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Speaker 1: Blossom and Workplace Law. Welcome to The Female Athlete Project

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Speaker 1: Season two. My name is Chloe Dalton. I'm an Olympic

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Speaker 1: gold medalist in rugby sevens and I'm now playing for

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Speaker 1: the GWS Giants in the AFLW. I started tfapp to

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Speaker 1: share the stories of incredible female athletes and to address

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Speaker 1: the gender inequalities that exist within the sports media space.

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Speaker 1: We want to change that story, and we're all about

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Speaker 1: making news and highlights of women's sport easily accessible across

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Speaker 1: our platforms. Our hope is that more female athletes will

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Speaker 1: become household names and in turn enable the next generation

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Speaker 1: of young kids to pick up a ball, racket, backboard,

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Speaker 1: whatever they want to.

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Speaker 2: Pick like so many of us.

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Speaker 1: Teleequid Clancy watched as Kathy Freeman won gold in Sydney

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Speaker 1: and promised herself that one day she too would compete

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Speaker 1: for Australia at an Olympic Games. Forward twenty one years

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Speaker 1: and she's been to two Olympics and has just brought

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Speaker 1: home a silver medal from Tokyo. She's a proud wooly

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Speaker 1: wooly and gerengering woman.

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Speaker 2: From Kingaroy.

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Speaker 1: Kingaroy is a two and a half hour drive northwest

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Speaker 1: which makes her journey to Olympic medalist in beach volleyball

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Speaker 1: incredibly interesting. In this chat, Talika shares some really powerful

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Speaker 1: insights around preparing for the biggest sporting event in the

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Speaker 1: world in the middle of a global pandemic.

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Speaker 2: I hope you enjoy.

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Speaker 1: It, Talika Clancy, Welcome to the Female Athlete Project.

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Speaker 3: Thank you thanks for having me that.

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Speaker 1: We're going to get into the whole Tokyo experience a

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Speaker 1: bit later on back. Can you tell us about what

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Speaker 1: it's been like going to an Olympics and then having

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Speaker 1: to fly home and go straight back into quarantine without

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Speaker 1: being able to see your family and friends.

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Speaker 4: I think it's like just so insane, like you just

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Speaker 4: can't really describe it and put it into words. It's

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Speaker 4: kind of like, yeah, you have like a assive high,

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Speaker 4: but then you're still kind of I think you're still

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Speaker 4: kind of like stuck of this in this a real

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Speaker 4: little bubble because you just can't be around the people

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Speaker 4: that you truly love, like you haven't be around family

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Speaker 4: and support yet, so I still I think that's why

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Speaker 4: sometimes it's a bit hard for me to really off,

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Speaker 4: for it to really sink in that, like, you know,

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Speaker 4: we came second.

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Speaker 3: You know, I got a silver medal, like I'm.

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Speaker 4: Another big medalist now, Like, yeah, I think just being

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Speaker 4: stuck in your room and sitting in here and knowing

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Speaker 4: that we had COVID tests every day, you know, like

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Speaker 4: we're going to be more.

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Speaker 3: Safe, you know.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, yeah, it's kind of like I respect the

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Speaker 4: rules that Australia has given us, but it's yeah, it's

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Speaker 4: very anti climactic, that's for sure.

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Speaker 1: When you get out, it'd obviously be some pretty big

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Speaker 1: celebrations getting to catch up with family and friends. Can

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Speaker 1: we go back to your childhood where it all started.

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Speaker 1: Can you tell us a little bit about where you

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so I was born I'm a Queenslander or also

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Speaker 4: I was just that standard country girl who just loved

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Speaker 3: Like, I was always more drawn to team sports, so.

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Speaker 4: I think like the netball and all that, like touch

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Speaker 4: I just loved ball sports a lot because I used

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Speaker 1: And what did that process look like to then finding

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Speaker 1: your way into becoming a beach volleyball player.

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Speaker 4: So my mom she was actually seventeen when she had me.

