WEBVTT - James McOnie: The Crowd Goes Wild host on the continuing action from the Commonwealth Games

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the Weekend Sport Podcast with Jason Vine

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<v Speaker 1>from News Talks B.

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<v Speaker 2>James mcconey, as always, is with us on a Sunday

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<v Speaker 2>up in Glasgow covering the Commonwealth Games as part of

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<v Speaker 2>Sky Sports coverage. Good to Chat he has always James,

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<v Speaker 2>how good was Eliza McCartney's gold in the women's pole vault?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's just incredible the perseverance shown, right, And this

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<v Speaker 3>is this is somebody who every time I see her,

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<v Speaker 3>she's you know, battling in Achilles' injury and I mean

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<v Speaker 3>she's still the achilles is still a problem, but she's

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<v Speaker 3>just learned to manage it and it's come back and

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<v Speaker 3>just been world class.

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<v Speaker 4>And she's just a class act anyway.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, she's getting fluenced in today or mahldy, she's

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<v Speaker 3>she's just a ray of sunshine and so and also

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<v Speaker 3>not only a hero to Imogen Harris, but her mentor

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<v Speaker 3>as well. Now so and I'm sure Olivia mctaggett feels

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<v Speaker 3>the same way. So hard luck for Love missing out

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<v Speaker 3>because she is a really top performer as well.

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<v Speaker 4>But just seeing Eliza do.

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<v Speaker 3>That with with image in there just shows that in

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<v Speaker 3>terms of what our strongest event is it probably is

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<v Speaker 3>right up there women's poll.

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<v Speaker 2>Vot absolutely yeah, So a golden, a bronze there and

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<v Speaker 2>then a silver for Tory Morby in the in the

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<v Speaker 2>women's javelin. Had the chance to do a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>events with Tory Morby. What an impressive person she is.

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<v Speaker 2>But great to see her on the podium as well

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<v Speaker 2>with silver and the women's javelin.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, it's just so great because she she dabbled

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<v Speaker 3>with leaving she's toying with leaving javelin last year.

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<v Speaker 4>She wanted to. She played cricket last summer.

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<v Speaker 3>She was playing for the Northern Brave and women's team

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<v Speaker 3>and the I think was the b team there for

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<v Speaker 3>a while, but they were really hopeful.

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<v Speaker 4>That she's going to stick it.

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<v Speaker 3>Obviously could bowl very very far and throw very far

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<v Speaker 3>from the boundary, so you know there were certain things,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, just liking the way that she is making

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<v Speaker 3>those strides.

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<v Speaker 4>But then she sort of managed to find a way

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<v Speaker 4>back throwing the javelin and falling in love with it again.

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<v Speaker 4>So good on it.

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<v Speaker 3>For doing it, and you know, seeing her success and

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<v Speaker 3>that of Zoey Hobbs, who's from Stratford and Taranaki of

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<v Speaker 3>course tories from Gore down in Southland. It does remind

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<v Speaker 3>me of you know that song by Journey, Don't stop believing.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, yep, just a small town girl and so

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<v Speaker 3>you know, living in the lonely world and then just

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<v Speaker 3>basically catching them in night train. But you know the

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<v Speaker 3>one thing that they don't do, Piney, they don't stop believing.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, there is the secret to it all. Don't stop

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<v Speaker 2>believing small town boys and girls. Anything is possible. Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>we've heard the Australian national anthem far too many times,

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<v Speaker 2>but we're not to hear at the net ball Jamaica

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<v Speaker 2>beat them in the semis.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I know, jamaking me crazy. That is just one

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<v Speaker 3>of those things. If I heard the Jamaican fans singing

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<v Speaker 3>no Jamaica, no Part, and I was going, that's quite

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<v Speaker 3>good from them. And look, the Silver fans are in

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<v Speaker 3>a great shot. I think Grace and Wiki is just

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<v Speaker 3>an incredible goal shooter and you know, as long as

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<v Speaker 3>she's out there on the court, I think the New

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<v Speaker 3>Zealand's got a good chance for gold.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's pretty cool to see. And look the Aussies.

