1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,387 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,787 Speaker 1: from Newstalk z B. 3 00:00:12,747 --> 00:00:15,187 Speaker 2: At least get across the Tasman where they are swimming 4 00:00:15,227 --> 00:00:19,507 Speaker 2: in medals. Adam Peacock's with US forty eight and counting, 5 00:00:19,547 --> 00:00:22,027 Speaker 2: you should bring up fifty equaling what you got on 6 00:00:22,067 --> 00:00:25,187 Speaker 2: Athens in two thousand and four, fifty eight in Sydney 7 00:00:25,467 --> 00:00:28,547 Speaker 2: two thousand. Your home games was your best. You have 8 00:00:28,627 --> 00:00:32,147 Speaker 2: to look at this as a pretty successful games for Australia, 9 00:00:32,147 --> 00:00:32,467 Speaker 2: don't you. 10 00:00:32,907 --> 00:00:35,467 Speaker 3: Yeah, we're calling it our most successful ever based on 11 00:00:35,507 --> 00:00:38,787 Speaker 3: the fact that eighteen goals is a new record. Seventeen 12 00:00:38,867 --> 00:00:41,827 Speaker 3: back in Tokyo and Athens two thousand and four was 13 00:00:41,827 --> 00:00:45,387 Speaker 3: a record there. But no overall medals. We've got one 14 00:00:45,427 --> 00:00:47,747 Speaker 3: guarantee of the water. Polog is not sure what color, 15 00:00:47,827 --> 00:00:50,867 Speaker 3: and hopefully we can scratch some one somewhere else, maybe 16 00:00:50,907 --> 00:00:54,107 Speaker 3: Jess Hole in the fifteen hundred women's or women's jablin 17 00:00:54,187 --> 00:00:56,467 Speaker 3: throwers who go in their final tomorrow. But it is 18 00:00:56,867 --> 00:00:59,147 Speaker 3: like everyone's celebrating over here, like they are over there 19 00:00:59,187 --> 00:01:01,267 Speaker 3: piny and great games. The kiwis. 20 00:01:01,347 --> 00:01:04,307 Speaker 2: Yeah, it didn't look likely. It didn't look likely. To start. 21 00:01:05,027 --> 00:01:08,147 Speaker 2: We got off to a luggish start is probably best 22 00:01:08,187 --> 00:01:10,787 Speaker 2: to say a slow worst start. But yeah, I think, 23 00:01:10,827 --> 00:01:12,387 Speaker 2: isn't it. What they say is how you finished, not 24 00:01:12,427 --> 00:01:12,947 Speaker 2: how you begin. 25 00:01:13,507 --> 00:01:16,667 Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly exactly where the opposite, because we're so many 26 00:01:16,707 --> 00:01:19,787 Speaker 3: good swimmers. Yes, although I'm reading in LA in four 27 00:01:19,867 --> 00:01:22,267 Speaker 3: years time they're going to flip it because they want 28 00:01:22,267 --> 00:01:25,467 Speaker 3: so far the big stadium for both the swimming and 29 00:01:25,467 --> 00:01:27,547 Speaker 3: the artmic ceremony and they can't get the pool anytime, 30 00:01:27,587 --> 00:01:28,987 Speaker 3: so they're going to have the swimming in the second 31 00:01:29,027 --> 00:01:31,467 Speaker 3: week and the athletics in the first which is a 32 00:01:31,467 --> 00:01:33,387 Speaker 3: bit funky. But I'm not sure if that's going to hold, 33 00:01:33,427 --> 00:01:34,347 Speaker 3: but we'll wait and see there. 34 00:01:34,387 --> 00:01:36,587 Speaker 2: But any great games, yeah, indeed, I look at your 35 00:01:36,587 --> 00:01:40,467 Speaker 2: swimming number seven golds, eight silvers, three bronze, eighteen medals 36 00:01:40,467 --> 00:01:42,867 Speaker 2: in the pool. But you know other sports as well. 37 00:01:43,387 --> 00:01:46,027 Speaker 2: These are fox sisters of yours and the canoe slalom. 