1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Here at Two Good Sports, we would like to acknowledge 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of the land on which we record 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: this podcast. There were injurie people this land was never seated, 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: always was always will be Hello and welcome to No 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: not having it. You've got to stay in French mode 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 1: just for one more day. Come on, do it? 7 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 2: Give me gosh the good sport. Wel gone, there she is. 8 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 3: We have officially finished our green and gold edition of 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 3: Two Good Sports, but we are still coming your way 10 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 3: with wrapping up the Olympics. My god, it is fun 11 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 3: to say that word, to say that. A fun fact 12 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 3: very early that we're going to give you is that 13 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 3: when you do a podcast about the games but you're 14 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 3: not an official podcast, you're not allowed to say the 15 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 3: word Olympic. 16 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: Now allowed to say the word the word Olympia, Olympian. 17 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 2: That's the one I feel like. Olympic record We're harder. 18 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, you're so right. 19 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: We couldn't say get them all out now, Jemmy, get 20 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: them all out. 21 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 3: As someone who previously has been a host broadcaster, I 22 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 3: almost had Tourett's howelt and that was coming out. 23 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 2: Oh anyway, Olympic. Yes, we are doing an Olympic summary. 24 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 2: Thank god. Let's take a look at the official medal table. 25 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: Let's have a look at the official medal table for 26 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: the Paris Olympics. Where did everyone finish well? The United 27 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: States of America technically are at number one. They took gold, 28 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: so they have forty golds, forty four silvers, forty two 29 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: brother one hundred and twenty six medals in total, which is. 30 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 3: Nutso ironically because the whole way through they have counted 31 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 3: it's on volume of medals rather than gold, and it 32 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: was volume of other medals. 33 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 2: That let them get first. I know, because. 34 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 3: China actually drew with forty gold Japan. I mean, I 35 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 3: need to know where they came from the clouds. The 36 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 3: way through it had been Australia and France, but Japan 37 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 3: have come in third and Australia just off the podium. 38 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 3: But as we've said before, if you're counting on gold, 39 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 3: it is our greatest ever performance at a Games with 40 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 3: eighteen gold medals ever, but our collective total of fifty 41 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 3: three only has us behind our performance in Sydney two thousand, 42 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 3: where we had fifty eight total medals but one hundred 43 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 3: and sixty nine more athletes that's huge, so we show 44 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 3: a lot more darts at the board. 45 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 2: I agree, I agree with you, I agree with you. 46 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: So this fifty three total medal surpasses our total that 47 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: we had in Athens. 48 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 2: Which was such a success two thousand and four. Seen 49 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 2: Thorpy with his halo. Oh my gosh, with the halo. 50 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: What a picture. Oh my gosh, he looks so good. 51 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: Then and then you think back to just how good 52 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: we have performed here, I mean, eighteen gold medal like 53 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: that's it's truly inspectaclty, which is why, dear listener, we 54 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: wanted to begin this episode by trying to wrap up 55 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: a truly golden games with some of our goodest sports. 56 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: We're doing exclusively good sport, good sport. Tell me what 57 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: was your goodest sport from Paris. 58 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 2: I'm still deciding can you go first? 59 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 3: But this is I only have one child with another 60 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 3: one pending, and I feel like this is trying to. 61 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 2: Choose your favorite chest. 62 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 3: Actually this is true in terms of the golden moments 63 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,239 Speaker 3: that will stick with you from Paris, because there've been 64 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 3: so many. 65 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 2: There's been so many. 66 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: Mine is actually, and I have said it on our 67 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: two good Sports, Green and Gold addition, but mine is 68 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: actually a sound that will stick with me for the Games, 69 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: and that is Saya Sakakibara's squeal slash scream when she 70 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: crosses the line and knows that she's won the gold 71 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 1: in the BMX. 72 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: I mean, I just. 73 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: It's something that I still hear. I can see vision 74 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: of it with the sound down, and I know exactly 75 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: what happens. It is that pure unbridled joy that I 76 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: hope everyone can experience once in their life. And just 77 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: her story with her brother Kai, who of course had 78 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: that traumatic brain injury. There fight as a family and 79 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: what she was able to pull off, and it was 80 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: her pulling off everything because it was all on her, 81 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: all on her, and she wrote for both of them, 82 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: and that is the true story of the Games for 83 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: the Australian team, I think. 