1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Already and this is this is the daily This is 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: the Daily. Ohs oh, now it makes sense. 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Friday, 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 2: the twenty sixth of September. I'm Lucy Tassel. 5 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: I'm beliefit Simon's. 6 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 2: Twenty five years ago today Australia woke up in the 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 2: aftermath of one of the greatest gold medal races of 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 2: all time, Kathy Freeman's win in the four hundred meters. 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 2: They goes up, the guy takes the lad looks up, 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 2: grows away from Graham and Mary. This is a famous victory. 11 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: I'm made, never said performance. 12 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 2: It was the undeniable high point of the Sydney two 13 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 2: thousand Olympics Games that changed the city and set a 14 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 2: high bar for other cities to follow. On today's episode, 15 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 2: we're taking a walk back in time to the year 16 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 2: two thousand, explaining how the Games came to Sydney, bringing 17 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 2: you some of the highlights, and discussing its last legacy. 18 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 2: But first a quick word from our sponsor. 19 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 3: Now, Lucy, I don't remember the game. So I'm twenty eight, 20 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 3: freshly twenty eight and gray birthday. But yeah, I don't 21 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 3: remember the games. I was too young. I must have 22 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 3: been two or three years old. Yes, good Mas. Do 23 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 3: you remember it? 24 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: I remember little bits. I remember making an Olympic torch 25 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 2: out of white cardboard and read an orange cellar phane. 26 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: That's an amazing memory. 27 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 2: You must have been also three four four four freshly 28 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,559 Speaker 2: four because I lived not that far from Home Bush 29 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 2: where the games were taking place, and I remember waving 30 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: it on the side of the road as the torch 31 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: relay went by. Lucy. And I also remember I was 32 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 2: taken to see the wheelchair basketball at the Paralympics. So 33 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 2: those are my Olympic memories. 34 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 3: Good game, Yeah, I guess I remember watching it, That's 35 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 3: all I remember. 36 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 2: But then there are other things that happened during that 37 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 2: game that have kind of become memories for me from 38 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 2: having watched them over the years. 39 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 3: Yes, I feel like I remember Kathy Freeman, but I don't. 40 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: But I've just seen that footage so many times. 41 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 2: Exactly growing up also in Sydney, as we did. I know, 42 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: I've spent a lot of time in my life in 43 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 2: and around Sydney Olympic Park going to concerts. Most of 44 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: the time. 45 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: It's hard for me to. 46 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 2: Imagine now actually that until twenty five years ago, basically 47 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: that area really didn't contain much. Yeah, so interesting, and 48 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 2: I think it's interesting that that is something that that 49 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 2: development is something that was pitched when Sydney began its 50 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 2: bid to host the Games, and the fact that Sydney 51 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 2: hosted the Games was such a big deal at the time. 52 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 3: I feel like it's still a big deal now. How 53 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 3: does a city come to host the Olympics. 54 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, cities have to submit a bid. Back in the 55 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 2: mid twentieth century to the late twentieth century, it was 56 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 2: very competitive. Countries would compete against each each other. They 57 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 2: would nominate cities to be able to host the Olympics 58 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 2: in the Paralympics, and typically those bids would be carried 59 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 2: out six or seven years ahead of the Games to 60 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: give cities enough time to build up all the infrastructure, 61 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 2: and they would put together these packages explaining why they 62 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: would be good at hosting it and present it to 63 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 2: the International Olympic Committee. And sometimes it would take many 64 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 2: different tries. So, for example, Los Angeles attempted to host 65 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 2: the Games or submitted bids many many times before they 66 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 2: eventually won the nineteen eighty four Olympics and Paralympics. And 67 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 2: it's true for Sydney to plans to host the Olympics 68 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 2: in Sydney were being molled as early as the nineteen 69 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: seventies actually, which is a long time before our eventual 70 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 2: successful bid. Over the years, Australia put forward a number 71 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 2: of cities to host the games. Brisbane and Melbourne, which 72 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: had hosted the nineteen fifty six Olympics. 