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Speaker 1: Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Tuesday,
Speaker 1: the thirteenth of August.
Speaker 2: I'm Sam, I'm Emma.
Speaker 1: And with that, the twenty twenty four Paris Olympic Games
Speaker 1: comes to a close. It was Australia's best ever performance,
Speaker 1: with our team coming home with eighteen gold medals. More
Speaker 1: than nineteen million Australians tuned in to watch at least
Speaker 1: one event, showing yet again that the Olympics is always
Speaker 1: a key part of Australia's social narrative and shared history.
Speaker 1: On today's podcast, Emma and I are going to turn
Speaker 1: to an examination of the legacy of Paris, as well
Speaker 1: as a bit of a broader look at the medal
Speaker 1: table and why we're particularly impressed with the efforts of
Speaker 1: the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada. But first, here's what's
Speaker 1: making headlines.
Speaker 2: Authorities have confirmed the helicopter at the center of a
Speaker 2: fatal crash in cans on Monday was not authorized to
Speaker 2: fly when it collided with a hotel roof early in
Speaker 2: the morning. The pilot and sole occupant of the chopper
Speaker 2: died during the incident, which started a large fire at
Speaker 2: the Double Tree Hotel. All guests were evacuated from the
Speaker 2: hotel with no further injuries reported. In an update to
Speaker 2: media yesterday, Nautilus Aviation, which owns the helicopter, said it
Speaker 2: was working with Queensland Police and other authorities to investigate
Speaker 2: the unauthorized use of one of its aircraft.
Speaker 1: New data claims Australia is responsible for around four point
Speaker 1: five percent of the world's total fossil carbon dioxide emissions.
Speaker 1: The report from Climate Analytics said quote Australia has a
Speaker 1: global carbon footprint that far exceeds its economic size and population.
Speaker 1: Researchers also found fossil fuel exports accounted for eighty percent
Speaker 1: of Australia's carbon emission. From the nineteen sixties to twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three, Australia's fossil fuel exports produced thirty billion tons
Speaker 1: of CO two. Climate Analytics said it expects this figure
Speaker 1: to increase by fifty percent in the next ten years
Speaker 1: without policy action to reduce emissions.
Speaker 2: A landslide in the capital of Uganda has left at
Speaker 2: least twenty people dead. As the search for survivors continues,
Speaker 2: many a feared trapped beneath the rubble after mounting waste
Speaker 2: at a rubbish collection site in Kampala collapsed onto surrounding
Speaker 2: homes over the weekend. Military forces have been deployed to
Speaker 2: assist with rescue efforts as officials question why people were
Speaker 2: allowed to live next to a quote potentially hazardous and
Speaker 2: dangerous heap AID workers are on the ground assisting impacted
Speaker 2: residents as clean up efforts continue.
Speaker 1: And today's good news, Scientists in the US have developed
Speaker 1: a blood test that can help detect whether a person
Speaker 1: is at risk of deve diseases like Alzheimer's. The test,
Speaker 1: nicknamed a protein clock, works by analyzing hundreds of proteins
Speaker 1: found in the blood to determine a patient's disease status,
Speaker 1: which is how likely they are to develop certain illnesses.
Speaker 1: Health researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston hope
Speaker 1: the test will help in the early diagnosis of certain
Speaker 1: chronic illnesses, including diabetes, cancer, or heart disease, by analyzing
Speaker 1: risk factors beyond just chronological age.
Speaker 2: So Sam deep breaths, the Olympics has concluded, but don't
Speaker 2: be too sad, We've got a two week breather before
Speaker 2: we jump right back into Paralympic action.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's the happiest time of year.
Speaker 2: It's the gift that keeps on giving. Let's spend some
Speaker 2: time though wrapping up the Paris Games. I would love
Speaker 2: to chat through some of the highlights. A few weeks ago,
Speaker 2: before this all kicked off, I was chatting Tazara on
Speaker 2: the pod about whether or not Paris was Olympic ready.
Speaker 2: With everything's said and done, I want to hear your thoughts,
Speaker 2: your reflections in twenty plus year's time. How are you
Speaker 2: going to remember these games?
Speaker 1: This is always a really interesting question to jump into
Speaker 1: straight after a tournament, to start thinking about the legacy
Speaker 1: of these Olympics. And I think the sport was obviously incredible,
Speaker 1: and the fact that the Australia won the most golds
Speaker 1: is certainly going to be hard to forget. We might
Speaker 1: beat it in La in four years time, don't jinx ITPT.