38 00:01:46,347 --> 00:01:50,387 Speaker 2: Jessica and no Amy gold, gold, gold, they go all right. 39 00:01:50,867 --> 00:01:55,907 Speaker 3: Yeah, superb like a jess was expected with her performances, 40 00:01:55,907 --> 00:01:58,867 Speaker 3: but Naomi who only I think she was one of 41 00:01:58,867 --> 00:02:00,947 Speaker 3: the last athletes of out four hundred and sixty to 42 00:02:00,987 --> 00:02:04,427 Speaker 3: be formally selected, so she had to qualify late and 43 00:02:04,467 --> 00:02:06,667 Speaker 3: got in in the new Kaiak cross and when they 44 00:02:06,747 --> 00:02:08,747 Speaker 3: drop them down and they race against each other, a 45 00:02:08,867 --> 00:02:11,867 Speaker 3: really cool event. I'm glad they bought it in. Yeah, 46 00:02:11,947 --> 00:02:14,387 Speaker 3: she managed to get it right on the day and 47 00:02:14,427 --> 00:02:16,027 Speaker 3: win a gold and it was one of the images 48 00:02:16,027 --> 00:02:19,587 Speaker 3: of the whole, the whole Olympics when just jumped in. 49 00:02:19,707 --> 00:02:22,227 Speaker 3: She was happier for her sister than what she was 50 00:02:22,267 --> 00:02:24,587 Speaker 3: for herself when she won her two goals. But also 51 00:02:24,587 --> 00:02:28,907 Speaker 3: our skateboarders, we won two gold medals in skateboarding. So yeah, 52 00:02:29,147 --> 00:02:31,987 Speaker 3: across the board, we've got some We've got some athletes 53 00:02:31,987 --> 00:02:35,067 Speaker 3: who performed in not just one or two chosen sports, 54 00:02:35,107 --> 00:02:38,987 Speaker 3: but yeah, almost ten or twelve that we're going really 55 00:02:39,027 --> 00:02:39,267 Speaker 3: well in. 56 00:02:39,427 --> 00:02:41,787 Speaker 2: Yeah, I look across the range of sports that yeah 57 00:02:41,787 --> 00:02:44,467 Speaker 2: that you that Australia has middled, and yeah you land 58 00:02:44,467 --> 00:02:47,627 Speaker 2: on the traditional ones like swimming and perhaps to at 59 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:50,867 Speaker 2: least for extent, the likes of canoe slalom. But yeah, skateboarding, 60 00:02:51,547 --> 00:02:54,867 Speaker 2: I think you've got some boxing, a couple of boxing bronzes. 61 00:02:55,507 --> 00:02:59,507 Speaker 2: Across cycling, you're always pretty strong. High jump Nina Kennedy 62 00:02:59,547 --> 00:03:02,587 Speaker 2: winning sorry pole volt, winning pole vault gold. We had 63 00:03:02,627 --> 00:03:06,467 Speaker 2: three keywis in this. But Nina Kennedy climb climbing highs 64 00:03:06,547 --> 00:03:07,347 Speaker 2: of ordered you catch that. 65 00:03:07,987 --> 00:03:11,467 Speaker 3: Yeah, I call that one. She was probably our best 66 00:03:11,547 --> 00:03:14,107 Speaker 3: in an even bunch, our best gold medal chance going 67 00:03:14,107 --> 00:03:16,827 Speaker 3: into the athletics. And this looks like it's going to 68 00:03:16,867 --> 00:03:20,307 Speaker 3: be our most successful athletics mate at an Olympic Games 69 00:03:20,387 --> 00:03:23,667 Speaker 3: for well, going back to the days of Herb Elliott 70 00:03:23,667 --> 00:03:25,987 Speaker 3: and the like in the in the sixties and John 71 00:03:26,027 --> 00:03:29,987 Speaker 3: Lanny and those that crew, and with our great spin 72 00:03:30,187 --> 00:03:33,467 Speaker 3: sprinters in Marjori and Jackson Strickland. But yeah, it's been 73 00:03:33,667 --> 00:03:35,827 Speaker 3: it's been fantastic because it is such a worldly event. 