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Speaker 4: So my mom's baby sisters only like four five years

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Speaker 4: And then literally just from now I was so fortunate

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Speaker 4: So yeah, literally would just drive me everywhere, like even

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Speaker 4: Like obviously Nat and Kerry won the gold in two

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Speaker 4: So yeah, and I was just, yeah, so fortunate enough

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Speaker 4: Queenslide Academy of Sport. So and that's when I first

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Speaker 4: Like it just solidified, like oh, I can actually be

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Speaker 3: No subs, you know, so it's great and it's just you.

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Speaker 3: I was like, Okay, this is this is my sport.

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Speaker 1: That's really cool. What age was it that you became

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Speaker 3: Athlete sixteen, So I relocated.

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Speaker 1: It's weird when you get to this age and you're like,

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Speaker 1: What was that process like as a fifteen year old,

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Speaker 4: To other people, but which I love my family for.

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Speaker 4: It keeps me very grounded, that's for sure. But she

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Speaker 3: So I'm very lucky in that sense.

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Speaker 1: Was your moment because my moment I was seven for

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Speaker 1: that's it. I want to win an Olympic gold medal.

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Speaker 2: Was that a similar thing for you?

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, totally, one hundred percent. Like yeah, I remember

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Speaker 4: exactly where I was, like at home, sitting on the

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Speaker 4: floor watching with my cousin. Yeah, she had those Macs

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Speaker 4: a Kathy Wis gold you get like a free like

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Speaker 4: So so like yeah, like that moment completely changed everything,

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Speaker 4: because everything's like footy and rugby, so it's all like

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Speaker 3: That's what you grow up on. And don't get grumb

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Speaker 3: I love it.

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Speaker 4: But like to see to watch the Olympics and you've

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Speaker 4: seen female athletes just you know, kicking butt, that's kind

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Speaker 4: of like, Yeah, two thousand for sure was like the

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Speaker 1: to control your own life and your own choices. It's

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Speaker 1: a horrible it's a horrible feeling.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, horrible.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so yeah, it's such a massive shift for me.

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Speaker 1: Did they have things in place that could help with that,

446
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Speaker 1: like with their sychs that they kind of brought in

447
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Speaker 1: like to help with things like that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they actually did, and I and I sat down

449
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Speaker 4: with one of them too, so they were they were

450
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Speaker 4: like so ready. The AOC did such an amazing job

451
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Speaker 4: just with every protocol that they could ever do, like,

452
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Speaker 4: so yeah, they did have them there as well. And

453
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Speaker 4: you know, I'm very fortunate enough, you know, being an athlete,

454
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Speaker 4: were so lucky that we get that provided for us

455
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Speaker 4: as well.

456
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Speaker 3: I could easily just FaceTime.

457
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Speaker 4: And call another person who was, you know, also has

458
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Speaker 4: the cyclele but also was a help like high performance.

459
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Speaker 3: Kind of manager for our for our team as well.

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Speaker 3: So yeah it was. Yeah, it definitely helped.

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Speaker 4: And for some reason, eventually when I got to go

462
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Speaker 4: away and start competing like that, stuff just kind of

463
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Speaker 4: lifted again, which was which was good. So yeah, I

464
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465
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466
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Speaker 3: Out of Australia.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, once you were out. It was kind of like,

468
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Speaker 1: all right, now we can actually do our job. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: dot AU. Going back to post Rio, not long after that,

500
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Speaker 1: you then paired up with Maria Fay, who was obviously

501
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Speaker 1: your partner in Tokyo. What was that process like for

502
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Speaker 1: you changing to play with a new partner. Yeah, that

503
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Speaker 1: was kind of even crazy in itself as well, because

504
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Speaker 1: you know, like like I mentioned, after every Olympic cycle,

505
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:59,440
Speaker 1: just everything changes, so like our whole federation structure completely changed,

506
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Speaker 1: and it definitely wasn't for better. Twenty seventeen was like

507
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,119
Speaker 1: a really tough year for volleyball Australia and again, like

508
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Speaker 1: I had that moment where I had to like try

509
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Speaker 1: and find that motivation again.

510
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Speaker 3: Like that was that was difficult.

