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Speaker 1: Now in some massive news, one of the Northern Territory's

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Speaker 1: own sporting legends is being inducted into the Sport Australia

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. Today. It is the country's most prestigious

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Speaker 1: sporting club, featuring the biggest names and champions, including people

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Speaker 1: like Sir Donald Bradman, Dawn Fraser, Kathy Freeman, Wally Lewis,

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Speaker 1: Mart Cummings and Ian Thorpe. And well you might have

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Speaker 1: already guessed it, but the amazing Nova Paris is our

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Speaker 1: inductee and she joins me in the studio.

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Speaker 2: Congratulations, Thank you very very much, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Oh are you pumped? How are you feeling?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I had to keep it on the wraps. I

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Speaker 2: found out about six seven weeks ago, and so yeah,

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Speaker 2: I got a phone call from the man himself, John Bertrand,

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Speaker 2: and I had a miscall from him, and then I

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Speaker 2: called him back and obviously he's a chairman of selectors

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Speaker 2: of the Hall of Fame. And I had to pull

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Speaker 2: over on the side of the rod and I just

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Speaker 2: burst into tears because you know, you play sports because

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Speaker 2: you love it, and you have your your dreams and

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Speaker 2: your aspirations, but you don't this is something that you

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Speaker 2: never think of as a so to be actually recognized

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Speaker 2: by the elite to the elite, to the elite is

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Speaker 2: just such a humbling thing and I was really overcome

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Speaker 2: with emotion, and so yeah, it's it's really is incredible,

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Speaker 2: really is.

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Speaker 1: It is unbelievably incredible. And you know, to think that

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Speaker 1: we've got a Territorian that is on you know, that

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Speaker 1: is part of this unbelievable list of sports people. But

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Speaker 1: to be honest, I'm kind of not surprised because you

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Speaker 1: are awesome and what you've done when it comes to

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Speaker 1: sport is amazing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting because obviously we've put out on the

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Speaker 2: socials and quite a few people said, oh it's about

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Speaker 2: time and that sort of stuff, But do you know,

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Speaker 2: like they only select six athletes every year, so and

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Speaker 2: then you've got someone in their general credit green so

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Speaker 2: all up, I think it's six hundred and one, which

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Speaker 2: is four hundred and forty two athletes and then there

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Speaker 2: the general category, but to be selected in the multi sports,

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Speaker 2: so that's I'm in the multi sports. So there was

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Speaker 2: nine men and I'm the only woman, so there's only

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Speaker 2: ten in the multi sport of this Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 1: Because it's a huge feat to actually, you know, represent

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Speaker 1: your country in athletics and also represent your country in hockey.

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Speaker 1: Like it's a massive thing to be able to do

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Speaker 1: it in two sports.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and to look at like I said, to represent

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Speaker 2: your countries is a huge honor. But then to go

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Speaker 2: the Olympics and I got to live my dream in

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Speaker 2: two Olympics and my two childhood dreams of going hockey

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Speaker 2: and athletics. So in twenty sixteen, that hockey team, the

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Speaker 2: nineteen ninety six was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 2: So I'm in two sort of camps there if you like.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I don't know, Katie. It's one of those

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Speaker 2: things I just achieved it. It's like, Okay, where's the

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Speaker 2: So I've just never stopped dreaming and you know, being

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Speaker 2: able to live my dreams. And I suppose that's a message,

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Speaker 2: to any kid in this country that you know, absolutely

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Speaker 2: there's opportunities and if you've got a talent, you know

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Speaker 2: that you're blessed with. You know you've got a bloody

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Speaker 2: work hard. There's no shortcuts to success.

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Speaker 1: And so the thing that I really love and I

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Speaker 1: like I see it, I've probably got a little bit

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Speaker 1: of inside is I see your daughter training then as

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Speaker 1: well at the track. Then I see your grandson training

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Speaker 1: that that has. You know that it's passed down those generations.

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Speaker 1: It's a legacy that's passing through your own family, but

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Speaker 1: it's something that you know that other territory children are

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Speaker 1: also looking up to you and thinking that's that's amazing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah it is. And you know, like people like your

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Speaker 2: the feats that she did. I had the Morris Riolis

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Speaker 2: gold at the eighty four Olympics. So, you know, the

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Speaker 2: I'm a first Territorian to be in this category as

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Speaker 2: well as something that you.

