1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Today's Gold Medal Update is brought to you by Deacon University, 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: the number one sports science school in the world. Visit 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Deacon dot EEDU dot au to find out more, or 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: click the link in today's show notes. Good afternoon, and 5 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: welcome to tda's Medal Moments, a special little series we're 6 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: doing to celebrate the fact that the Paris Olympic Games 7 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: is just one of those sporting events, in fact, one 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: of those news events that it's impossible almost not to 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: get hooked by. The aim with this podcast is I'm 10 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: going to pop in two times a week for the 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: next two and a half weeks, so it's a short stint, 12 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 1: and then we'll come back for the Paralympics as well. 13 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 1: And I just wanted to take you through the big 14 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: headlines that you need to know. So I'm not going 15 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,959 Speaker 1: to assume that you've watched every minute that you've been 16 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: like me and been up at three, four, five am 17 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: watching it all happen in livetime. Rather think of me 18 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: as your friend who's obsessed with sport, and I'm going 19 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: to tell you exactly what you need to know and 20 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: focus really on the gold medals, the ones that have 21 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: really hit the headlines, and so far we've just finished 22 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: day two in Paris, Australia has won four gold medals 23 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: and two silvers, and I have a funny feeling that 24 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: by the time you're listening to this episode tomorrow that 25 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: number is going to be irrelevant because there is a 26 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: lot of swimming on overnight tonight. There's also a chance 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: from medal at seven pm Australian Eastern Standard time in 28 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: the men's ten meters synchronized diving final, and there's also 29 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: a metal chance at the men's C one canoe slalom 30 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: final that's at eleven thirty pm tonight. But I want 31 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: to start in the pool to recap the first couple 32 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: of days. It has been a massive forty eight hours 33 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: in Paris for Australia's swimmers, and perhaps the headline event 34 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: was the Race of the Century. This race one ultimately 35 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: by Arian Timas, who has now ensured she's going to 36 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: be cemented as one of Australia's swimming greats. And the 37 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: reason it was called the Race of the century is 38 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: just because of how incredible competitive this field of swimmers was. 39 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: You had American rival Katie Ladecki, who's been a longtime 40 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: rival of Arion Timmas and then Canadian superstar Summer Macintosh. 41 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 1: And when you saw the three of them line up 42 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: for that four hundred meter freestyle final, it was an 43 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: incredibly tough field. Timmos won that event. She won in 44 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: three minutes, fifty seven seconds and forty nine milliseconds. Then 45 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,519 Speaker 1: we had Summer Macintosh taking silver and Caadie Ladecki in bronze. 46 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: Now this means that Arion Timmas is now the first 47 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: Australian woman to win two consecutive gold medals in the 48 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: same event since Dawn Fraser did it back in nineteen 49 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: sixty four. That wasn't all the action that happened on 50 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: Night one of the Paris Games. We also had a 51 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: gold medal with Australia's four by one hundred women's freestyle team. 52 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: They won a thrilling final to claim their fourth straight 53 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: gold in that event. The team this year was Molly O'Callahan, 54 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: Emma McKeon, Shana Jack and Meg Harris. And they didn't 55 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: just win gold, they actually set a new Olympic record 56 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: in the process. Now I want to focus in here 57 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: on Emma McKean. She's now a six time Olympic gold medalist, 58 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: and that means she is now officially Australia's most decorated 59 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: swimmer in history. She just overtook Ian Thorpe's five gold medals. 60 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: Then we had some silver medals on the first night 61 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: of the Olympics with Australia's men's swimming team. They delivered 62 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: two silvers on that first night. Elijah Winnington won second 63 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: place in the men's four hundred meter final. The twenty 64 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: four year old delivered an unbelievable final lap of the 65 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: race worth a watch if you can track down the 66 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: footage to sneak in from fourth place at the final 67 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: turn with fifty meters to go right up into second 68 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: and fellow Australian Sam Short came in in fourth spot 69 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: and he missed out on the podium spot by an 70 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: agonizing zero point one four seconds. This is the thing 71 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: about Olympics. It's often a game of inches. The other 72 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: silver medal was Australia's four by one hundred men's freestyle team. 73 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: Kyle Chalmers delivered another trademark uncle final leg to bring 74 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: the team home. He almost caught Team