WEBVTT - Flashback Friday: Sydney 2000

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<v Speaker 1>Already and this is this is the daily This is

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<v Speaker 1>the Daily. Ohs oh, now it makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty sixth of September. I'm Lucy Tassel.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm beliefit Simon's.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty five years ago today Australia woke up in the

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<v Speaker 2>aftermath of one of the greatest gold medal races of

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<v Speaker 2>all time, Kathy Freeman's win in the four hundred meters.

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<v Speaker 2>They goes up, the guy takes the lad looks up,

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<v Speaker 2>grows away from Graham and Mary. This is a famous victory.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm made, never said performance.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the undeniable high point of the Sydney two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand Olympics Games that changed the city and set a

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<v Speaker 2>high bar for other cities to follow. On today's episode,

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<v Speaker 2>we're taking a walk back in time to the year

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand, explaining how the Games came to Sydney, bringing

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<v Speaker 2>you some of the highlights, and discussing its last legacy.

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<v Speaker 2>But first a quick word from our sponsor.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, Lucy, I don't remember the game. So I'm twenty eight,

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<v Speaker 3>freshly twenty eight and gray birthday. But yeah, I don't

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<v Speaker 3>remember the games. I was too young. I must have

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<v Speaker 3>been two or three years old. Yes, good Mas. Do

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<v Speaker 3>you remember it?

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<v Speaker 2>I remember little bits. I remember making an Olympic torch

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<v Speaker 2>out of white cardboard and read an orange cellar phane.

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<v Speaker 1>That's an amazing memory.

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<v Speaker 2>You must have been also three four four four freshly

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<v Speaker 2>four because I lived not that far from Home Bush

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<v Speaker 2>where the games were taking place, and I remember waving

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<v Speaker 2>it on the side of the road as the torch

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<v Speaker 2>relay went by. Lucy. And I also remember I was

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<v Speaker 2>taken to see the wheelchair basketball at the Paralympics. So

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<v Speaker 2>those are my Olympic memories.

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<v Speaker 3>Good game, Yeah, I guess I remember watching it, That's

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<v Speaker 3>all I remember.

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<v Speaker 2>But then there are other things that happened during that

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<v Speaker 2>game that have kind of become memories for me from

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<v Speaker 2>having watched them over the years.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I feel like I remember Kathy Freeman, but I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>But I've just seen that footage so many times.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly growing up also in Sydney, as we did. I know,

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<v Speaker 2>I've spent a lot of time in my life in

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<v Speaker 2>and around Sydney Olympic Park going to concerts. Most of

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<v Speaker 2>the time.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard for me to.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine now actually that until twenty five years ago, basically

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<v Speaker 2>that area really didn't contain much. Yeah, so interesting, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's interesting that that is something that that

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<v Speaker 2>development is something that was pitched when Sydney began its

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<v Speaker 2>bid to host the Games, and the fact that Sydney

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<v Speaker 2>hosted the Games was such a big deal at the time.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like it's still a big deal now. How

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<v Speaker 3>does a city come to host the Olympics.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, cities have to submit a bid. Back in the

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<v Speaker 2>mid twentieth century to the late twentieth century, it was

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<v Speaker 2>very competitive. Countries would compete against each each other. They

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<v Speaker 2>would nominate cities to be able to host the Olympics

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<v Speaker 2>in the Paralympics, and typically those bids would be carried

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<v Speaker 2>out six or seven years ahead of the Games to

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<v Speaker 2>give cities enough time to build up all the infrastructure,

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<v Speaker 2>and they would put together these packages explaining why they

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<v Speaker 2>would be good at hosting it and present it to

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<v Speaker 2>the International Olympic Committee. And sometimes it would take many

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<v Speaker 2>different tries. So, for example, Los Angeles attempted to host

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<v Speaker 2>the Games or submitted bids many many times before they

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<v Speaker 2>eventually won the nineteen eighty four Olympics and Paralympics. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's true for Sydney to plans to host the Olympics

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<v Speaker 2>in Sydney were being molled as early as the nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>seventies actually, which is a long time before our eventual

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<v Speaker 2>successful bid. Over the years, Australia put forward a number

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<v Speaker 2>of cities to host the games. Brisbane and Melbourne, which

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<v Speaker 2>had hosted the nineteen fifty six Olympics.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I didn't know that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was a big, big deal for Australia back

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<v Speaker 2>in the day, so hosted them in nineteen fifty six.