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Speaker 1: Know, it's incredible.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, it's so good to believe, it really is.

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Speaker 2: It is so humbled by it, I really am.

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Speaker 1: When you look back at your sporting career, I mean

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Speaker 1: you've had, like you've had a long and illustrious career.

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Speaker 1: But when you look back at your sporting career, is

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Speaker 2: It's hard because I mean, obviously winning Olympic gold, you're

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Speaker 2: of text messages from that hockey ruze ninety six team,

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Speaker 2: you know, they over the moon about it, but then

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Speaker 2: the individual two Commonwealth Game goals and ninety eight, but

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Speaker 2: and breaking the stray and records a couple of times

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Speaker 2: really reflect on that. Like, for an example, I Mett.

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Speaker 2: I was having a conversation with Bruce mcklvainy in twenty

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Speaker 2: I said, I haven't watched it. He goes get out

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Speaker 2: I have not seen that Olympic final because it's hard

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Speaker 1: That is so true. Now you sat a moment ago

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Speaker 1: that you know that you've kind of gone from one

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Speaker 2: How did that guy oh talking about picking yourself up?

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Speaker 2: I went as off time And there was one time

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Speaker 2: the second time I've done Kakoda. It's my great grandfather

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Speaker 2: a connection there to actually know your history, you know,

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Speaker 2: and to understand the significance of that war. It's just phenomenal.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, to do it like I kid, you're not.

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Speaker 2: It is the hardest thing I've ever done in my

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Speaker 2: day when I fell, I wanted to cry so much

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Speaker 2: I was like, get up over. You can't, you can't.

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Speaker 2: You can't ever cry about pain because of what our

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Speaker 2: souldiers went through. And then going to the BioMA Cemetery

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Speaker 2: and seeing just hundreds and hundreds of two stones, it's

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Speaker 2: just yeah, it's really sad. It's an important part of

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Speaker 2: our history. You know, those servicemen gave their freedom for

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Speaker 2: the freedoms that we have today, Katie. So I'm forever

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Speaker 2: grateful for any serviceman goes and protects this country.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, good on you.

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you what.

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Speaker 1: The massive, massive congratulations to you on being inducted into

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Speaker 1: the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. I think it's incredible

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Speaker 1: and I think that all territories should be very proud

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Speaker 1: that we have got you a territorian on that list.

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Speaker 2: Absolute pleasure and I am truly humbled by it. It's

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Speaker 2: it's yeah, it's something that it's very endearing to me

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Speaker 1: Hey, before I let you go, Timbers just called through

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Speaker 1: he reckons that territory hockey's in a bit of trouble

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Speaker 1: I think they're struggling in terms of of trying to

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Speaker 1: we could have a yarn about off air. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, you know, I still have a great love of hockey.

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Speaker 2: I've put on the boots and I played indoor hockey

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Speaker 2: this year. But yeah I did. Oh gosh, I'm an idiot,

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Speaker 2: I know, but good on you. Yet, you know what

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Speaker 2: it is. It is an incredible game. It's a family game.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, by all means, I could try and do

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Speaker 2: anything I can to increase in participation of that great game.

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Speaker 2: And he's a little fact for you. Yeah, since I

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Speaker 2: went to the Olympics in ninety six, there's been a

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Speaker 2: territory in at every single Olympics in the sport of

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Speaker 2: hockey since then I'll tell you what.

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Speaker 1: That just shows you that we have got unbelievable talent

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Speaker 1: here in the territory as well, don't we. Yeah, absolutely absolutely,

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Speaker 1: that is really that's really cool to know, yeap, that

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Speaker 1: we've had like every time every Olympic since ninety six,

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Speaker 1: we've had a Territorian at every single Olympic Games in

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Speaker 1: the sport of hockey. Yeah, so that's not enough inspiration

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Speaker 1: for a Territorian to take up the sport of hockey,

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Speaker 1: then I don't know what it is. Yeah, good point,

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Speaker 1: very good point. No Overparis, it is always wonderful to

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Speaker 1: catch up with you. Thank you so much for coming

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Speaker 1: in this morning pleasure. Thanks for having me, Katie.

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Speaker 2: Thank you