USA, who spent 75 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: the whole race almost out in front. They ultimately won 76 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: the gold medal. Now, Chalmers swam this leg in forty 77 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: six point five to nine seconds. That's the fastest one 78 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: hundred meters of any swimmer in the race. But had 79 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: he swum that in the men's individual one hundred meters, 80 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: he would have set a new world record. And that 81 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 1: means when he does swim the individual one hundred meters 82 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 1: freestyle in a couple of nights time, he is a 83 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: real one to watch now if we move away from 84 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: the pool. Another gold medal from night one belonged to 85 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: Grace Brown. She won Australia's first gold medal before the 86 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: swimmers had their time in the sun, and she won 87 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: it in the individual time trial on the road cycling event. 88 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 1: Chad to negotiate a really slippery course through the streets 89 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: of Paris to win the race. She finished fourth in 90 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: the Tokyo Games. She did that with a broken shoulder, 91 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: and her win on Saturday night meant that she was 92 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: Australia's first ever Olympic champ in the event. I was 93 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: listening to Nines broadcast and Brown's mother said from the sidelines. 94 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: She watched the Sydney Olympics in two thousand and she said, 95 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: I want to be an Olympian. Well, she's certainly done that. 96 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: Brown is now not only an Olympian, but she's now 97 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: a gold medalist and she still has the road race 98 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: to come. And then last night we added another gold 99 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: medal to our tally, and this one belonged to the 100 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: flag bearer from the opening ceremony, the effective captain of 101 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: the Australian team, Jessica Fox. She finally won gold in 102 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: the K one canoe slalom final in very dramatic fashion. 103 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: So she basically finished and there were still seven people 104 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: to compete and what she needed was none of them 105 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: to beat her time. So there was this incredible footage 106 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: of her watching the seven compete on the course and 107 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: almost breathing out a little bit as everyone finished their 108 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: race having not beaten her time. Because this event had 109 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: a lot of significance for Fox, it's an event that 110 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: she had previously won a silver and two bronzes at 111 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: the three previous Olympic Games. It's been this almost elusive 112 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: medal for her and it means that she has now 113 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: won both the K one that's the one she won 114 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,359 Speaker 1: last night, and the C one Olympic events. After she 115 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: won the C one at the last Games in Tokyo. 116 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: So how are we going overall after two nights of 117 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 1: Olympic action. Well, in Athens in two thousand and four 118 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: and in Tokyo last Olympics, we won a total of 119 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: seventeen gold medals. So by the end of day two 120 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 1: in Tokyo we had two goals. By the end of 121 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: day four in Paris we've got four goals. That sounds 122 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: like we're in pretty good form to me. There is 123 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: plenty of action still to come in Paris. We are 124 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 1: only just getting started in the Olympic action. I'll come 125 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: back for another afternoon episode on Thursday. But if you 126 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: want to keep up to date, get the schedule of 127 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: tonight's actions, get the schedule of tomorrow, a recap day 128 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: by day, then sign up to TVA Sport. I'll drop 129 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: a link in today's show notes. Until Thursday, we'll chat 130 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: them and get some sleep. For Deacon Universities, doctor Casey 131 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: Simon's a sport media expert and lecturer in communications, Watching 132 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: the Paris Games means so much more to her than 133 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: just who assumes the fastest or jumps the highest. 134 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 2: When you think about mega events and a global spotlight 135 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 2: on sport, there's nothing bigger than the Olympics and Paralympics 136 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 2: to bring everyone together on a global level, So why 137 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 2: not use that as a vehicle for social change and 138 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 2: gender equality. We need to really question and. 139 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: Doctor Simon's is constantly thinking about that social impact of sport, 140 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: what's going right and what we can work on actause. 141 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 2: I think we're doing some really great things right now 142 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: with challenging and changing some systems in sport, but we 143 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 2: still have some ways to go in doing what we 144 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 2: need to do to meet things truly equitable in sport 145 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 2: for everyone to participate in ways that they want to. 146 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: These are the types of ideas that they think about 147 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: at Deacon University, the number one sports science school in 148 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: the world. 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