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Speaker 1: I've got three awesome people in the studio with me

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Speaker 1: this morning because seventeen year old Brazires Britain. Now she's

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Speaker 1: a proud Indigenous woman from ram And Ginning and man

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Speaker 1: and Greta, and she's set to represent Australia at the

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi

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Speaker 1: in India a little bit later this month. Now, Brazias

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Speaker 1: is going to be making her international debut in the

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Speaker 1: two hundred meters and the four hundred meters running events

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Speaker 1: as part of the largest Australian para athletics team since

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Speaker 1: the Sydney two thousand Para Olympics, a fifty one strong

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Speaker 1: squad set to take on the world from the twenty

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Speaker 1: sixth of September to the fifth of October. It is

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Speaker 1: incredibly exciting stuff and I'm very happy to say that

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Speaker 1: the amazing Brazires joins me in the studio this morning.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Brasias. It's wonderful to have you in here,

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Speaker 1: and you're also joined by your mum Marcy. Good morning

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Speaker 1: to you, Marsi, and of course Leanne Chin from Athletics

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Speaker 1: into the executive officer. Good morning to you, Leanne.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, and good morning to your listeners.

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Speaker 1: It's so good to have you all in the studio now, Brazias.

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Speaker 1: You and I know each other pretty well because you

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Speaker 1: train in Roger Chin's squad and train alongside my little

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Speaker 1: girl as well. So I've been really fortunate to see

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Speaker 1: the way you race and just how incredible you are

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Speaker 1: on the track. Now, what are your favorite events?

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Speaker 3: I like four meta and two hundred.

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Speaker 1: Do which do you prefer? Are you allowed to say most?

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Speaker 3: I like four hundred yep, yeah, because it makes me

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Speaker 3: feel fun. It feels like I'm free and flying.

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Speaker 1: You do fly on the track as well. You look

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Speaker 1: so fast when you run, and you've been training really

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Speaker 1: hard to go away for this trip in well a

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Talk us through how many days a

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Speaker 1: week you're training. It's a couple of days a week.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so I trained in the track three days a

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Speaker 1: And presis when you found out that you were going

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Speaker 1: to be representing Australia and going away to the World Championships.

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Speaker 1: What did you think? What was your reaction?

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Speaker 3: I was like, Wow, this is crazy, so like my

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Speaker 3: dream came to and yeah, I was so excited and yeah.

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Speaker 1: It's incredible. You should be so proud of yourself and

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Speaker 1: all that hard work and training paying off for me. Marcy,

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Speaker 1: what was it like for you when you found out

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Speaker 1: that she was going to be representing Australia.

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Speaker 4: It was really really so special. I was really really

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Speaker 4: emotional the same time, proud, happy that my girl got selected.

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Speaker 1: And what is all your family in Maningrida and Ramon

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Speaker 4: It was really really awesome. They were really really proud

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Speaker 4: calling us, telling us and crying the same time.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it's so cool. I mean, like, it's such

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Speaker 1: an incredible thing to say, and such an incredible opportunity

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Speaker 1: Leanne for you, you know, heading up athletics here in

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Speaker 1: the Northern Territory. It must be wonderful to see, you know,

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Speaker 1: to see a young girl like Brazias being able to

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Speaker 1: access these pathways, especially you know, to through that power

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Speaker 1: pathway to be able to compete at this level.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Katie, we have had the advantage of precise has

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Speaker 2: years old, so that's a really long way and her

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Speaker 2: pathway to national level has been only on an upward trajectory.

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Speaker 2: So to now have her at at international level is

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Speaker 2: just phenomenal. A young lady from the Bush going to

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Speaker 1: And then when you like, when you look at how

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Speaker 1: like you've said, Brazia's you know, she's a girl from

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Speaker 1: How has that happened? Because it's not sort of a

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Speaker 1: really easy process, is it. She's had to be away

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Speaker 1: competing at plenty of different national carnivals.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, As I said, in two thousand and eighteen, Precise

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Speaker 2: More recently she has attended the Australian aw Schools Competition.

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Speaker 2: So there's a lot of time spent away and you know,

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Speaker 2: but she's always found a way to back into community

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Speaker 2: and it's great to see that they celebrate along with her.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, when you're juggling it as well with school

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Speaker 1: and everything else, aren't you too resiss? Is that hard?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it can be, but you but you are dedicated

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Speaker 1: Now how excited are you to go to New Delhi,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm so excited to racing again as differently countries

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Speaker 1: It will be so cool. I mean, Marci, can you like,

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Speaker 1: what's it like for you? As her mum? Thinking Wow,

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Speaker 1: she is going to a whole other country and she's

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Speaker 4: I feel really proud of her. It's really so special

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Speaker 4: for me and my people, like representing not only us,

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Speaker 1: It is so special. And what are like what a

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Speaker 1: everybody else sort of looking to and going wow, Brazis.

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Speaker 1: If you can do that, you know, the possibilities are

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Speaker 1: to get there to that international stage. Now, it's so cool,

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Speaker 1: it's so awesome. Hey, you run at the NT Champs

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Speaker 1: Do you do some pbs?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was for four hundred time.

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Speaker 1: you go overseas and leanne fantastic. The NT Championships had

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Speaker 1: plenty of people take part.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. We had three hundred and fifty athletes from across Australia,

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Speaker 2: That PB bell rang out. I think it may have

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's exactly right and having a great time. Was

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Speaker 1: is truly the sport that anybody can be involved in.

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Speaker 2: That's correct, you know. I mean there is something for

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Speaker 2: So whether you can run, jump or throw, there's something

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there really is. Well, before I let you go prezise,

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Speaker 1: what are you hoping for when you go to New Delhi?

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Speaker 1: No doubt some PBS.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I hope I will get my PV.

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Speaker 1: And yeah you never know. Hey do you what do

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Speaker 1: you reckon about a meddle? Try your best? Yeah, no

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Speaker 1: pressure though, yeah, yep, but you know what, you always

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Speaker 1: try your best. I've seen you run on so many

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Speaker 1: it should make every territory and proud hearing that you're

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Speaker 1: going away to compete. We'll all be cheering for your precise.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully we can watch it, can we? Is it televised?

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Speaker 3: We am?

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Speaker 1: Will we be able to watch it somehow?

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Speaker 2: Most absolutely, both the able Body and the Para World

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Speaker 2: Championships will be televised. Yep. So make sure you get

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Speaker 2: on there and watch and cheer on our precias. I

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Speaker 2: think I think this squad might need a watch party.

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Speaker 1: Oh I reckon, yeah, I reckon they might need a

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Speaker 1: watching party. Well, I know, Bronti, and I'll be cheering

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Speaker 1: You're in a couple of weeks ago where you where

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Speaker 1: you was so speedy, So we're really excited for your Bresias.

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Speaker 1: I meet on behalf of everybody in the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 4: Good luck.

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Speaker 1: We're all going to be cheering for you and I

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Speaker 1: know you'll do us proud. Thank you so much, thank you,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much. That's Bresia's Briton there, her mum Marcy,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for your time, and Leanne Chin.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to have you in the studio as well.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Thanks Katie and you have a great day.

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Speaker 1: I will thank you