1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,467 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,947 Speaker 1: from newstalk EDB. 3 00:00:12,707 --> 00:00:15,987 Speaker 2: Olympic Games in Paris are underway in a week's time. 4 00:00:16,067 --> 00:00:20,027 Speaker 2: Next weekend is the start of competition, the opening ceremony 5 00:00:20,067 --> 00:00:24,387 Speaker 2: and then competition proper gets underway. Long jumper and sprinter 6 00:00:24,627 --> 00:00:27,747 Speaker 2: Anna Grimaldi is looking to become just the third New 7 00:00:27,867 --> 00:00:33,067 Speaker 2: Zealander ever to win three consecutive Paralympic gold medals in 8 00:00:33,147 --> 00:00:33,947 Speaker 2: track and field. 9 00:00:34,187 --> 00:00:37,667 Speaker 3: Now, Anna Grimaldi of New Zealand, who's sitting in bronze 10 00:00:37,707 --> 00:00:41,627 Speaker 3: medal position, guaranteed a medal. Can she improve from third? 11 00:00:43,387 --> 00:00:49,267 Speaker 3: Or maybe she has? Comes up smiling. This is a 12 00:00:49,307 --> 00:00:54,147 Speaker 3: new PB for Grimaldi. This could be really something special 13 00:00:54,187 --> 00:00:56,787 Speaker 3: for the Kiwi. We'll wait for this with some excitement 14 00:00:56,867 --> 00:01:01,147 Speaker 3: for young Anna Grimaldi five sixty two in season gold 15 00:01:01,227 --> 00:01:04,827 Speaker 3: medal position. Can you believe it? She can't, and Grimaldi 16 00:01:05,707 --> 00:01:07,987 Speaker 3: has for New Zealand. 17 00:01:07,627 --> 00:01:10,347 Speaker 2: Here that was Rio twenty sixteen and a GRIMOLDI also 18 00:01:10,427 --> 00:01:14,067 Speaker 2: won gold in the T forty seven long jump in Paris. 19 00:01:14,147 --> 00:01:16,267 Speaker 2: It's rather in Tokyo, looking to make it three in 20 00:01:16,267 --> 00:01:19,227 Speaker 2: a line in Paris. Before any of that, though, she's 21 00:01:19,267 --> 00:01:22,867 Speaker 2: also a flag bearer for the opening ceremony alongside Cameron 22 00:01:22,947 --> 00:01:25,147 Speaker 2: Leslie and a GRIMOLDI as well this and maybe let's 23 00:01:25,147 --> 00:01:26,747 Speaker 2: start there. How did they let you know you'd be 24 00:01:26,747 --> 00:01:29,747 Speaker 2: a flag bearer? And how special a moment will that 25 00:01:29,787 --> 00:01:30,227 Speaker 2: be for you? 26 00:01:31,347 --> 00:01:34,267 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was real, it was really special. She really 27 00:01:34,267 --> 00:01:38,667 Speaker 4: emotional when they asked me. Rayl Lane Bates is usually 28 00:01:38,707 --> 00:01:40,867 Speaker 4: our team manager, but she's taken up the role of 29 00:01:40,907 --> 00:01:47,027 Speaker 4: shift mission for these games, and her and another pens 30 00:01:47,107 --> 00:01:50,387 Speaker 4: Is staff member, Gracie, they rang me and asked if 31 00:01:50,627 --> 00:01:52,387 Speaker 4: it was something that I'd be interested in, and of 32 00:01:52,467 --> 00:01:56,227 Speaker 4: course it definitely was. It wasn't our plan to go 33 00:01:56,307 --> 00:01:58,587 Speaker 4: into the village that early, but it's just one of 34 00:01:58,627 --> 00:02:02,747 Speaker 4: those opportunities that's like kind of a you know, a 35 00:02:02,827 --> 00:02:07,347 Speaker 4: personal achievement on something that I'll you know, will make 36 00:02:07,387 --> 00:02:09,427 Speaker 4: this games, you know, really special for me. So it 37 00:02:09,467 --> 00:02:11,867 Speaker 4: was a no brainer to say yes and to accept it, 38 00:02:11,907 --> 00:02:12,747 Speaker 4: and to deal with Cam. 39 00:02:12,587 --> 00:02:16,107 Speaker 5: As well, who's such a legend. It was really exciting. 