73 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: Oh, I didn't know that. 74 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a big, big deal for Australia back 75 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 2: in the day, so hosted them in nineteen fifty six. 76 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: And then in the eighties Australia was like, do you 77 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 2: want Brisbane? Do you want Melbourne? Those bids ended up 78 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 2: going to Barcelona and Atlanta. But we got third time 79 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 2: lucky in nineteen ninety three when Sydney successfully bid for 80 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 2: the two thousand Olympics and Paralympics. And so what does 81 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 2: the city need for a successful bid? The list is 82 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 2: not that long, but everything on the list is incredibly involved. 83 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 2: You need places to host events. You need pools, running tracks, 84 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 2: tennis courts, beach volleyball courts, gymnasiums, velodromes, shooting ranges, archery ranges. 85 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: Like when you think about the vast number of Olympic sports, 86 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 2: and it's often changing. For example, obviously Paris hosted the 87 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 2: Olympics last year, but the surfing competition was held in Tahiti, 88 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 2: which is a French territory. So you need to be 89 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 2: able to host all of the different events. You need 90 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 2: housing for the athletes and the parer athletes. You need 91 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: hotel rooms to house the thousands of tourists and journalists 92 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 2: and officials that descend on your city for the Games. 93 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 2: You need a stadium that's big enough for the parade 94 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 2: of athletes at the end of the opening ceremony and 95 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 2: for major events. And you need transport to get everyone 96 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 2: to and from and parking. There's so many different things 97 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 2: that are all really expensive and involved to put together. 98 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 3: And often the cities don't actually have those facilities, but 99 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 3: they say to the Olympics Committee that they will build 100 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 3: them in order to host the Olympics, which was the 101 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 3: case with Sydney. So for example, we had the transformation 102 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 3: of Sydney Olympic Park. We also had things like the 103 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 3: rowing Center being set up in the city's west, things 104 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 3: that would if Sydney were to ever bid for the 105 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 3: Olympics again, we could say we already have this infrastructure, 106 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 3: which is why you might see some cities hosting the 107 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 3: Olympics multiple times, like La La exactly, London, Paris, those 108 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 3: are the only ones, Oh, Tokyo, that's another one. Yes, 109 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 3: and then you also need to present all of these 110 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 3: things or your plans to achieve these things to the 111 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 3: International Olympic Committee. Sydney's bid in nineteen ninety three was 112 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 3: a forty minute presentation that also included a speech from 113 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 3: an eleven year old schoolgirl who described Sydney as a 114 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 3: friendly city where it doesn't matter where you come from. 115 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: I know, so sweet. And another way that you can 116 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 2: appeal to the International Olympic Committee is financially. So John Coates, 117 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 2: who is a very important member of the Sydney Olympic 118 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 2: Games Committee, later admitted he had actually offered grants to 119 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 2: two African nations in exchange for their support for Sydney's bid, 120 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 2: so no money actually changed hands, but there was kind 121 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 2: of a promise of support if Sydney's bid got up. 122 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 3: And of course we mentioned Kathy Freeman at the top 123 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 3: of the episode. Yes, and obviously that's one of the 124 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 3: great sporting moments in Australian history. What are some of 125 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 3: the other highlights from Sydney two thousand before we. 126 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 2: Move on from Kathy Freeman. Two quick things. Her win 127 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 2: in the four hundred meters that we played a clip 128 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 2: of was Australia's one hundredth Olympic gold medal of the 129 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 2: time I know, and it was the first individual gold 130 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 2: won by an Indigenous Australian. After she won, she draped 131 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 2: herself in the Australian and Aboriginal flags to do her 132 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 2: victory lap, which actually put her at risk of disciplinary 133 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 2: action from the IOC because athletes aren't meant to kind 134 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 2: of wear any flags other than their own countries. And 135 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 2: she had done the same thing at the nineteen ninety 136 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 2: four Commonwealth Games and she had been publicly and formally 137 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 2: reprimanded for doing so. 138 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: Wow, but that rules still in place for. 139 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 2: The Commonwealth Games, no for the Olympic Games. Yes, However, 140 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 2: I don't believe she was actually reprimanded after the two 141 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 2: thousand Games. I mean, it was such an incredible moment 142 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 2: and certainly at the time Prime Minister John Howard said 143 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 2: for her to carry both flags was quote terrific and 144 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 2: perfectly natural. So I think the kind of the vibe 145 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 2: had shifted. Yes, But let's move now from the track 146 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 2: to the pool, which is where Australia has historically shone. 