Speaker 1: But if I answer that question honestly, I think the
Speaker 1: thing I'll most likely remember about Paris is actually the
Speaker 1: city of Paris yea, and the fact that we had
Speaker 1: beach volleyball under the Eiffel Tower, equestrian at the Palace
Speaker 1: of Versailles, the fencing and taekwondo happening in a literal palace,
Speaker 1: even the fact that for all the road racing in
Speaker 1: cycling and athletics, the finish line was always against this
Speaker 1: backdrop of an iconic Parisian landmark like the Arc de Triomph.
Speaker 1: It produced some of the most stunning images and videos
Speaker 1: that I've ever seen in sport. And when I think
Speaker 1: about what I'll be thinking about in twenty years, I
Speaker 1: think I'm going to remember just the whole scene itself.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a surreal setting. And we had spoken
Speaker 2: about on the pot a couple of weeks ago that
Speaker 2: Paris had decided to have these kind of pop up
Speaker 2: venues in situ all around the city, that it didn't
Speaker 2: go to these great lengths to build all this permanent
Speaker 2: infrastructure in you know, the far flung suburbs of the city,
Speaker 2: but you're right in the action, and didn't they do
Speaker 2: a marvelous job of showcasing that city.
Speaker 1: Definitely, And as we look ahead to Brisbane, which is
Speaker 1: the host for the twenty thirty two Games, we have
Speaker 1: to admit that that's perhaps a city that doesn't have
Speaker 1: the same natural or architectural beauty as the City.
Speaker 2: Of Love are talking about, Sam.
Speaker 1: But it is interesting to consider what venues currently exist
Speaker 1: in Brisbane and the Gold Coast that could be used
Speaker 1: as these kind of temporary facilities that are perhaps a
Speaker 1: bit interesting. You know, I saw Australia Zoo being thrown
Speaker 1: around online as perhaps a diving venue.
Speaker 2: You know, Robert Owen is going to be all over
Speaker 2: that one. But an interesting thing to consider, especially when
Speaker 2: we're talking more about how to make games and big
Speaker 2: events like this more sustainable and more affordable. Rather than
Speaker 2: having to completely replan a city, what can you do
Speaker 2: with what you've already got. So let's turn to the
Speaker 2: actual sport. Sam and I know you've been going through
Speaker 2: all the gold medal moments in some Bonus podcast episodes
Speaker 2: that we've been doing. We will pop some links in
Speaker 2: the show notes if you want to relive the magic.
Speaker 2: But let's have a slightly different chat when we reflect. Now,
Speaker 2: are there moments that you will remember from Paris that
Speaker 2: don't just involve the Australian glory. There are, of course
Speaker 2: hundreds of athletes, thousands of athletes from hundreds of countries.
Speaker 2: What stands out to you away from the green and gold.
Speaker 1: Yeah. So I think we've spent quite a bit of
Speaker 1: time focused on those eighteen golds, but away from that,
Speaker 1: there was a lot and those moments have had a
Speaker 1: really big impact on all of us. I do keep
Speaker 1: thinking about the interview that Harry Garside gave after he
Speaker 1: was knocked out in the first round of the men's boxing,
Speaker 1: and for me, it really captured the highs and lows
Speaker 1: of sport. Have a listen to some of that audio
Speaker 1: courtesy of nine. It's crazy.
Speaker 2: You made two decades dedicated to one drave and it's
Speaker 2: only just like that.
Speaker 1: I feel like a failure right now. I feel like
Speaker 1: I don't even know what to say.
Speaker 2: Harry.
Speaker 1: The opposite, not a failure at all. Two time olympiad made.
Speaker 1: It's amazing. Then you've got the gold medal and new
Speaker 1: world record of Swedish pole vaulter armand duplanters. There was
Speaker 1: such an explosion of joy from this twenty four year
Speaker 1: old when he set that new world record of six
Speaker 1: point two five meters. He's already broken the world record
Speaker 1: nine times in his career and at twenty four, this
Speaker 1: is not the last we're going to see of him
Speaker 1: leaping and literally pushing the bar higher.
Speaker 2: Imagine out doing yourself to that level nine times.
Speaker 1: It's amazing at twenty four. At twenty four, then you
Speaker 1: know to rattle off a couple of amazing moments that
Speaker 1: will stick with me that don't involve the eighteen Australian Golds.
Speaker 1: You've got the men's one hundred meters sprint ending in
Speaker 1: a photo finish, the US women's basketball team winning yesterday
Speaker 1: in their final by a single point. Hometown hero Leon
Speaker 1: Marshon sending crowds into an absolute frenzy with every gold
Speaker 1: medal he's in the pool. Simoone Biles define gravity. Cindy
Speaker 1: Nagumba securing the first ever medal for the Refugee Olympic team.