40 00:02:16,147 --> 00:02:19,587 Speaker 4: Yeah, it made me really emotional and yeah, I can't lie, 41 00:02:19,627 --> 00:02:20,107 Speaker 4: I can't lie. 42 00:02:20,187 --> 00:02:24,907 Speaker 5: I can't believe it's my third games and yeah I'm 43 00:02:24,907 --> 00:02:25,907 Speaker 5: playing there. It's crazy. 44 00:02:26,107 --> 00:02:29,787 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's amazing. It's terrific recognition for you, not only 45 00:02:29,827 --> 00:02:32,547 Speaker 2: your third games, you're double defending champion in the T 46 00:02:32,707 --> 00:02:35,587 Speaker 2: forty seven long jump. How motivated a you to make 47 00:02:35,627 --> 00:02:36,427 Speaker 2: that three in a row. 48 00:02:37,707 --> 00:02:40,587 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's crazy. It's crazy to me to even think that. 49 00:02:40,707 --> 00:02:42,867 Speaker 4: I think back to my you know, when I first 50 00:02:42,867 --> 00:02:45,907 Speaker 4: started athletics in twenty thirteen, I was sixteen, and I 51 00:02:45,907 --> 00:02:48,987 Speaker 4: had a conversation with someone who was like talking about 52 00:02:49,027 --> 00:02:51,307 Speaker 4: Rio which was at that point sort of three years away, 53 00:02:51,347 --> 00:02:52,227 Speaker 4: twenty sixteen, and. 54 00:02:53,827 --> 00:02:54,747 Speaker 5: They were sort of like. 55 00:02:54,667 --> 00:02:56,467 Speaker 4: Oh, you know, that'll be the goal, and I sort 56 00:02:56,507 --> 00:02:58,907 Speaker 4: of said to them, Oh, nah, no, that's too soon. 57 00:02:58,987 --> 00:03:00,667 Speaker 4: I don't think I'll make that team. I'll be aiming 58 00:03:00,707 --> 00:03:04,267 Speaker 4: for Tokyo on twenty twenty. And just to have you know, 59 00:03:04,987 --> 00:03:07,867 Speaker 4: been in rio let alone and then to have been 60 00:03:07,907 --> 00:03:12,147 Speaker 4: in Tokyo and then one again, it's yeah, it's such 61 00:03:12,187 --> 00:03:16,107 Speaker 4: a Yeah, it's such a I can't I can't even 62 00:03:16,107 --> 00:03:19,107 Speaker 4: put words for it. Like it's it's taken like a 63 00:03:19,147 --> 00:03:21,947 Speaker 4: long time to settle in, and I think like this year, 64 00:03:22,787 --> 00:03:25,387 Speaker 4: this past year, it's really hit home, like what big 65 00:03:25,427 --> 00:03:31,267 Speaker 4: achievements those are and how special they are and how 66 00:03:31,307 --> 00:03:33,627 Speaker 4: different of like athletes I will have been at all 67 00:03:33,667 --> 00:03:37,147 Speaker 4: three games, and yeah, I'm super excited to get out there. 