84 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 3: I think the fact it was the story of the Games, 85 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 3: and it's so right, Georgie. It was the journey. Oh, 86 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 3: and we knew what had happened to her brother, We 87 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 3: knew what had happened in Tokyo, and that's what makes 88 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 3: you connected. We've just watched the most incredible athletic feats 89 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 3: in the world, and yet it's the story of what 90 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 3: she was carrying and what she was doing for a 91 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 3: family that made that moment and that squeal means so much. 92 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, because it was the weight of that like 93 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: the echo of that squeal will reverberate. 94 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 2: Around this nation. I think it is. 95 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: It has been etched in my memory and I'm sure 96 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: millions of other people's memories. 97 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 2: Goodest sport sires a kucky bar oh okay follow that. 98 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 3: And also I'm like, wow, may I if we were 99 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 3: doing an assignment, I'd be like, can I just borrow mine? 100 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 3: Because I'll just changed his back. But I've got two contenders, 101 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 3: two contenders we're going to do. You had to pick, 102 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 3: and conveniently, in one of these sports, you can decide 103 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 3: to tie. 104 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 2: For golf, Here we go, Here we go. Nina Kennedy. 105 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 3: Of course, with all the expectation coming into this meet, 106 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 3: how many times that she'd been first, anything other than gold, 107 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 3: in her mind would have been a failure, which is 108 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 3: an enormous pressure to do what a female had never 109 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 3: done before in the field, and to watch her do 110 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 3: it and the elation with another scream, another scream, guttural 111 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 3: deep screen, and to take on the American Katie Moon 112 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 3: and everything that happened there. I just remember watching and 113 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 3: your cheeks hurt from smiling. 114 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: Yes, oh yes, it's and that's where it gets you. 115 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: It's the visceral reactions that you have watching something that 116 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: they've given you. 117 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 3: Oh and with Nina we got to see the joy yep. 118 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 3: But who I'm going to put in as my tie 119 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 3: for first was the relief and that was Annie defending 120 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 3: her four hundred meter title. 121 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 2: Yep. It happened so early on, and it happened so. 122 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 3: Early on in the games that sometimes I think we 123 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 3: get recency biased, yes, and you forget about what it 124 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:00,159 Speaker 3: meant to watch her pull away and it was and 125 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 3: it was day one. It was day one, and for 126 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 3: what that meant for the relief for her, And only 127 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 3: after the meet was over did we really get to 128 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 3: see what that first day in that first event for her, 129 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,799 Speaker 3: where she just said, I've never felt so much pressure 130 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 3: to perform and to have actually done it, to have 131 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 3: defended my title, which is the first time since nineteen 132 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 3: twenty eight that someone had defended the four hundred meters 133 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 3: in freestyle. 134 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: I think what was so impressive about Arnie's performance in 135 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: that event and why because it was so early. Was 136 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: it was the platform that she laid for the rest 137 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: of the Dolphins team. Absolutely as well, because she's like, oh, guys, 138 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: I won gold. It's all good, you can do it. 139 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, and all. 140 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 3: Possible guys, and the grace at which she handled losing 141 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 3: to Molly. 142 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, in the two hundred Yes, okay, so Arnie 143 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: just in a little package. 144 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 2: So did I just name three? Sure? But I will 145 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 2: mention are they all female athletes? 