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Speaker 4: You know, you go from like crazy emotions and then

512
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,760
Speaker 4: you got to like try and like recover in a

513
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Speaker 4: few months to start your season again next year because

514
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Speaker 4: we have a world tour, so you know, like you know,

515
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Speaker 4: that's where I earn all my prize money, Like that's

516
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,919
Speaker 4: that's my this is my job, so like you know,

517
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Speaker 4: I need to get myself in a good, like refreshed

518
00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,919
Speaker 4: state to really start that season off again. And we

519
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Speaker 4: have World Champs again like every two years, so you know,

520
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Speaker 4: next year we'll have World Champs and now come games now.

521
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Speaker 4: So yeah, that was difficult. But towards the end of

522
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Speaker 4: twenty seventeen, it was kind of like offered a decision

523
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Speaker 4: like did I want to try and change things up

524
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Speaker 4: for a bit and yeah, and it was a tough decision,

525
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Speaker 4: but like obviously it's worked out quite well.

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Speaker 1: Well, I really would say so.

527
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Speaker 4: So yeah, so yeah, I took a few opportunities to

528
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Speaker 4: play with Marine Faye at the back end of the

529
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Speaker 4: twenty seventeenth season, and we had just had really great

530
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Speaker 4: success straight away. So we got like through we played

531
00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,199
Speaker 4: three tournaments in a block for three weeks in like

532
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:22,200
Speaker 4: three different countries, and yeah, we won all of them,

533
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Speaker 4: and I think we just kind of felt that special connection.

534
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Speaker 3: And because the program.

535
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Speaker 4: Was a bit of a shit show, can I say that,

536
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 4: I just did. Yeah, you know, it kind of felt

537
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 4: like you had a fend for yourself at the time

538
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 4: as well, so because yeah, they were just making us

539
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,240
Speaker 4: all feel very like unsettled. So I was kind of like,

540
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,199
Speaker 4: just save myself and get myself selected for Common Games

541
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Speaker 4: and they selected Marie Fay and I to be the combination.

542
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Speaker 4: But it was still really special actually because Lou actually

543
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Speaker 4: was our coach for Common Games too, so it was

544
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Speaker 4: nice to have that experience with her.

545
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's really nice. What was comm Games like on

546
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Speaker 1: Home Soil?

547
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Speaker 3: Oh? It was so good? How good was it?

548
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Speaker 2: It was so good?

549
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:02,560
Speaker 3: It was awesome.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, just be home and in Queensland. Like, my grandfather

551
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,680
Speaker 4: wasn't able to travel to to Rio. He was having

552
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Speaker 4: some health issues at the time too, so it was

553
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,639
Speaker 4: really nice for him to watch me, you know, play

554
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,439
Speaker 4: for Australia. So that was that was pretty sick and

555
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,920
Speaker 4: they did such a good job honestly, like the village

556
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Speaker 4: everything just ran so smooth.

557
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Speaker 3: It was really as great.

558
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Speaker 1: On games, and then from there, looking at your qualification

559
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Speaker 1: into Tokyo because of all the COVID stuff, it was

560
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Speaker 1: a bit.

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Speaker 2: Of a bit of a shambles.

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Speaker 1: We actually tried to Maria Fay on our weekly Wrap

563
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,280
Speaker 1: podcast a couple months back. Oh, I've lost track of time,

564
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,040
Speaker 1: maybe a couple months back about you guys having to

565
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Speaker 1: go Overseas pretty last minute to make sure that you

566
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Speaker 1: could get your qualification done in time for Tokyo.

567
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:47,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, like.

568
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Speaker 4: Lucky we did end up going because you know that

569
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Speaker 4: kind of like if we didn't finish those two events

570
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,679
Speaker 4: in twenty nineteen, you know, like we would have had

571
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Speaker 4: that stress over our heads beginning this year. So it

572
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,480
Speaker 4: was like crazy because obviously Maria Fay, I don't know,

573
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 4: I'm surely she would have mentioned that her miniscus like

574
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 4: she tore her miniscus at World Champs, so which was like, honestly,

575
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Speaker 4: she was incredible to keep playing and for us to

576
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 4: even get to the bronze was just like so so epic,

577
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,920
Speaker 4: like considering she was so heavily strapped and.