68 00:03:37,147 --> 00:03:40,667 Speaker 4: There's been so much work gone into this and lots 69 00:03:40,707 --> 00:03:43,507 Speaker 4: of risks, especially over the last three years to get here, 70 00:03:45,667 --> 00:03:47,067 Speaker 4: and I'm enjoying it more than I ever have. 71 00:03:47,267 --> 00:03:49,267 Speaker 5: And I think that's kind of been. 72 00:03:50,987 --> 00:03:53,267 Speaker 4: The you know, the thing underpinning it or all of 73 00:03:53,307 --> 00:03:55,907 Speaker 4: the great performance office I've had in the last year. 74 00:03:55,987 --> 00:04:01,067 Speaker 4: And yeah, just the journey, I don't know, it's just 75 00:04:01,107 --> 00:04:02,907 Speaker 4: made me appreciate it a whole lot more. 76 00:04:03,747 --> 00:04:06,707 Speaker 5: And yeah, I'm really excited to get there. 77 00:04:07,507 --> 00:04:10,027 Speaker 2: What are the risks that you've taken over the past year. 78 00:04:11,667 --> 00:04:14,467 Speaker 4: Yeah, over the well, I mean over the last three years. 79 00:04:14,467 --> 00:04:18,187 Speaker 4: It was such a Tokyo was such an interesting games, 80 00:04:19,187 --> 00:04:24,827 Speaker 4: and I think like it for the reasons I loved 81 00:04:25,467 --> 00:04:28,507 Speaker 4: this being my career. You know, the people I get 82 00:04:28,547 --> 00:04:31,867 Speaker 4: to meet, the places I get to go, the experiences 83 00:04:31,907 --> 00:04:32,427 Speaker 4: I get to have. 84 00:04:32,467 --> 00:04:33,067 Speaker 5: That was not. 85 00:04:34,507 --> 00:04:37,747 Speaker 4: In essence any of what our Tokyo experience was. It 86 00:04:37,827 --> 00:04:41,187 Speaker 4: was really closed off. I was getting up super early, 87 00:04:41,227 --> 00:04:43,787 Speaker 4: and maybe not I was getting up at four am, 88 00:04:43,827 --> 00:04:45,987 Speaker 4: and I maybe didn't speak in a single word to 89 00:04:46,027 --> 00:04:48,867 Speaker 4: anyone until eleven am. And that's just anyone that knows me. 90 00:04:49,147 --> 00:04:52,547 Speaker 4: That's no normal, and I think I really struggled with that, 91 00:04:53,507 --> 00:04:57,467 Speaker 4: and just my enjoyment for the sport really really waned 92 00:04:57,507 --> 00:05:01,507 Speaker 4: in that time. I think a bit of self identity 93 00:05:01,747 --> 00:05:04,107 Speaker 4: stuff went on. You know, who was I outside of 94 00:05:04,107 --> 00:05:06,707 Speaker 4: those two Paralympic gold medals. That wasn't really so that 95 00:05:06,747 --> 00:05:08,667 Speaker 4: I'd put a lot of effort into, and I think 96 00:05:08,747 --> 00:05:12,707 Speaker 4: over the last couple of years really putting in the 97 00:05:12,707 --> 00:05:15,467 Speaker 4: effort to find out who Anna is outside of sport, and. 98 00:05:16,827 --> 00:05:18,107 Speaker 5: I was working part time. 99 00:05:18,387 --> 00:05:23,067 Speaker 4: I decided to finish that off last year before heading 100 00:05:23,107 --> 00:05:25,907 Speaker 4: away to World Champs. I went to Europe and did 101 00:05:25,907 --> 00:05:29,867 Speaker 4: a big European season before World Champs last year. And 102 00:05:29,907 --> 00:05:32,587 Speaker 4: I also changed coaches at the end of twenty twenty two, 103 00:05:33,547 --> 00:05:36,267 Speaker 4: sort of six months before last year's World Champs, which 104 00:05:36,307 --> 00:05:39,507 Speaker 4: was a really big decision because Brent, my old coach, 105 00:05:39,587 --> 00:05:42,307 Speaker 4: was a huge part of my life and a huge, 106 00:05:42,947 --> 00:05:46,067 Speaker 4: huge reason why I'd won those two Paralympic golds, and 107 00:05:46,547 --> 00:05:50,667 Speaker 4: quite a scary decision to, you know, face your you're 108 00:05:50,707 --> 00:05:53,187 Speaker 4: going for your third Paralympic title and you're not doing 109 00:05:53,187 --> 00:05:56,027 Speaker 4: it with one of the main pillars of the other 110 00:05:56,107 --> 00:05:58,707 Speaker 4: two teams. But it just felt like the right time 111 00:05:58,747 --> 00:06:01,667 Speaker 4: for both of us, and I think it has been 112 00:06:02,427 --> 00:06:03,547 Speaker 4: has been really really. 