146 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, we have Yeah, because they were our 147 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 3: golden girls. 148 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, not intentional by our steal listener, no, but yeah, 149 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: those are the moments that really stuck, stuck with us. 150 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: We've won another eight medals over the weekend since we'vest spoke. 151 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 2: To you, and we're going to start with Jess Hull 152 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 2: after the break. 153 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: Now, Jeremy, you had made so many a promise, so 154 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: many a promise to myself, to the listeners, to yourself, 155 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: that you would be riding high with Jess Hull. No 156 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: one contacts you because you will be riding the waves 157 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: of emotion. I was checking in on you to see 158 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: how you were doing, and I think the words where 159 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: I'm already crying. 160 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 3: Such was my excitement for this race that I set 161 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 3: my alarm for four am on Saturday when she in 162 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 3: fact was racing at four am on Sunday, because I 163 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 3: really didn't want to miss it. I honestly think that 164 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 3: in my haze, I was like, oh no, I can't, 165 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 3: and I was why are they showing the men's four hundred? 166 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 2: I just don't care what's happening. 167 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 3: So Jess Hull racing for silver in the fifteen hundred meters. Firstly, 168 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 3: it is the first time that an Australian woman has 169 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 3: ever meddled in this event, and it is the first 170 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 3: medal since nineteen sixty that we have won in a 171 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 3: middle distance. And to see an Australian woman on the 172 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 3: track or an Australian on. 173 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,239 Speaker 1: The Australian seeing that green and medal, right. 174 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 3: Because you're going back to Sally Pearson, yes, to remember 175 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 3: our last and before that it was Kathy, So you're 176 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 3: talking two thousand. It is the rarest of silver wear, 177 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 3: so much so that I think Jered Whiteley put it 178 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 3: perfectly going it is as good as gold as. 179 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 2: It is worth its weight in gold. 180 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 3: And the race that she put in and the tactics 181 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 3: and on that bend when you think she might have 182 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 3: faded the fact that she dug deep to get second 183 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 3: and again. 184 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 2: In this race. 185 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 3: Is arguably the greatest middle distance runner that will ever 186 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 3: see in faith Kip Jagon and what she pulled off, 187 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 3: three consecutive gold in the fifteen hundred or three consecutive 188 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 3: gold in any track event has only been achieved by 189 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:03,199 Speaker 3: Usain Bolt. 190 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: Yes, and I think that that was what Jess said 191 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: post race. Yes, She's like, you know, it was actually 192 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: so wonderful to win silver because I got to do 193 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: it as well and watch the greatest of all time 194 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: in our sport in that event. Yes, you know, I 195 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: got to do it alongside her because there did seem 196 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: to be and you would know this more than me, Jelmy, 197 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: but there seemed to be such a great sense of 198 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 1: camaraderie and genuine friendship between the girls in this event. 199 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 3: Oh they all know each other. Yeah, and the circuit 200 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 3: a lot of them trained together, and we know it. 201 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,599 Speaker 3: She spent a lot of time in America where a 202 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 3: lot of different runners would come. But I listened in 203 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 3: the lead up to these games just to get an 204 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 3: idea of Jess and her story to a podcast where 205 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 3: it was twenty nineteen, so this is pre Tokyo where 206 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 3: she also competed, And in that podcast she said, we're 207 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 3: aiming for Paris, so she was like, you know. 208 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 2: What, she does talk a lot about visualizing. 