Speaker 1: Katie Ladecki becoming the most successful American female athlete of
Speaker 1: all time. Julian Alfred winning Saint Lucia's first ever medal
Speaker 1: in style by taking out gold in one hundred meters sprint.
Speaker 1: Not a bad first medal for your country. And of
Speaker 1: course Snoop Doggie Dogs outfits.
Speaker 2: Who could deny the unofficial mascot of the Paris Games.
Speaker 2: I can't help but agree with you there with that list,
Speaker 2: particularly in the pool this year. I mean, I can't
Speaker 2: remember an Olympic swimming event or schedule that was so exciting.
Speaker 2: Leon Marshawn, what an absolute force of nature, smashing some
Speaker 2: of that legacy held by the likes of Michael Phelps
Speaker 2: in the US. Katie Ludeci, I don't know if you
Speaker 2: saw that viral graph of the top twenty times in
Speaker 2: her event, and she has swam the fastest twenty in
Speaker 2: that event. Just an absolute star of the pool. But
Speaker 2: of course Team Australia, the dolphins in the pool, the
Speaker 2: true Jens of this Games. Let's turn to the overall
Speaker 2: medal tally. We know Australia performed the best they ever had.
Speaker 2: Break it down for us in terms of how it
Speaker 2: all ended and came out in the wash.
Speaker 1: Well, it really took until almost the very last event
Speaker 1: for the top of the table to be fully sorted out.
Speaker 1: So the US just edged out China on the last
Speaker 1: day of competition to finish first overall. Both the US
Speaker 1: and China finished with forty gold medals, but the US
Speaker 1: took that top spot on the ladder because they won
Speaker 1: more silver medals. They won forty four compared to China's
Speaker 1: twenty seven.
Speaker 2: Forty gold medals, what did we have eighteen?
Speaker 1: But when you think about population, I'm going to go
Speaker 1: into that in a sec but absolutely, you know, these
Speaker 1: are two massive countries with massive population bases. So Australia
Speaker 1: is still doing pretty well.
Speaker 2: So take me to Australia's part in the overall picture.
Speaker 1: Well, we didn't slip out of the top five almost
Speaker 1: the entire tournament, which is just amazing. Normally we have
Speaker 1: this strong start because of the swimming, and then we
Speaker 1: might fade a little bit down the ladder get out
Speaker 1: of that top five.
Speaker 2: I'm sure I'm not the only one to admit that
Speaker 2: sometimes second week slump you sort of stop paying attention
Speaker 2: when the glory stops.
Speaker 1: Definitely, But you know, we finished in fourth place and
Speaker 1: that eighteen medals, you're going to hear that a lot.
Speaker 1: That is the most we've ever won. We were behind
Speaker 1: Japan who took third place with twenty gold medals. The
Speaker 1: host nation France, they rounded out the top five. They
Speaker 1: won sixteen gold medals. It's worth noting that there was
Speaker 1: that kind of host city halo effect continuing for France.
Speaker 1: It was their best Olympic performance since they hosted the
Speaker 1: Games in Paris in nineteen hundred. They hosted the Games
Speaker 1: one more time in nineteen twenty four, but it's taken
Speaker 1: them one hundred and twenty four years to break their
Speaker 1: previous record. It wasn't such good news though for Great
Speaker 1: Britain across the Channel. They finished in seventh on the ladder,
Speaker 1: which is their lowest position since Athens in two thousand
Speaker 1: and four.
Speaker 2: One of my favorite things at the end of an
Speaker 2: Olympic Games is looking at some of the online stats.
Speaker 2: There are so many experts out there who layer on
Speaker 2: that extra analysis and I know you, being the sports
Speaker 2: nerd that you are, have spent a lot of time
Speaker 2: looking at that analysis. What did you learn?
Speaker 1: So it's always interesting to kind of overlay different factors
Speaker 1: with the way that countries performed at the Olympics. And
Speaker 1: NBC had some really interesting analysis. So when you look
Speaker 1: at medals per capita or in relation to GDPs.
Speaker 2: So we're talking there about the size of a country
Speaker 2: and the.
Speaker 1: Wealth of a country exactly, that's when you start to
Speaker 1: see some different nations stand out. So take Granada for example.
Speaker 1: This is a small Caribbean nation of only about one
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty five thousand people, in total, they performed
Speaker 1: exceptionally well in several metrics. They won one point five
Speaker 1: to eighty five medals for every one hundred thousand people
Speaker 1: in the country. That was the highest of any country
Speaker 1: in the world.
Speaker 2: Wow.