113 00:06:03,347 --> 00:06:03,947 Speaker 5: Positive for me. 114 00:06:03,987 --> 00:06:06,547 Speaker 4: It's pushed me a lot, and I think that's kind 115 00:06:06,547 --> 00:06:09,227 Speaker 4: of what I needed to get to where I am now. 116 00:06:09,267 --> 00:06:14,107 Speaker 4: And there's some really special things, Brewer, I can feel them. 117 00:06:14,147 --> 00:06:17,587 Speaker 4: That training is hard, and technically it's really hard at 118 00:06:17,587 --> 00:06:21,347 Speaker 4: the moment, but it's feeling like hopeful that there is 119 00:06:21,907 --> 00:06:24,907 Speaker 4: there's more, there's still more distance in me yet, which 120 00:06:24,947 --> 00:06:26,107 Speaker 4: is really exciting. 121 00:06:26,507 --> 00:06:29,667 Speaker 2: Absolutely. I've heard you talk about the pressure and a 122 00:06:29,707 --> 00:06:32,067 Speaker 2: little bit of anxiety you felt going into Tokyo as 123 00:06:32,107 --> 00:06:34,707 Speaker 2: you looked to defend the goal that you won in Rio, 124 00:06:34,787 --> 00:06:37,547 Speaker 2: and just hearing you talk then about being defined only 125 00:06:37,587 --> 00:06:42,387 Speaker 2: by your Paralympic feats. Has that anxiety now disappeared? Are 126 00:06:42,427 --> 00:06:45,147 Speaker 2: you now just comfortable that you know no one can 127 00:06:45,147 --> 00:06:47,187 Speaker 2: take Rio away from you, no one can take Tokyo 128 00:06:47,267 --> 00:06:49,627 Speaker 2: away from you. Has that anxiety kind of disappeared now? 129 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:51,027 Speaker 1: Yeah? 130 00:06:51,067 --> 00:06:57,987 Speaker 4: I think that I had so much attachment to those medals, 131 00:06:58,027 --> 00:07:01,827 Speaker 4: but that they were sort of like only relevant if 132 00:07:01,827 --> 00:07:04,827 Speaker 4: I keep winning them, you know, like they weren't they 133 00:07:04,867 --> 00:07:07,507 Speaker 4: weren't these like great standard loan achievements. In my mind, 134 00:07:07,507 --> 00:07:10,627 Speaker 4: it was like the first one felt quite fluky, and 135 00:07:10,667 --> 00:07:13,907 Speaker 4: I felt really, you know, not not like I wasn't 136 00:07:13,907 --> 00:07:16,147 Speaker 4: the best on paper at all in that field. I 137 00:07:16,227 --> 00:07:18,667 Speaker 4: just had the best day and I felt like, you know, 138 00:07:18,747 --> 00:07:21,307 Speaker 4: maybe I didn't deserve to win. I wasn't what a 139 00:07:22,107 --> 00:07:24,547 Speaker 4: what I thought a Paralympic champion you know, looked like, 140 00:07:24,827 --> 00:07:27,867 Speaker 4: or what it would feel like. And so I think 141 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:29,907 Speaker 4: I thought, you know, like, oh need to do this 142 00:07:29,947 --> 00:07:32,227 Speaker 4: again to prove to myself, you know, that I that 143 00:07:32,307 --> 00:07:35,267 Speaker 4: I'm worthy of being in this you know, high performance 144 00:07:35,307 --> 00:07:38,427 Speaker 4: sport world. And so when I won in Tokyo, I 145 00:07:38,467 --> 00:07:40,827 Speaker 4: think when I went into Tokyo, I just had this huge, 146 00:07:40,987 --> 00:07:45,547 Speaker 4: overwhelming feeling that it was like maybe not going to happen, 147 00:07:45,587 --> 00:07:49,187 Speaker 4: and what would that mean for me? But also being 148 00:07:49,987 --> 00:07:52,387 Speaker 4: I had the best season of my life nearly that 149 00:07:52,507 --> 00:07:54,867 Speaker 4: year of Tokyo and knowing that I was the best 150 00:07:54,907 --> 00:07:57,787 Speaker 4: on paper that time going into it, and that I'd 151 00:07:57,827 --> 00:07:59,947 Speaker 4: been on the other side of that coin and lost 152 00:08:00,267 --> 00:08:02,867 Speaker 4: being I mean and one not being the best on paper, 153 00:08:02,947 --> 00:08:05,587 Speaker 4: so I think it just felt really scary, and I 154 00:08:05,627 --> 00:08:09,067 Speaker 4: think when I won, there was just an overwhelming sense 155 00:08:09,107 --> 00:08:12,507 Speaker 4: of relief. There was, of course happiness, and joy and 156 00:08:12,507 --> 00:08:15,347 Speaker 4: and everything else. But it was it was just like 157 00:08:15,507 --> 00:08:18,307 Speaker 4: I'd taken a huge, deep breath out for the first 158 00:08:18,307 --> 00:08:22,107 Speaker 4: time in five years at that point. And but that 159 00:08:22,187 --> 00:08:24,507 Speaker 4: feeling kind of didn't stick around for very long. Like 160 00:08:24,587 --> 00:08:27,307 Speaker 4: the gold medal was kind of like a shiny gold 161 00:08:27,307 --> 00:08:30,987 Speaker 4: plaster and it didn't fell off eventually, And I think 162 00:08:31,027 --> 00:08:33,387 Speaker 4: I really struggled to pack myself back up and get 163 00:08:33,427 --> 00:08:38,907 Speaker 4: back into it and find motivation beyond beyond just the 164 00:08:38,947 --> 00:08:42,947 Speaker 4: medals and the and the and the achievements, because there 165 00:08:42,947 --> 00:08:45,627 Speaker 4: are so many other aspects of sport other than just 166 00:08:45,947 --> 00:08:49,147 Speaker 4: performing at the Paralympic Games or the Olympic Games or 167 00:08:49,147 --> 00:08:52,907 Speaker 4: World Champs or whatever it is. And I think really 168 00:08:54,067 --> 00:08:56,827 Speaker 4: leaning into those other things has made, you know, me 169 00:08:57,907 --> 00:09:02,107 Speaker 4: a lot happier person. And you know, if I'm happier, 170 00:09:02,147 --> 00:09:04,587 Speaker 4: I'm able to perform better and and you know that's 171 00:09:04,627 --> 00:09:08,427 Speaker 4: always the saying. And I think I didn't really I 172 00:09:08,467 --> 00:09:12,027 Speaker 4: didn't really buy into that until last year, because I mean, 173 00:09:12,267 --> 00:09:14,187 Speaker 4: I was the happiest I'd been in my sport and 174 00:09:14,267 --> 00:09:18,667 Speaker 4: I produced, you know, some really well two personal bests 175 00:09:18,867 --> 00:09:21,427 Speaker 4: at a major champ So it was it was kind 176 00:09:21,467 --> 00:09:23,187 Speaker 4: of like a light bulb moment for me, like, if 177 00:09:23,227 --> 00:09:26,347 Speaker 4: we don't look after Anna Anna sporting, Anna is going 178 00:09:26,387 --> 00:09:26,907 Speaker 4: to struggle. 