74 00:03:35,867 --> 00:03:38,387 Speaker 3: I mean you would have seen it that with your 75 00:03:38,387 --> 00:03:40,307 Speaker 3: shot putter this morning, for instance, in the women's shot 76 00:03:40,347 --> 00:03:44,787 Speaker 3: put nearly winning a gold medal. That it's just such 77 00:03:44,787 --> 00:03:47,267 Speaker 3: an even spread. And I think that's what makes it 78 00:03:47,347 --> 00:03:50,627 Speaker 3: in fulling that look tomorrow, we've got nine events and 79 00:03:50,667 --> 00:03:53,467 Speaker 3: we could well have nine different countries winning gold medals 80 00:03:53,627 --> 00:03:55,427 Speaker 3: for the last day of the athletics. So that's how 81 00:03:56,067 --> 00:03:56,907 Speaker 3: big this sport is. 82 00:03:57,027 --> 00:03:59,547 Speaker 2: Yeah, it really is. When you look at the table, 83 00:03:59,667 --> 00:04:01,987 Speaker 2: I mean, the United States and China are at the 84 00:04:01,987 --> 00:04:04,227 Speaker 2: moment likely to be at the top of the field, 85 00:04:04,267 --> 00:04:07,027 Speaker 2: but Australia tucked in there in third place. Is that 86 00:04:07,107 --> 00:04:11,107 Speaker 2: kind of is third what you aim for is like 87 00:04:11,187 --> 00:04:14,347 Speaker 2: the beast of the rest outside the two big superpowers. 88 00:04:14,787 --> 00:04:17,907 Speaker 3: I reckon anything upward of six is pretty good in 89 00:04:17,947 --> 00:04:21,267 Speaker 3: my estimation given our population, and you're the same. I'm 90 00:04:21,307 --> 00:04:25,107 Speaker 3: guessing top fifteen feels remarkable for New Zealand, and yeah, 91 00:04:25,147 --> 00:04:29,107 Speaker 3: top six, maybe top five for Australia feels really good. 92 00:04:29,227 --> 00:04:32,147 Speaker 3: So the best is the fact that America probably has 93 00:04:32,147 --> 00:04:35,147 Speaker 3: it's in about seven with medals overall medals won. The 94 00:04:35,627 --> 00:04:38,267 Speaker 3: Americans for that first week were very quick to point 95 00:04:38,307 --> 00:04:40,307 Speaker 3: out that they'd won more medals than everyone is just 96 00:04:40,627 --> 00:04:44,267 Speaker 3: they weren't actually winning things at the rate that China was. 97 00:04:44,307 --> 00:04:48,107 Speaker 3: But no, I think beyond the medal tally as well, 98 00:04:48,267 --> 00:04:50,507 Speaker 3: pointing and you guys will be across this from your 99 00:04:50,547 --> 00:04:54,707 Speaker 3: perspective that there's so many Australians that are coming up 100 00:04:54,747 --> 00:04:58,107 Speaker 3: with PBS and young, especially in the athletics. Was at 101 00:04:58,107 --> 00:05:00,907 Speaker 3: a young team in a sense that they're okay, they're 102 00:05:00,907 --> 00:05:02,667 Speaker 3: getting run out in the heats or running out in 103 00:05:02,667 --> 00:05:05,787 Speaker 3: the semi finals, but they're actually producing personal best times 104 00:05:06,627 --> 00:05:09,027 Speaker 3: and that for me is as important as any metal 105 00:05:09,067 --> 00:05:10,507 Speaker 3: that you can get if you can go there and 106 00:05:10,507 --> 00:05:12,787 Speaker 3: do your best and maybe improve off that. We had 107 00:05:12,787 --> 00:05:16,467 Speaker 3: an eight hundred meter to run Peyton Craig, he's slashed 108 00:05:16,467 --> 00:05:20,907 Speaker 3: his time by three seconds in the last year. He's nineteen. 