209 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 3: This isn't going to be my games. I'm going to 210 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 3: be in my mid twenties by Paris. We are aiming, 211 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 3: so five years out she's already going off. Tokyo is 212 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 3: going to be a learning experience for me. I'm going 213 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 3: to be at my peak for those games. And for me, 214 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 3: it's the story about And she said that she received 215 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 3: a text in the morning from her mum that showed 216 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 3: a photo of twelve year old Jess at Little Ats 217 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 3: and said run for her, and she was like, I'm 218 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 3: glad she sent it really early in the morning because 219 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 3: I had a cry and I needed to regroup. But 220 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 3: Jess's story is one of family and commitment, her dad 221 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 3: becoming a coach in the lead up to Paris, when 222 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,479 Speaker 3: it was her dad that first got her into athletics 223 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 3: when she was ten. Her dad used to go on 224 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 3: a run in the morning for two k's with her 225 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 3: and then drop her back at home and continue his run. 226 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: Isn't it one of my favorite things? That I heard 227 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: about her dad and it's such a dad move. This 228 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: is the dadist of moves. Is that Jess's moum and 229 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: brother were also in Paris watching her race, watching her 230 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: win the silver medal, and they hadn't actually seen her 231 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: yet at all throughout the event at any point because 232 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: her mom said, oh yes, no. Jess's dad once told 233 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: us we had to stay away from her. We didn't 234 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: want her to get sick. Thought we might make her sick, 235 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 1: or give her a virus, or give her something that 236 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 1: could kind of put her off. So they've been in 237 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: this self isolation zone away from Jess so she could 238 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: focus on Dad's like no better. 239 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 3: Yet when they interviewed the brother and the brother's like, 240 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 3: I'm glad she won. I've been dragged over the country 241 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 3: my whole life to go to meets to enable this 242 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 3: person to happen. And I think, yes, Jess Huller's put 243 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 3: her name up in lights with the greatest track athletes 244 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 3: that we've ever seen in this country, and for it 245 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 3: to be seen on the way on this stage and 246 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 3: covered the way that it's been covered, I think says 247 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 3: to girls in little laths wondering what's the point. 248 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, will I ever get there? 249 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 3: This could definitely spur on that next generation of athletes 250 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 3: and not even girls, boys, And I think there's a 251 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 3: beautiful story where Jess said, you know, I look at Nina, 252 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 3: I look at Matt Denny, and I'm like, we have 253 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 3: a photo the three of us where we're twelve. 254 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, they come through the raves again. 255 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 3: Now a gold, a silver and a bronze at the 256 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 3: same games. That's got the set and the amount of 257 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 3: times that they would have thought, I'm never going to 258 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 3: achieve this, this is too hard. How do we go 259 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 3: with funding? It's just she's incredible. 260 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 1: Well on that and a note about thinking you can 261 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: actually see this as a career, as a pursuit that 262 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: could be worthwhile in your life, I would say also 263 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: embodies the tale of. 264 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 2: Our water polo team. 265 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: Yes, the Stingers who wrapped up silver over the weekend 266 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: in the gold medal match against Spain heading in Jelmy. 267 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 2: We know we have talked. 268 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: About the Stingers at length on the Green and Gold edition, 269 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: but both teams undefeated going into the final and we 270 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: I have to say, Australia, we have been leaving it tight. 271 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 2: We have been loving a penalty shootout. 272 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: Oh, let them get a head start, let them get 273 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: a headstart, and it just was too much for us 274 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: to overcome in the end. 275 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 2: So silver for the girls. 276 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:56,839 Speaker 1: But for me, what I loved about it there's a 277 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 1: lot of Queenslanders in that team. 278 00:12:58,720 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 2: And I tell you what I. 279 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: Could tell because at the end of this where they'd 280 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: wrapped up, then they'd sealed their silver medal, there were 281 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: celebrations across rooftops in Paris of just all. 282 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 2: Of their support group. Oh, they were dressed to the nines. 283 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 1: They were ready to drink, as they liked to say, 284 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: they were done competing, ready to party. And I just 285 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: think that the Stingers well freaking done. 286 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 2: It's a huge, incredible It. 287 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:23,559 Speaker 3: Was the first time that we'd been in the final 288 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 3: since Sydney for the water bottiive. 