147 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 2: Two major highlights for you here. The first involves a 148 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 2: then seventeen year old rising superstar you might have heard 149 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 2: of called Ian Thorpe. Yes, he was coming into his 150 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 2: hometown games and his first Olympics carrying the hopes of 151 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 2: a nation on his extremely broad shoulders. His biggest test 152 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 2: was actually set for the first day of swimming competition 153 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 2: at the Olympics, where he was facing his first ever 154 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 2: Olympic race and the men's four by one hundred meter 155 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 2: freestyle relay. Adding to the pressure was the fact that 156 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 2: Australia was going up against the USA, who had never 157 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 2: lost the four by one hundred meter freestyle relay in 158 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 2: the history of the event. They had never not won gold. 159 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 2: In fact, American swimmer Gary Hall Junior also said ahead 160 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 2: of the Games that he expected Team USA would quote 161 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 2: smash Australia like guitars. Wow, that is a stri and aprinsum. 162 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 2: We're talking about it. 163 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 3: Because it went well for Australia, yes, exactly, and it 164 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 3: went better than expected. 165 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 2: So in Ian Thorpe's heat. His first Olympic race, he 166 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 2: set an Olympic record, that's in the four hundred meter freestyle. 167 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 2: That night he swam that race even faster to break 168 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 2: a world record and win gold. And then just an 169 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 2: hour later the four by one hundred meter relay began. 170 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 2: Michael Klym set a world record one hundred meter swim 171 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 2: in the first two laps for Australia. But then going 172 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 2: into the last two laps, Ian Thorpe actually slipped a 173 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 2: little bit behind Gary Hall Junior as they were going 174 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 2: into the very last lap, the last fifty meters, and 175 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 2: I'll let you listen to what happened next. 176 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: Cooper's coming out off the hall. They are aboutching spikes. 177 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 2: Now polop U turns with hole like that about top 178 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 2: three meters to form Piper's over whol again oil and 179 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 2: pop popch. 180 00:09:55,440 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: And corn popper, the hole pop gavis one. The drama 181 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: is so dramatic, it's yeah, it gives me chills. 182 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 2: I can't deny it. It gives me chills. Before we move 183 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 2: on from the pool, I've got one non Australian highlight 184 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 2: to share with you. It comes to us from the 185 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 2: tiny West African nation of Equatorial Guinea, not known for 186 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 2: its swimming success. I think I know this story. I 187 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 2: bet you do. 188 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 3: Is it that the swimmer came last and everyone was clapping? 189 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: It's like that. Okay, everyone did clap, Yes, it was 190 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: clapping involved, There was involved. 191 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 2: Eric Mussambani was representing Equatorial Guinea in swimming. He had 192 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:45,959 Speaker 2: learned to swim eight months earlier. 193 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 1: Wow. 194 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 2: He arrived at the Games on a wild card entry 195 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 2: awarded by the International Olympic Committee, and he was the 196 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 2: only person in his heat for the one hundred meter freestyle, 197 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 2: so not last, but the only person in. 198 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:02,719 Speaker 1: The pool close close. He was last, but he was 199 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: also first, one of one. 200 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 2: Actually, he had never swum the length of a fifty 201 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 2: meter Olympic pool before. He'd had actually never seen one, 202 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 2: so you can only imagine how intimidating it would be 203 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 2: to swim that in front of a crowd. Slowly, as 204 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 2: he swam his two laps, the crowd at the Sydney 205 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 2: Olympic Park Aquatic Center began to figure out what was 206 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 2: happening back that he really was literally quite literally out 207 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 2: of his depth, and they began to really cheer, and 208 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,839 Speaker 2: when he finally made it to the end. The crowd 209 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 2: just exploded. Yeah, it's a very kind of special moment. 