109 00:05:21,547 --> 00:05:24,587 Speaker 3: He's got potentially three more Olympics to go to if 110 00:05:24,627 --> 00:05:27,787 Speaker 3: he really loves what he's doing. So yeah, it's great 111 00:05:27,787 --> 00:05:30,387 Speaker 3: to see that as well. It really brings a smile 112 00:05:30,427 --> 00:05:31,467 Speaker 3: on my face when we see that. 113 00:05:31,547 --> 00:05:34,467 Speaker 2: Absolutely, and just looking ahead then because Brisbane of course 114 00:05:34,507 --> 00:05:37,427 Speaker 2: will host an eight years time Brisbane twenty thirty two. 115 00:05:37,627 --> 00:05:39,467 Speaker 2: People starting to talk about that. 116 00:05:39,587 --> 00:05:42,707 Speaker 3: Yet Yeah, not in a positive sense, opining, because they 117 00:05:42,707 --> 00:05:45,787 Speaker 3: haven't actually made decisions about where, what's going to be 118 00:05:45,827 --> 00:05:49,827 Speaker 3: where and infrastructure, And I think they're realizing now that 119 00:05:49,947 --> 00:05:52,947 Speaker 3: they's got a lot to do and a lot to 120 00:05:52,987 --> 00:05:54,947 Speaker 3: build and a lot of decisions to make. They've got 121 00:05:55,307 --> 00:05:58,627 Speaker 3: a state government coming a state government election coming up 122 00:05:58,707 --> 00:06:00,987 Speaker 3: there in Queensland. As soon as that's done, they're going 123 00:06:01,027 --> 00:06:02,787 Speaker 3: to have to start making plans because this is getting 124 00:06:02,867 --> 00:06:05,427 Speaker 3: to the ridiculous stage. But you're looking at these great 125 00:06:05,467 --> 00:06:08,787 Speaker 3: events and they've got legacy buildings that they're using really well, 126 00:06:08,827 --> 00:06:12,907 Speaker 3: like start the trances was already there, built over twenty 127 00:06:12,907 --> 00:06:17,467 Speaker 3: five years ago. And Brisbane have one big stadium where 128 00:06:17,467 --> 00:06:19,587 Speaker 3: they're having the rugby this afternoon with the wall that 129 00:06:19,667 --> 00:06:21,707 Speaker 3: is taken on South Africa, and apart from that there's 130 00:06:21,747 --> 00:06:27,667 Speaker 3: not a stack of already built at venue, so they 131 00:06:27,787 --> 00:06:30,147 Speaker 3: got some massive decisions to make in the next twelve months. 132 00:06:30,147 --> 00:06:32,867 Speaker 3: But yeah, it's if you get it right. Paris is 133 00:06:32,867 --> 00:06:35,067 Speaker 3: shown that it can be a magnificent event and it's 134 00:06:35,067 --> 00:06:37,187 Speaker 3: just blum me away about how well it's done, how 135 00:06:37,227 --> 00:06:38,107 Speaker 3: well it's gone so far. 136 00:06:38,227 --> 00:06:41,147 Speaker 2: Indeed, it's been great. Catching up has always enjoyed the 137 00:06:41,187 --> 00:06:42,947 Speaker 2: last couple of days. Hope you can push that metal 138 00:06:43,027 --> 00:06:46,027 Speaker 2: Telly even higher. Let's catch up again next Saturday. 139 00:06:46,587 --> 00:06:48,667 Speaker 3: Thanks Scots, Thanks binding sounds good, No thanks mate. 140 00:06:48,667 --> 00:06:50,827 Speaker 2: Adam Pickcock, our Australian correspondent. 141 00:06:51,467 --> 00:06:54,667 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 142 00:06:54,787 --> 00:06:58,187 Speaker 1: to News Talk ZEDB weekends from midday or follow the 143 00:06:58,227 --> 00:06:59,707 Speaker 1: podcast on iHeartRadio.