289 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: Massive when you think about it that way, so huge 290 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: congratulations to the Stingers. Another silver we won in the 291 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: ten meters springboard diving. It was Madison Keennie and Jelmy. 292 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: I know that you love this because we love a redemption. 293 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 3: We do love a redemption arc. And you remember Madison 294 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 3: Keenie from earlier where she was in the synchronized diving 295 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,079 Speaker 3: with Annabel Smith, and all they had to do was 296 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 3: execute that last dive to get a medal. They were 297 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 3: actually in the silver position and she just Annabel slipped. 298 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 3: She slipped on the board so much so that she 299 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 3: said when I got under the wall, I screamed. 300 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 2: Yeah. And you could see that photo. 301 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: That was one of the first photos that emerged from Paris. 302 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 2: It was Annabel underwater screaming. 303 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 3: So Annabel has to deal with the anguish of knowing 304 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 3: that she let down the team. Well, Madison has to 305 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,959 Speaker 3: have the grace of accepting that something beyond her control 306 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 3: has stopped her from achieving a dream, i e. 307 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 2: An Olympic medal. Yeah, and then she gets one on 308 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 2: her own. 309 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 3: And there was a wonderful quote where she basically said 310 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 3: I've been forged in fire like I was ready for 311 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 3: this and just to see her get her jews and 312 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 3: again she was in that moment with Annabel, so classy. Yes, 313 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 3: And for a twenty eight year old to have such 314 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 3: level head on her shoulders there and support her teammate 315 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 3: publicly and say, look, this happens. The sun gets up tomorrow, 316 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 3: We're all going to be okay. It was such a 317 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 3: special medal. 318 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: I'm so surprised, Jellmy that you've actually not pointed out 319 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 1: that she's from Perth Madison, Keenie. That's weird from you. 320 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, well where everywhere. 321 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 3: I think Maddy Richardson is also from. 322 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, here we go, Here we go. 323 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: So he won two silver medals over the weekend. And 324 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: if that name is sounding a little bit familiar, it's 325 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: because we have brought. 326 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 2: You the story of Matthew Richardson. We know about him. 327 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: He has already won medals across the meat when it comes. 328 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 2: To other team events. 329 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: But he won silver on the track for the men's 330 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: sprint and the men's Kieran, which basically the Kieran's that 331 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: one where they're all like foxing each other. 332 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 3: Right, No, so the sprint is the one that thee 333 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 3: Kieran is the one where they're toad in, like they 334 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 3: have a few laps with a bike that sets the 335 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 3: pace and then releases them on the pace. 336 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 2: Right. 337 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 3: Yes, Yes, for Matthew Richardson, and you mentioned that he 338 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 3: does have a famous name. At the end of his 339 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 3: silver medal interview for winning silver in the sprint, the 340 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 3: reporter said to him, do you think he'll now be 341 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 3: the most famous Matthew Richardson in Australia and he goes, 342 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 3: maybe if I won the gold, but he is up 343 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 3: against the goat on the bike that they call the Dutchman, 344 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 3: Harry Leverizon, and he's just been He was the one 345 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 3: that got gold. 346 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 2: Ahead of him in both of those razors. 347 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 3: And how many goats can there be in one city 348 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 3: because there was a goat in a boat. 349 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 2: At one point. There was a Simone Biles. 350 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 3: Goats, goats everywhere, but it was one of those ones 351 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 3: that if Matthew Richardson at least was the person pushing Harry. 352 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 2: But Harry is just the disputed champion. 353 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: I watched the podium for the Kieran last night and 354 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: Harry was on top. Then it was Matthew Richardson. Then 355 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: it was another well known name in Matthew Glitzer, who 356 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: won another bronze for the Games. But when Harry was 357 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: on top of the podium, he got his other two 358 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: medals because he's won three. 359 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 2: No, it was I liked it like he's the goat 360 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 2: on a bike. 361 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 3: No, not happening, but Matti Glatzer. It has to be mentioned. 