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<v Speaker 3>Last time I saw on the medal table that was

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<v Speaker 3>fifty nine gold, so you know they've done all right.

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<v Speaker 2>They have. As the curtain comes down on the Glasgow events.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been shortened of course, and that was because of

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<v Speaker 2>the short time frame that Glasgow had to organize it

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<v Speaker 2>after Victoria or Melbourne pulled out. What sense do you get,

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<v Speaker 2>James about the future of this event of the Commonwealth Games.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's I think it's been revised nicely. It's

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<v Speaker 3>been trimmed down. I think there's probably because of the

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<v Speaker 3>short notice they couldn't. You know, you can see there's

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<v Speaker 3>a lack of outdoor sports, so I think athletics felt

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<v Speaker 3>like it was the only thing that was on outdoors

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<v Speaker 3>and and I.

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<v Speaker 4>Think they could probably add a few back in.

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<v Speaker 3>I think triathlon needs to come back in and some

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<v Speaker 3>of the distance.

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<v Speaker 4>Events, so I'd like to see that happen. I think

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<v Speaker 4>the next edition is going to be in India. I

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<v Speaker 4>think New Zealand could actually host upon Wealth Games.

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<v Speaker 3>They'd have to share it around a bit, but it's

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<v Speaker 3>definitely doable. You know, we've got we've got a valodrome,

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<v Speaker 3>we've got that there's there's a couple of pools that

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<v Speaker 3>could be used or expanded and really it's just the

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<v Speaker 3>price of working out where to have the athletics, right.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think there's enough big venues in New Zealand

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<v Speaker 3>if I'm happy to let a country hoster. I think

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<v Speaker 3>New Zealand should put a bit in that. That's my feeling,

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<v Speaker 3>and the Commonwealth Games at the size it is at

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<v Speaker 3>the moment is possibly about right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I totally agree, and I hope that that that

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<v Speaker 2>that has investigated the ability of a country to host

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<v Speaker 2>the Commonwealth Games. And yeah, I think New Zealand should

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<v Speaker 2>definitely get their their hat in that ring. A couple

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<v Speaker 2>of other matters I wanted to get your thoughts on.

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<v Speaker 2>You're following the Gianni Infantino FIFA saga.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean, I don't know how I feel about

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<v Speaker 3>Johnny and Fantino because when you look at previous and

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<v Speaker 3>then set blesser, Infantino is a massive upgrade. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>he wasn't there for those those terrible years of just

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<v Speaker 3>blatant corruption and by all those different you call them delegates,

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<v Speaker 3>but they are terrible, you know, you chuck blazers and

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<v Speaker 3>I forget the guy from Trinidad.

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<v Speaker 4>You'll remember his.

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<v Speaker 2>Name, Jack Warner was it.

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<v Speaker 4>That's right, Warner.

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<v Speaker 3>Base that they built an entire high performance football academy.

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<v Speaker 3>But he is funny enough. He owned the land that

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<v Speaker 3>it was on, so it became his. And so look,

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<v Speaker 3>this is the whole thing with FIFA. Infantino years clumsy.

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<v Speaker 3>His relationship with Trump is regrettable, and giving a peace

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<v Speaker 3>prize to Trump is just absolute madness. But at the

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<v Speaker 3>same time, this thing is all about commerce. He wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to privatize or self sell off some of the World

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<v Speaker 3>Cup and look, maybe they need to find a way

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<v Speaker 3>to inject more money into the game because like most

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<v Speaker 3>those or most of those organizations, world rugby is the same.

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<v Speaker 4>The World Cup is everything. That's where the money comes from,

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<v Speaker 4>and they've got huge expenses covering everything else. So look,

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<v Speaker 4>he's going to back down.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if there'll be a coup, but let's

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<v Speaker 3>just hope that the next person is less weird than

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<v Speaker 3>in Fantina.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let's hope. So that's quite a low Barber, So

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see what happens. I always good to chet to you, James,

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<v Speaker 2>Loving your coverage as part of Sky's coverage of the

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<v Speaker 2>of the Commonwealth Games go well for the rest of it, mate,

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<v Speaker 2>and look forward to catching up at around about the

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<v Speaker 2>same time next week.

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