210 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 3: Now that is the Olympics, but we also hosted the Paralympics. Yeah, 211 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 3: what were some of the highlights of the Paralympics in 212 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 3: two thousand. 213 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 2: The Sydney Paralympics were extremely successful, not just for Australia 214 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 2: but for the Paralympic Games. The Sydney Paralympics were the 215 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 2: first to sell more than a million tickets overall in 216 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 2: the pool. For Australia, Chevon Peyton picked up six gold 217 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 2: medals and broke six records, which is just astonishing. On 218 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 2: the track, para athlete Luis Sauvage won two golds and 219 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 2: a silver. It was her final game and she went 220 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 2: out with a bang. And then she's actually since gone 221 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 2: on to coach Madison de Rosario, who is also a 222 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 2: para athlete, who matched her feet of two golds at 223 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 2: the same games in Tokyo in twenty twenty one. Overall, 224 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 2: Australian power athletes picked up one hundred and forty nine medals. Wow, 225 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 2: I know, it's so it's simply so many, and we 226 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:39,359 Speaker 2: topped the medal table for the first time at the Paralympics, 227 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 2: I know, and overall more than three hundred records were 228 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 2: broken across the whole Paralympics, including it was the record 229 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 2: for the most para athletes competing at a Paralympics ever. 230 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 2: So it was really like an amazing Paralympics. And honestly, 231 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 2: reflecting on all of this, I just thought, Wow, Brisbane 232 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 2: twenty thirty two has a lot to live up to. 233 00:12:59,080 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: I was going to say. 234 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 3: Hearing how successful we were at both the Olympics and 235 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 3: the Paralympics, I know, it makes me so excited for 236 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:09,199 Speaker 3: Australia to host the Olympics and the Paralympics again, which 237 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 3: Brisbane will be doing in twenty thirty two. That's right, 238 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 3: although I'll say it's at a very different time for 239 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 3: the Olympics, the Paralympics, the Games, the culture around them 240 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 3: has really shifted and changed, I would say in terms of. 241 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: It not being as big of a deal anymore. 242 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 2: It's not that it isn't as big of a deal. 243 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 2: It's just that all of the things that I described, 244 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 2: the kind of size of the undertaking becomes increasingly difficult 245 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 2: for cities to take on. So Brisbane was the only 246 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 2: city to bid for the twenty thirty two Summer Olympics 247 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 2: and Paralympics. Interesting that had happened in the past, but 248 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 2: not particularly frequently. There's also the case of the twenty 249 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 2: twenty four Olympics and the twenty twenty eight Olympics, which 250 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 2: were Paris and la respectively, were awarded at the same time. 251 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 2: So and Brisbane was even the Olympics in twenty twenty one. 252 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 2: So there's really like countries are getting more and more 253 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,559 Speaker 2: of a lead time to plan to set up. 254 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,719 Speaker 1: There's also protest. 255 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 2: Movements against the Olympics, including one in Los Angeles that 256 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 2: protest group argues the games were decided without public consultation, 257 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 2: won't be sustainable and won't actually benefit the city of 258 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 2: La over the following years. In Brisbane at least, there 259 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 2: have been disputes over how much money will be spent 260 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 2: in the city and what infrastructure will actually be built 261 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 2: and who will foot the bill. But one thing I 262 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 2: know for sure about the Brisbane Olympics and Paralympics is 263 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 2: that it's going to be so nice to have a 264 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 2: games in our time zone, in our time zone, that's right, 265 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 2: because the Paris ones we were having to stay up 266 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 2: all night to watch anything. I was up at midnight 267 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 2: watching the rugby sevens learning what rugby sevens was. I'm 268 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 2: excited for that to happen in primetime. 269 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 3: Yes, well, Lucy, thank you for taking us down that 270 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 3: trip back in time. You are our in house historian 271 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 3: and our in house sports editor. That's so you're really 272 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 3: combined to those two talents for this amazing explain that. 273 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. 274 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 2: Thanksville, And of course, if you are interested in more 275 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 2: sport news, you can sign up to our sport newsletter. 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