362 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 3: Did a Bradbury another Olympic term? Yes, because basically the 363 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 3: other cyclists all took themselves out and he just cruised 364 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:07,120 Speaker 3: past the bronze. 365 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,919 Speaker 2: But had to stay up. Yeah, had to stay up. 366 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 3: And he also has already won a medal as part 367 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 3: of the team's event as well, So he is a 368 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 3: very successful cyclist in his own right. But I think 369 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 3: the Velodrome was just being kind to him in that day, 370 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 3: in the fact that he was able to take bronze 371 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 3: and we you know what, we won that podium if 372 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 3: you count it like the Americans. 373 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, we did. 374 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: We did win that, and the sport really does oh 375 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: Matt glat So if anyone's going to get just like 376 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 1: that little bit of luck, it should be him. 377 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 2: You'll remember, he's the one that fought. 378 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: Back from thyroid cancer and he's pursued, pursued, pursued, pursued. Ironically, 379 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: he competes in a pursuit type event, but he has 380 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: pursued this his entire life, and I just think it 381 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: is such a wonderful bookend to what could be could 382 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: be the latter stages of his career. He's one of 383 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: the more experienced writers on the team. 384 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 3: I really enjoyed that ah Opal's bronze. Speaking of enjoyed. 385 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 3: I think there's something and hear me out here playing 386 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 3: in a bronze medal match yep and winning. So if 387 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 3: you win that match, you win bronze. I would argue 388 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 3: that those that win bronze, particularly in events like basketball, 389 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 3: celebrate a lot harder than those that win silver. 390 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 2: Totally because lost the gold medal match, and again, I'm 391 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 2: not an Olympian, never will be. 392 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 3: I'm happy to love that out there, but I do 393 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 3: think that I would prefer to win bronze, yes, and 394 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 3: to have mentally processed the fact that I'm not getting 395 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 3: gold and silver, then to get to a gold medal 396 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 3: match and have the game be as close as we 397 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 3: know that it was and not get it. 398 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're so right, because a silver, when there's only 399 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: two teams losing gold, it feels like you've lost gold 400 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: rather than a win, whereas if you see. 401 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 3: The Opals celebrations, and also Lauren Jackson has posted a 402 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,199 Speaker 3: live on her which I don't know who she was 403 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 3: particularly sober when she's put that online, so it might 404 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 3: be retracted. But they are absolutely partying hard, the Opals, 405 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 3: and they were very happy with their bronze. 406 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 1: So they defeated Belgium in a thrilling final eighty five 407 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: to eighty one, and I can attest to it being thrilling. 408 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: I refuse to watch the final. I'm going to say 409 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: minute and a half because it was a whole series 410 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: of back and forth with free throws and fowls, and 411 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: there was just too much time on the clock. And 412 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: as we know, jellmy five seconds in basketball equates to years, 413 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: five years, five years, So I refuse to watch it. 414 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: I had my hands over my eyes. My partner was 415 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: trying to like tell me exactly what was happening. I 416 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: obviously rationally got angry at him. I yelled and him 417 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 1: because I was like. 418 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 2: Oh, I am playing basketball. I focused. I need to 419 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 2: be focused. 420 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 1: And I didn't believe that they had won until approximately 421 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: three minutes after they had already blown full time siren 422 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: and had been well into their celebrations where I was like, 423 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 1: I'll allow it. 424 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 2: They've won the bronze and one bronze. Ezzy had essentially said, 425 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 2: get on my back. 426 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: Oh, Ezzie mag bagore thirty points from her. 427 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 3: They're saying it's her best ever performance in Australian jersey. 428 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 3: And this again just the praise that was heaped on 429 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 3: her bye someone like Lauren Jackson, who called herself a 430 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 3: good luck charm oh throughout this campaign. 431 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 2: So obviously it's incredible that it was her. 432 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 3: Fifth Games, forty three year old, but she is someone 433 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 3: that didn't spend too much time actually playing. But it 434 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 3: was amazing to see her as part of the celebrations. 