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<v Speaker 2>And then in the eighties Australia was like, do you

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<v Speaker 2>want Brisbane? Do you want Melbourne? Those bids ended up

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<v Speaker 2>going to Barcelona and Atlanta. But we got third time

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<v Speaker 2>lucky in nineteen ninety three when Sydney successfully bid for

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<v Speaker 2>the two thousand Olympics and Paralympics. And so what does

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<v Speaker 2>the city need for a successful bid? The list is

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<v Speaker 2>not that long, but everything on the list is incredibly involved.

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<v Speaker 2>You need places to host events. You need pools, running tracks,

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<v Speaker 2>tennis courts, beach volleyball courts, gymnasiums, velodromes, shooting ranges, archery ranges.

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<v Speaker 2>Like when you think about the vast number of Olympic sports,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's often changing. For example, obviously Paris hosted the

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<v Speaker 2>Olympics last year, but the surfing competition was held in Tahiti,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a French territory. So you need to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to host all of the different events. You need

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<v Speaker 2>housing for the athletes and the parer athletes. You need

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<v Speaker 2>hotel rooms to house the thousands of tourists and journalists

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<v Speaker 2>and officials that descend on your city for the Games.

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<v Speaker 2>You need a stadium that's big enough for the parade

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<v Speaker 2>of athletes at the end of the opening ceremony and

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<v Speaker 2>for major events. And you need transport to get everyone

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<v Speaker 2>to and from and parking. There's so many different things

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<v Speaker 2>that are all really expensive and involved to put together.

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<v Speaker 3>And often the cities don't actually have those facilities, but

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<v Speaker 3>they say to the Olympics Committee that they will build

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<v Speaker 3>them in order to host the Olympics, which was the

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<v Speaker 3>case with Sydney. So for example, we had the transformation

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<v Speaker 3>of Sydney Olympic Park. We also had things like the

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<v Speaker 3>rowing Center being set up in the city's west, things

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<v Speaker 3>that would if Sydney were to ever bid for the

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<v Speaker 3>Olympics again, we could say we already have this infrastructure,

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<v Speaker 3>which is why you might see some cities hosting the

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<v Speaker 3>Olympics multiple times, like La La exactly, London, Paris, those

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<v Speaker 3>are the only ones, Oh, Tokyo, that's another one. Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>and then you also need to present all of these

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<v Speaker 3>things or your plans to achieve these things to the

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<v Speaker 3>International Olympic Committee. Sydney's bid in nineteen ninety three was

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<v Speaker 3>a forty minute presentation that also included a speech from

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<v Speaker 3>an eleven year old schoolgirl who described Sydney as a

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<v Speaker 3>friendly city where it doesn't matter where you come from.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, so sweet. And another way that you can

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<v Speaker 2>appeal to the International Olympic Committee is financially. So John Coates,

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<v Speaker 2>who is a very important member of the Sydney Olympic

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<v Speaker 2>Games Committee, later admitted he had actually offered grants to

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<v Speaker 2>two African nations in exchange for their support for Sydney's bid,

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<v Speaker 2>so no money actually changed hands, but there was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a promise of support if Sydney's bid got up.

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<v Speaker 3>And of course we mentioned Kathy Freeman at the top

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<v Speaker 3>of the episode. Yes, and obviously that's one of the

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<v Speaker 3>great sporting moments in Australian history. What are some of

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<v Speaker 3>the other highlights from Sydney two thousand before we.

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<v Speaker 2>Move on from Kathy Freeman. Two quick things. Her win

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<v Speaker 2>in the four hundred meters that we played a clip

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<v Speaker 2>of was Australia's one hundredth Olympic gold medal of the

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<v Speaker 2>time I know, and it was the first individual gold

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<v Speaker 2>won by an Indigenous Australian. After she won, she draped

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<v Speaker 2>herself in the Australian and Aboriginal flags to do her

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<v Speaker 2>victory lap, which actually put her at risk of disciplinary

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<v Speaker 2>action from the IOC because athletes aren't meant to kind

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<v Speaker 2>of wear any flags other than their own countries. And

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<v Speaker 2>she had done the same thing at the nineteen ninety

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<v Speaker 2>four Commonwealth Games and she had been publicly and formally

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<v Speaker 2>reprimanded for doing so.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, but that rules still in place for.