179 00:09:27,587 --> 00:09:30,067 Speaker 2: There's such good self awareness, amazing when you talk about 180 00:09:30,147 --> 00:09:35,387 Speaker 2: last year Paris bronze and the one h meters, Yeah, 181 00:09:35,427 --> 00:09:37,187 Speaker 2: it wasn't a fluke because you repeated the feat that 182 00:09:37,267 --> 00:09:40,027 Speaker 2: this year's World Champs. I remember chatting to you after 183 00:09:40,067 --> 00:09:42,827 Speaker 2: the bronze in Paris. Yeah, and you said, I remember 184 00:09:42,867 --> 00:09:45,547 Speaker 2: you said, you said you had a real deep calm 185 00:09:45,667 --> 00:09:48,067 Speaker 2: about your sprinting. It wasn't something you felt anxious about 186 00:09:48,107 --> 00:09:48,387 Speaker 2: at all. 187 00:09:48,547 --> 00:09:48,907 Speaker 4: Yeah. 188 00:09:48,947 --> 00:09:51,347 Speaker 2: Have you been able to continue that feeling when you sprint? 189 00:09:52,947 --> 00:10:01,627 Speaker 5: No, so I did. I didn't feel very nervous at World. 190 00:10:01,507 --> 00:10:06,947 Speaker 4: Champs and in Kobe earlier this year, I just felt 191 00:10:07,147 --> 00:10:10,227 Speaker 4: I did. I didn't quite feel myself. I'd been battling 192 00:10:10,227 --> 00:10:13,187 Speaker 4: a little a few injuries actually over the last year 193 00:10:14,307 --> 00:10:16,267 Speaker 4: that sort of took me out from running for quite 194 00:10:16,307 --> 00:10:20,387 Speaker 4: a wee while, and I knew that we were still 195 00:10:20,427 --> 00:10:22,227 Speaker 4: in the building phase, but it was kind of it's 196 00:10:22,307 --> 00:10:24,827 Speaker 4: kind of hard when you know you're not quite at 197 00:10:24,907 --> 00:10:26,707 Speaker 4: your best, but you're at one of the best acomplishs 198 00:10:26,747 --> 00:10:28,507 Speaker 4: of the year and you want to put your best 199 00:10:28,547 --> 00:10:30,587 Speaker 4: foot forward and you are putting your best foot forward, 200 00:10:30,587 --> 00:10:32,587 Speaker 4: but it's not the best foot you've ever had, And 201 00:10:32,627 --> 00:10:35,787 Speaker 4: I think that was quite It was quite hard. But 202 00:10:36,467 --> 00:10:38,747 Speaker 4: in saying that, like, I'm really proud of the performance 203 00:10:38,787 --> 00:10:41,147 Speaker 4: I was able to put out there and it is 204 00:10:41,187 --> 00:10:44,267 Speaker 4: a nice confidence builder going into this year. And I've 205 00:10:44,347 --> 00:10:46,787 Speaker 4: ran you know, a lot quicker since then, which is 206 00:10:46,827 --> 00:10:47,307 Speaker 4: not I think it. 207 00:10:47,947 --> 00:10:49,227 Speaker 5: I was super happy with. 208 00:10:49,147 --> 00:10:52,347 Speaker 4: The obviously with the bronze medal, that's awesome, but I 209 00:10:52,347 --> 00:10:56,507 Speaker 4: think the time I struggled seeing that time and going like, right, 210 00:10:56,707 --> 00:10:58,027 Speaker 4: are we are we on track? 211 00:10:58,187 --> 00:10:59,427 Speaker 5: Like for Paris? Is this? 212 00:11:00,027 --> 00:11:01,587 Speaker 4: Are we going to be able to put it together 213 00:11:01,587 --> 00:11:04,707 Speaker 4: in Paris? But I think since then we've been able to. 214 00:11:07,027 --> 00:11:07,427 Speaker 5: Sort of. 215 00:11:08,947 --> 00:11:12,387 Speaker 4: Not sit back, but like let the training take its course, 216 00:11:12,427 --> 00:11:15,587 Speaker 4: you know, go through the full cycle, run the full 217 00:11:15,707 --> 00:11:20,227 Speaker 4: training program. And now we are seeing we're seeing positive signs. 