435 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 3: But my god, Ezzie, take about oh. 436 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: Also just defensively too, she had so many blocks that 437 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: I was like, sorry, you're known for your shooting, and 438 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 1: yet you're doing there. She's such an all round athlete. 439 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 1: It was an incredible performance and for the Opals, such 440 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: a tick tick tick tick tick, Like, what a performance 441 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 1: from them. We have a whole episode on the Opals 442 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: heading into the Games, what they were hoping to achieve, 443 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 1: where they were at. 444 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 2: This is a big. 445 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 3: Win and a lot of experience for younger players on 446 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 3: that team as well, which makes me very excited about 447 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 3: la and what they can pull off. And Team Green 448 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 3: and Jean as we're calling them, which is Tom Green 449 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 3: and Jean van Vossahusen. 450 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:53,479 Speaker 2: Well done. Thank you. 451 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 3: Jill did have to say it on air of the weekend, 452 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 3: so I may have said that a few times. They 453 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 3: got bronze in the five and i meter men's yak double. 454 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 3: They did win gold in Tokyo in the thousand meter, 455 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 3: but for this addition, it had been shortened to the 456 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 3: five hundred, which just makes it explosive. It was almost 457 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 3: a photo for bronze, but they just snuck home. 458 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: So do you know what, though, I think that if 459 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 1: they did have another five hundred meters and it was 460 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,199 Speaker 1: one thousand again, they would have won it because they 461 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: were powering home at the end. This pairing, they're the 462 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,360 Speaker 1: ones that are kind of like outwit, outlast, survived, like survivor. 463 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 2: That's them. 464 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: It's like they're just going to out endure you. And 465 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: unfortunately the five hundred meters it's a bit too short 466 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 1: for them to just completely over overcome you. 467 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 3: They'd be filthy that they dropped it from a cada 468 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 3: five hundred men. Yes, but still fronts because it was 469 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 3: less effort. Again another reason why I am not an Olympian. 470 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: But my God said that we still want so many 471 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 1: medals over the weekend, Like why not? 472 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 2: But that's it. That's it again. 473 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 3: We take a deep breath because the Paralympics are coming, Yes, 474 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 3: so we are going to be able to preview our 475 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 3: favorite Paralympians. I know that that's in action as of 476 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 3: the twenty eighth of August. If you're wondering, so there 477 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 3: is a couple of week's break, but the stories of 478 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 3: the Paralympians, if you love the stories like Saya Sakakibara, 479 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 3: my goodness made. These are genuine true superheroes. So we 480 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 3: cannot wait. 481 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 2: The Netherlands. Safan Hassan fun fact. 482 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 3: Fun fact raced for sixty two point one nine five 483 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 3: kilometers at this Olympics. Because she competed in the five 484 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 3: thousand meters, the ten thousand meters and the women's marathon 485 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 3: and meddled in all three. 486 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 1: You don't tell me when I say that, you know, 487 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: I look at particular athletes and we call them ai. 488 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: We say, well, you know, they can't be real. They 489 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: must be a different species. To me, how is this 490 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 1: woman alive? If I had to do one k of 491 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: the sixty nine ks, I'd be dead. How has she 492 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: done this? 493 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 2: What? 494 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 1: And it was her racing ability, I would say, across 495 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: all of those distances that led her to the gold 496 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,879 Speaker 1: in the marathon to wrap up the game so nicely, 497 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: because it was despite being at the end of forty 498 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 1: two k's such a tussle at the end, yes, and 499 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: it was her track racing like a five k or 500 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: she used to compete in the fifteen hundred that got 501 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: her over the line. 502 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 3: And the fact that she was presented her medal at 503 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 3: the closing ceremony this really nice time, was so fitting 504 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 3: because what she's achieved is remarkable. She's actually now one 505 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 3: gold in all three disciplines because she won the five 506 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 3: thousand and the ten thousand in Tokyo. 