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<v Speaker 2>The Commonwealth Games, no for the Olympic Games. Yes, However,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't believe she was actually reprimanded after the two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand Games. I mean, it was such an incredible moment

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<v Speaker 2>and certainly at the time Prime Minister John Howard said

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<v Speaker 2>for her to carry both flags was quote terrific and

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<v Speaker 2>perfectly natural. So I think the kind of the vibe

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<v Speaker 2>had shifted. Yes, But let's move now from the track

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<v Speaker 2>to the pool, which is where Australia has historically shone.

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<v Speaker 2>Two major highlights for you here. The first involves a

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<v Speaker 2>then seventeen year old rising superstar you might have heard

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<v Speaker 2>of called Ian Thorpe. Yes, he was coming into his

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<v Speaker 2>hometown games and his first Olympics carrying the hopes of

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<v Speaker 2>a nation on his extremely broad shoulders. His biggest test

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<v Speaker 2>was actually set for the first day of swimming competition

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<v Speaker 2>at the Olympics, where he was facing his first ever

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<v Speaker 2>Olympic race and the men's four by one hundred meter

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<v Speaker 2>freestyle relay. Adding to the pressure was the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>Australia was going up against the USA, who had never

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<v Speaker 2>lost the four by one hundred meter freestyle relay in

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<v Speaker 2>the history of the event. They had never not won gold.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, American swimmer Gary Hall Junior also said ahead

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<v Speaker 2>of the Games that he expected Team USA would quote

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<v Speaker 2>smash Australia like guitars. Wow, that is a stri and aprinsum.

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Because it went well for Australia, yes, exactly, and it

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<v Speaker 3>went better than expected.

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<v Speaker 2>So in Ian Thorpe's heat. His first Olympic race, he

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<v Speaker 2>set an Olympic record, that's in the four hundred meter freestyle.

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<v Speaker 2>That night he swam that race even faster to break

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<v Speaker 2>a world record and win gold. And then just an

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<v Speaker 2>hour later the four by one hundred meter relay began.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Klym set a world record one hundred meter swim

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<v Speaker 2>in the first two laps for Australia. But then going

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<v Speaker 2>into the last two laps, Ian Thorpe actually slipped a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit behind Gary Hall Junior as they were going

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<v Speaker 2>into the very last lap, the last fifty meters, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'll let you listen to what happened next.

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<v Speaker 1>Cooper's coming out off the hall. They are aboutching spikes.

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<v Speaker 2>Now polop U turns with hole like that about top

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<v Speaker 2>three meters to form Piper's over whol again oil and

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<v Speaker 2>pop popch.

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<v Speaker 1>And corn popper, the hole pop gavis one. The drama

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<v Speaker 1>is so dramatic, it's yeah, it gives me chills.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't deny it. It gives me chills. Before we move

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<v Speaker 2>on from the pool, I've got one non Australian highlight

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<v Speaker 2>to share with you. It comes to us from the

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<v Speaker 2>tiny West African nation of Equatorial Guinea, not known for

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<v Speaker 2>its swimming success. I think I know this story. I

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<v Speaker 2>bet you do.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it that the swimmer came last and everyone was clapping?

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<v Speaker 1>It's like that. Okay, everyone did clap, Yes, it was

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<v Speaker 1>clapping involved, There was involved.

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<v Speaker 2>Eric Mussambani was representing Equatorial Guinea in swimming. He had

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<v Speaker 2>learned to swim eight months earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>He arrived at the Games on a wild card entry

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<v Speaker 2>awarded by the International Olympic Committee, and he was the

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<v Speaker 2>only person in his heat for the one hundred meter freestyle,

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<v Speaker 2>so not last, but the only person in.

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<v Speaker 1>The pool close close. He was last, but he was

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<v Speaker 1>also first, one of one.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually, he had never swum the length of a fifty

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<v Speaker 2>meter Olympic pool before. He'd had actually never seen one,

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<v Speaker 2>so you can only imagine how intimidating it would be

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<v Speaker 2>to swim that in front of a crowd. Slowly, as

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<v Speaker 2>he swam his two laps, the crowd at the Sydney

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<v Speaker 2>Olympic Park Aquatic Center began to figure out what was

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<v Speaker 2>happening back that he really was literally quite literally out

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<v Speaker 2>of his depth, and they began to really cheer, and

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<v Speaker 2>when he finally made it to the end. The crowd

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<v Speaker 2>just exploded. Yeah, it's a very kind of special moment.

