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Speaker 1: the year and he's with us. Morning to you, morning Mike,

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Speaker 1: How are you very well? And do thank you? Great tucks,

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Speaker 1: very good looking tacks. Where'd you get it from?

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Speaker 1: Nice little plug now, good on you. I think the tall,

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Speaker 2: It was amazing. It was actually my first time ever

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I think it was just so cool to

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Speaker 1: What do you Reckon you've done for your sport? Have

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Look, I mean I think that athletics has kind

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Speaker 1: Because what's your observation of sport in our lives, whether

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Speaker 1: Do you rerickon sports still units a country?

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Speaker 2: Like for me, sport is just about being healthy, and

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Speaker 1: Good on you. I don't want to get controversial here,

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Speaker 1: Because I look at James McDonald, I mean, James McDonald

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Speaker 1: And we're here now, fantastic, good one, you make congratulation.

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Speaker 1: Go well, appreciate your time as always, Hamishkur, good guy,

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Speaker 1: awesome guy, Elease Andrews for me personally, if nothing else

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Speaker 1: come on, thank It's not bad game Taylor made at

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Speaker 1: the old Barkers. But it is the debate, isn't it.

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Speaker 1: you get around it, Finn Butcher. See, I like Co

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Speaker 1: over Carrington because co won gold in a truly global

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Speaker 1: sport golfers global basketball's global, tennis is global football's global,

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Speaker 1: whereas Carrington won in a niche sport, which is not

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Speaker 1: for to differentiate Global Beat's Niche doesn't it or or

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Speaker 1: can we.

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Speaker 2: Just agree that awards are stupid and we shouldn't have them.

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Speaker 1: Oh no, we love awards. There's a big time winner, Glenn. No,

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