, especially these

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Speaker 4: last few days where it's just been so close to

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Speaker 4: be able to finish it off and yet contend continue

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Speaker 4: that legacy from New Zealand is very special.

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Speaker 3: Have you had much or any contact with Peter and

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Speaker 3: Blair in the lead up to the Olympics.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, both of the boys have flogged us messages and

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Speaker 4: wish us good luck. Blair's been messaging me every day. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: so it's really cool to have those boys behind us.

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Speaker 3: And yeah, tell us about how the week's been off

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Speaker 3: the water. You mentioned you've got some support crew there.

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Speaker 3: Has it felt a bit special though, being part of

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Speaker 3: an Olympic regatta and how much opportunity have you had

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Speaker 3: to spend time with people off the water.

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Speaker 4: It's been really cool. Our New Zealand team down here

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Speaker 4: in Marseilles. It's not very big, is small, it's a

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Speaker 4: small team, but it's a special team. We're super strong.

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Speaker 4: So it's been it's been like home. We've been here

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Speaker 4: for a couple of months now, so we've been very

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Speaker 4: focused and that aspect, and we haven't actually had a

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Speaker 4: lot of time to see friends and family because we

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Speaker 4: have had our heads down just focusing on the regatt.

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Speaker 4: So hopefully tonight we get the chance to catch up

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Speaker 4: with a whole lot of friends and family and celebrate.

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Speaker 3: Tell me a bit about Will McKenzie. What's he like?

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Speaker 4: Oh, he's a good roocere. He's a very smart man.

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Speaker 4: He's a talented yochte as well and a very good

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Speaker 3: How does the relationship on the water work? Do you?

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Speaker 3: Are you now at the point where you don't have

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Speaker 3: to talk He give a lot because you know what

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Speaker 3: each other is thinking. Or is there still quite a

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Speaker 3: bit of conversation out there?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, COM's is a huge part of sailing, so we'll

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Speaker 4: always try and keep the communication high. There's many parts

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Speaker 4: little things like staring and trimlate that and powering the

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Speaker 4: sails up and depowering the sails. But the communications a

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Speaker 4: lot more involved with tactics and were's the nixt wind shift,

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Speaker 4: where's the boats on the course, and yeah, preparing for races.

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Speaker 4: So community communication is very high on board and.

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Speaker 3: We're chatting not long after you know you finished the race.

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Speaker 3: You haven't had the opportunity to receive your medal yet.

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Speaker 3: Has what you've achieved sun can or do you think

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Speaker 3: that'll need to wait until you're on that podium with

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Speaker 3: a bit of precious metal around your neck.

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Speaker 4: I think it'll really settle in once so you're on

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Speaker 4: that podium, Isaac.

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Speaker 3: Terrific stuff, mate. We enjoyed watching back here. It was,

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Speaker 3: as you say, we yet to be patient, having three

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Speaker 3: cracks at it, but to get across the line third

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Speaker 3: in the medal race and secure silver for yourself in

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Speaker 3: Will and for New Zealand. Terrific stuff. Thanks for taking

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Speaker 3: the time for a chatting and joy the celebrations.

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Speaker 4: Thank you very much and cheers too everyone back home

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Speaker 4: for you guys support, it's been unreal.

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