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<v Speaker 3>Now that is the Olympics, but we also hosted the Paralympics. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>what were some of the highlights of the Paralympics in

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<v Speaker 3>two thousand.

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<v Speaker 2>The Sydney Paralympics were extremely successful, not just for Australia

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<v Speaker 2>but for the Paralympic Games. The Sydney Paralympics were the

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<v Speaker 2>first to sell more than a million tickets overall in

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<v Speaker 2>the pool. For Australia, Chevon Peyton picked up six gold

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<v Speaker 2>medals and broke six records, which is just astonishing. On

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<v Speaker 2>the track, para athlete Luis Sauvage won two golds and

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<v Speaker 2>a silver. It was her final game and she went

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<v Speaker 2>out with a bang. And then she's actually since gone

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<v Speaker 2>on to coach Madison de Rosario, who is also a

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<v Speaker 2>para athlete, who matched her feet of two golds at

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<v Speaker 2>the same games in Tokyo in twenty twenty one. Overall,

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<v Speaker 2>Australian power athletes picked up one hundred and forty nine medals. Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, it's so it's simply so many, and we

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<v Speaker 2>topped the medal table for the first time at the Paralympics,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, and overall more than three hundred records were

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<v Speaker 2>broken across the whole Paralympics, including it was the record

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<v Speaker 2>for the most para athletes competing at a Paralympics ever.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was really like an amazing Paralympics. And honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>reflecting on all of this, I just thought, Wow, Brisbane

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<v Speaker 2>twenty thirty two has a lot to live up to.

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to say.

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<v Speaker 3>Hearing how successful we were at both the Olympics and

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<v Speaker 3>the Paralympics, I know, it makes me so excited for

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<v Speaker 3>Australia to host the Olympics and the Paralympics again, which

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<v Speaker 3>Brisbane will be doing in twenty thirty two. That's right,

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<v Speaker 3>although I'll say it's at a very different time for

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<v Speaker 3>the Olympics, the Paralympics, the Games, the culture around them

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<v Speaker 3>has really shifted and changed, I would say in terms of.

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<v Speaker 1>It not being as big of a deal anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not that it isn't as big of a deal.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just that all of the things that I described,

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<v Speaker 2>the kind of size of the undertaking becomes increasingly difficult

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<v Speaker 2>for cities to take on. So Brisbane was the only

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<v Speaker 2>city to bid for the twenty thirty two Summer Olympics

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<v Speaker 2>and Paralympics. Interesting that had happened in the past, but

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<v Speaker 2>not particularly frequently. There's also the case of the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four Olympics and the twenty twenty eight Olympics, which

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<v Speaker 2>were Paris and la respectively, were awarded at the same time.

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<v Speaker 2>So and Brisbane was even the Olympics in twenty twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's really like countries are getting more and more

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<v Speaker 2>of a lead time to plan to set up.

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<v Speaker 1>There's also protest.

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<v Speaker 2>Movements against the Olympics, including one in Los Angeles that

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<v Speaker 2>protest group argues the games were decided without public consultation,

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<v Speaker 2>won't be sustainable and won't actually benefit the city of

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<v Speaker 2>La over the following years. In Brisbane at least, there

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<v Speaker 2>have been disputes over how much money will be spent

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<v Speaker 2>in the city and what infrastructure will actually be built

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<v Speaker 2>and who will foot the bill. But one thing I

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<v Speaker 2>know for sure about the Brisbane Olympics and Paralympics is

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<v Speaker 2>that it's going to be so nice to have a

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<v Speaker 2>games in our time zone, in our time zone, that's right,

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<v Speaker 2>because the Paris ones we were having to stay up

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<v Speaker 2>all night to watch anything. I was up at midnight

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<v Speaker 2>watching the rugby sevens learning what rugby sevens was. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>excited for that to happen in primetime.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, well, Lucy, thank you for taking us down that

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<v Speaker 3>trip back in time. You are our in house historian

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<v Speaker 3>and our in house sports editor. That's so you're really

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<v Speaker 3>combined to those two talents for this amazing explain that.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you so much.

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