218 00:11:20,267 --> 00:11:21,747 Speaker 4: So that is like calming. 219 00:11:22,107 --> 00:11:24,547 Speaker 2: Yeah, cool, And you've added the two hundred back end, 220 00:11:24,587 --> 00:11:27,987 Speaker 2: But you've run that event quite regularly during your career, 221 00:11:28,027 --> 00:11:30,827 Speaker 2: haven't you. This isn't absolutely news to you, is it 222 00:11:30,907 --> 00:11:31,547 Speaker 2: the two hundred? 223 00:11:32,667 --> 00:11:32,827 Speaker 5: No? 224 00:11:32,907 --> 00:11:37,147 Speaker 4: But it feels new again because I have ran i 225 00:11:37,187 --> 00:11:41,307 Speaker 4: think three two hundred meters in the last sort of 226 00:11:41,307 --> 00:11:45,747 Speaker 4: six year, we'll say, and before that, my last one 227 00:11:46,067 --> 00:11:50,707 Speaker 4: was in twenty seventeen, so sort of near on seven 228 00:11:50,787 --> 00:11:53,987 Speaker 4: years ago. And my last race was the two hundred 229 00:11:53,987 --> 00:11:58,347 Speaker 4: meters heats at World Champs in twenty seventeen, and I 230 00:11:58,667 --> 00:12:00,627 Speaker 4: broke my foot. My foot had been giving me grief 231 00:12:00,667 --> 00:12:02,307 Speaker 4: all that year, but it really gave up. 232 00:12:02,667 --> 00:12:03,347 Speaker 5: In that race. 233 00:12:03,507 --> 00:12:06,347 Speaker 4: And then my last international race before that was an 234 00:12:06,787 --> 00:12:10,547 Speaker 4: Rio and I was in the heats, qualified for the final, 235 00:12:10,667 --> 00:12:13,587 Speaker 4: left the stadium and then got a call from our 236 00:12:13,587 --> 00:12:15,147 Speaker 4: manager saying you've been disqualified. 237 00:12:15,187 --> 00:12:16,787 Speaker 5: You stood on the line, and. 238 00:12:16,707 --> 00:12:22,347 Speaker 4: So I feel like there's this real like like I've 239 00:12:22,347 --> 00:12:24,147 Speaker 4: got some beef with the two hundred that we need 240 00:12:24,187 --> 00:12:25,827 Speaker 4: to sort out, you know. 241 00:12:25,987 --> 00:12:27,747 Speaker 5: Like we've I've had two I've had. 242 00:12:27,787 --> 00:12:30,747 Speaker 4: My last two opportunities have been you know, a qualification 243 00:12:30,827 --> 00:12:32,587 Speaker 4: and a foot break. And the foot break, you know, 244 00:12:32,827 --> 00:12:34,507 Speaker 4: we decided that we were never going to run the 245 00:12:34,507 --> 00:12:37,227 Speaker 4: two again, Like that was a big factor and why 246 00:12:37,387 --> 00:12:39,827 Speaker 4: my foot broke, and we decided it was too risky 247 00:12:40,147 --> 00:12:41,867 Speaker 4: and I was never gonna run it again. And then 248 00:12:42,107 --> 00:12:46,867 Speaker 4: it's been really nice this last year having open discussions about, well, 249 00:12:46,907 --> 00:12:49,187 Speaker 4: you know what, my body isn't fragile anymore. It can 250 00:12:49,307 --> 00:12:52,147 Speaker 4: handle the two hundred. We are going to get out 251 00:12:52,147 --> 00:12:54,387 Speaker 4: there and give it a go. And it's really just 252 00:12:54,427 --> 00:12:57,987 Speaker 4: for me this event. It's like a nice kind of 253 00:12:58,187 --> 00:13:02,307 Speaker 4: like a bit of a like, yep, my body, my 254 00:13:02,347 --> 00:13:04,827 Speaker 4: body struggled for a while, but we're not struggling anymore. 