507 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,479 Speaker 1: Yes, and that's where she was competing in the fifteen hundred, 508 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: so she hadn't yet started competing. This is the craziest thing. 509 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: She hadn't yet started competing in the marathon until twenty 510 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: twenty three. Sorry, let's do a quick countback. That's last year. 511 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,479 Speaker 1: Last year she started doing this properly because before that 512 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: fifteen hundred, five thy ten thousand. So she starts in 513 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three London Marathon. She wins because of course, oh, 514 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: I'll just go you competitively for my first marathon. 515 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 2: I' won. 516 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: Oh great, of course, and then she thought, hang on 517 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 1: a second, I might be in with a chance for Paris. 518 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 3: And a lot of race so someone like your Jess 519 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 3: Whole could race in the five thousand meters or could 520 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 3: race in the fifteen hundred meters. But there's a strategic choice, 521 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 3: especially when the program allows about only competing in one 522 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 3: to give yourself the best chance. So for a lot 523 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 3: of commentators around athletics to choose to do ten thousand 524 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 3: and the marathon, there's a lot of questions. So she 525 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 3: was asked by Olympics dot Com in twenty twenty three 526 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 3: why she took on this challenge, and I love this quote. 527 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 3: Life is not about gold. I'm lucky to be at 528 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 3: the Olympics. There are people that dream about being there. 529 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 3: I'm going to be doing three distances, and if I 530 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 3: don't get gold, so be it. I just took the risk. 531 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 3: So she sees it as a privilege to represent her country. 532 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 3: It's not about even winning the gold. And I genuinely 533 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 3: believe that. 534 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: She's so enlightened, so enlightened, She's got so much time 535 00:24:59,000 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: on those long and. 536 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 3: You want to talk about a story arc she left 537 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 3: Ethiopia and land in the Netherlands without her family. Her 538 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 3: love for running and winning actually changed the course of 539 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,360 Speaker 3: her life because she was going to become a nurse. Wow, 540 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 3: so she has had all this hardship in her life 541 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 3: and then discovered running and running completely changed her world. 542 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: Oh and it's so wonderful that she did get such 543 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 1: an occasion to receive her gold medal bin at the closest. 544 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 2: The cheer was the loudest of the ceremony to that point. 545 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: And also just to be in front of your peers, 546 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: like it's one thing to be cheered on by ol 547 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: mate me who can't even think about walking a five k, 548 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: but then to be cheered by the greatest athletes on earth. Mental, 549 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: I think, excellent, excellent fun factor shell me. I love 550 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: that I have another little one, just a quick one, 551 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: just a real quick one. 552 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 2: Before we wrap up. 553 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 1: Did you know that Snoop Dogg's real name? 554 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 3: Oh? 555 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 2: No, are you're going to take away all his power? 556 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 2: What's his no? Is it Arthur or something terrible? Do 557 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 2: you know what it is? Actually befitting? 558 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: I think Snoop Dogg's real name is Calvin Cordoza broad As. 559 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 2: Something just rolls off the tongue. 560 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 1: I'll make Calvin broad Us Junior, Snoop Cow, Snoop Cow, 561 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: Snoop col Junior. A little fun fact for everyone, because 562 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 1: of course he will be the beacon at the LA Games. 563 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 3: Hopefully, surely, surely, surely, surely, because he has just been 564 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 3: a patron, he really really has. 565 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: We'll make Calvin so next time you see Snoopy like Hi, Calvin. So. 566 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 3: That was a very green and gold tainted version of 567 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 3: Two Good Sports because we just weren't done talking about 568 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 3: the Games. It has been the most spectacular couple of weeks. 569 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 3: I'm ready to sleep for Australia. Yes, if there was 570 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 3: a gold medal for sleep, I'm ready. Hopefully the pod 571 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:44,400 Speaker 3: hasn't put you to sleep. 572 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:45,359 Speaker 2: Please join us. 573 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 3: On Too Good Sports podcast online and George until next week. 574 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 2: Be a good spot