Speaker 1: They also ranked high in medals per athlete they sent
Speaker 1: to the Games and medals per billion dollars of GDP.
Speaker 1: So basically, if you think about the size of the
Speaker 1: economy in relation to the number of medals they won,
Speaker 1: Granada really overperformed. Special mention also to Saint Lucia, they
Speaker 1: won point five of a medal for every athlete after
Speaker 1: their sprint. Chat Bin Julian Alfred took gold in the
Speaker 1: hundred and silver in the two hundred. Of course, the
Speaker 1: day that she won gold is now called Juju Day
Speaker 1: in that tiny nation.
Speaker 2: Oh my god, I didn't know what a moment. So
Speaker 2: a lot of looking back and reflecting, I'm sure, over
Speaker 2: the next few days, but we will also begin to
Speaker 2: look ahead to LA twenty twenty eight. If you didn't
Speaker 2: know that the next Games were going to be hosted
Speaker 2: in La, how you do, you have to have been
Speaker 2: living under a rock. There's been a really calculated pr effort.
Speaker 2: I think throughout the game, certainly with the presence of
Speaker 2: someone like Snoop Dog popping up a lot, but even
Speaker 2: you know Tom Cruise and his big stunt in the
Speaker 2: closing ceremony. After LA, of course, we have a home
Speaker 2: Olympics here in Brisbane twenty thirty two. But before that,
Speaker 2: LA and those games are going to be a bit different,
Speaker 2: aren't they.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, it's funny you're bringing up your second week
Speaker 1: blues because you're going to have to flip that. And
Speaker 1: the reason why is that the twenty twenty eight LA
Speaker 1: Olympics will be the first Olympia since nineteen sixty eight
Speaker 1: to change the order of swimming and athletics competitions.
Speaker 2: So athletics, oh idea.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so athletics is going to be week one and
Speaker 1: swimming is going to be week two. And the reason
Speaker 1: why that adjustment has been made to the program is
Speaker 1: because they want the opening ceremony to be held at
Speaker 1: the news Sofi Stadium and that will also host the
Speaker 1: swimming and they need time to transition it from being
Speaker 1: a ceremony stadium to a swimming stadium. And whilst there
Speaker 1: is that delay, the swimming will definitely be worth waiting
Speaker 1: for because that stadium has a capacity of thirty eight
Speaker 1: thousand people, which will be the largest live audience for
Speaker 1: swimming in Olympic history.
Speaker 2: I'm actually excited for the athletes here because I always
Speaker 2: feel bad for the swimmers. They never get to participate
Speaker 2: in the opening ceremony because it's like, you know, game face.
Speaker 2: They've got to get prepped, they've got to jump in
Speaker 2: the pool hours later. So I'm really happy for them
Speaker 2: that they'll get to enjoy it. I'm also excited as
Speaker 2: a spectator to see how La you know, we're talking
Speaker 2: about Hollywood here, how they it's going to be a show,
Speaker 2: an opening ceremony. You know, we had Billie Eilish the
Speaker 2: Red Hot Chili Peppers at the closing ceremony in Paris.
Speaker 2: I am ready for La Tinseltown to pull out all
Speaker 2: stops for that opening ceremony. Then, of course we have
Speaker 2: Brisbane twenty thirty two. Usually we know kind of pretty
Speaker 2: far in advance the next few games. So do we
Speaker 2: have an idea of who's hosting twenty thirty six.
Speaker 1: It's crazy to be even talking about twenty thirty six,
Speaker 1: but yeah, there are countries that have already thrown firm
Speaker 1: bids out there and are kind of jostling on the
Speaker 1: sidelines of even the Paris Games to get cozy with
Speaker 1: the IOC officials put their case in front of the
Speaker 1: decision makers. So you had a strong bid come through
Speaker 1: from Nusentara, which is the new capital of Indonesia. Remember
Speaker 1: they moved to the capital of Indonesia from Japada, so
Speaker 1: they've put their new capital forward for the Games. Istanbul
Speaker 1: in Turkey have also thrown their hand up, are yet
Speaker 1: to be determined city in India, another yet to be
Speaker 1: determined city in Egypt, and Santiago, the capital of Chile.
Speaker 1: Those are the countries that have kind of said we're
Speaker 1: up for it. There are some countries who put forward
Speaker 1: a bid but have since pulled it back and said
Speaker 1: perhaps they want to go for the twenty forty Games
Speaker 1: or something in the twenty forties, fifties or sixties. That's
Speaker 1: how far they're thinking. So those are cities like Mexico City,
Speaker 1: Berlin and Madrid.
Speaker 2: Wow. Well, wherever it ends up being, we will keep
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