255 00:13:04,867 --> 00:13:07,227 Speaker 4: We're really thriving, and my body you can handle this 256 00:13:07,347 --> 00:13:07,867 Speaker 4: type of thing. 257 00:13:08,427 --> 00:13:10,787 Speaker 5: And so I'm really excited for that. 258 00:13:10,827 --> 00:13:13,387 Speaker 4: It's the last event on the program and I'll give 259 00:13:13,427 --> 00:13:16,547 Speaker 4: it my best, may be shot, but yeah, that one's 260 00:13:16,587 --> 00:13:17,547 Speaker 4: just sort of for me. 261 00:13:17,987 --> 00:13:22,027 Speaker 2: Cool long jump PB five ninety six, you reckon, you've 262 00:13:22,027 --> 00:13:25,267 Speaker 2: got that, You've got you reckon got that six meters 263 00:13:25,307 --> 00:13:26,827 Speaker 2: in your next couple of weeks. 264 00:13:27,667 --> 00:13:31,387 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I think we're quose, Like we're close there there, 265 00:13:31,627 --> 00:13:33,747 Speaker 4: We've got the elements all there. It's just getting them, 266 00:13:34,227 --> 00:13:35,907 Speaker 4: getting them to all be friends with one. 267 00:13:35,827 --> 00:13:38,387 Speaker 5: Another is what we're working on right now. 268 00:13:38,427 --> 00:13:43,827 Speaker 4: And I think, yeah, we yeah, I think I think 269 00:13:43,827 --> 00:13:45,907 Speaker 4: it is there. I would love it to be there, 270 00:13:46,067 --> 00:13:49,507 Speaker 4: you know, in a couple of weeks time. Six fine 271 00:13:49,587 --> 00:13:52,227 Speaker 4: ninety six is painfully close to six meters and I 272 00:13:52,267 --> 00:13:56,307 Speaker 4: would just I would It's just like, yeah, it's been 273 00:13:56,347 --> 00:13:58,827 Speaker 4: a goal since I started to jump six meters, so 274 00:13:58,827 --> 00:14:00,667 Speaker 4: it'd be really lovely to be able to deal with, 275 00:14:01,307 --> 00:14:02,907 Speaker 4: you know, on the biggest competition of my life. 276 00:14:02,947 --> 00:14:05,067 Speaker 2: Really well, we can't wait to see how you go. 277 00:14:05,147 --> 00:14:07,827 Speaker 2: So one hundred meters long jump, two hundred meters before 278 00:14:07,827 --> 00:14:10,627 Speaker 2: all that, you carry the flag. So cool for you, Enna, 279 00:14:10,867 --> 00:14:12,227 Speaker 2: Thanks for taking the time for a chat. I hope 280 00:14:12,267 --> 00:14:14,307 Speaker 2: the rest of you build up towards the start of 281 00:14:14,347 --> 00:14:16,787 Speaker 2: the Games goes brilliantly and we just can't wait to 282 00:14:16,787 --> 00:14:19,027 Speaker 2: see how you go. Thanks for having me, no, thanks 283 00:14:19,027 --> 00:14:23,387 Speaker 2: for joining us anam Anak Grimaldi there, long jumper flag bearer, 284 00:14:23,787 --> 00:14:25,267 Speaker 2: What a delight to chat to her again. 285 00:14:25,787 --> 00:14:28,987 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 286 00:14:29,067 --> 00:14:32,347 Speaker 1: to News Talk sed B weekends from midday, or follow 287 00:14:32,387 --> 00:14:34,027 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.