578
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 3: Could barely like walk in the mornings, like she was

579
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Speaker 3: just an absolute star.

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00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 4: And again we'll get were so lucky that, you know,

581
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,960
Speaker 4: a bit before that that happened. All the tournaments we

582
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Speaker 4: got really great results, so we didn't have that over

583
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 4: our heads as well. Well, she got injured, so it

584
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 4: was nice that were able to come home and take

585
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 4: the time for her to have a really good rehab.

586
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 4: But yeah, it was so important that we went to

587
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Speaker 4: China and we got a fourth there, and then we

588
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,920
Speaker 4: went to Kenko. I don't know it was in Chedamal

589
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,120
Speaker 4: in Mexico, and yeah, we.

590
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Speaker 3: Got a win.

591
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 4: So it was it was really lucky, a good decision

592
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,280
Speaker 4: because yeah, after that, the world just we had no

593
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 4: tournaments last year.

594
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Speaker 3: It was just completely shut down.

595
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Speaker 4: So yeah, very fortunate enough to have that stress this year.

596
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Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, absolutely.

597
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Speaker 1: Let's have a look at the games over in Tokyo.

598
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Speaker 1: Can you take us through, I guess going through the

599
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Speaker 1: through the pool matches, what that process was like stepping

600
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Speaker 1: up to play and knowing that you, like you said before,

601
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Speaker 1: you felt like you were going to make finals, like

602
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 1: you guys knew you had that feeling. What was the

603
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: process like going through those pool matches?

604
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,399
Speaker 4: It was still quite nerve wracking though, Like like I said,

605
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:36,119
Speaker 4: like my struggle with my preparation and just yeah, I

606
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 4: still had this amazing strength of what we were going

607
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 4: to achieve. But yeah, it was really I found, like

608
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 4: I think just for myself, like it was still really

609
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 4: really difficult, and I kind of a pressure creeped up, dish.

610
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:50,960
Speaker 4: I didn't like I had it there. But I think

611
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 4: because the preparation wasn't as ideal, I felt myself comparing

612
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 4: a lot to Rio.

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Speaker 3: Which was like really like not great. Yeah, yeah, it wasn't.

614
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, I was like, oh jeez, why am I like

615
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 4: going back to the players isn't great? Like, but yeah,

616
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 4: were so, you know, we and we were like meant

617
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 4: to be top of our pool, like we are top

618
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 4: of our pool in the rankings, and we took a

619
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Speaker 4: loss to Russia and they were really great teams.

620
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 3: So we knew.

621
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Speaker 4: That, you know, like it was going to be a

622
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,000
Speaker 4: tough match, so it didn't rattle us too much, but

623
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,360
Speaker 4: we knew that we you know, potentially had a bit

624
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 4: of a tougher draw leading into leading into the semi finals,

625
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 4: and then we came head to head like in the

626
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:37,200
Speaker 4: quarterfinals with Canada, the girls that we lost to at

627
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 4: Common Games, and actually like really good friends of ours too,

628
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,800
Speaker 4: so we knew it was gonna be a hotel battle.

629
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, so like and they're world champs you know too,

630
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 4: So yeah, it was kind of like and that was actually,

631
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 4: I think like one of our best games. I think

632
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 4: from then on, like the tournament really started for us.

633
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 4: So yeah, it's funny actually because a lot I don't

634
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 4: know if it's with sport as well, Like the beach

635
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 4: volleyball level actually so much lower than what it really

636
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 4: is on a world tour, a world chams, like everyone's

637
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 4: just so much more no racky, like, so the quality

638
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 4: of volleyball actually is so much worse than you if

639
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 4: you went to a tournament because you can and we

640
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 4: all compete against each other regularly too, so we know

641
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 4: each other's games so much. And I think that became

642
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,320
Speaker 4: even more highlighted when there wasn't a crowd, Like you

643
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 4: just don't get that extra adrenaline. It's just like just

644
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 4: all four of you out there battling, knowing, knowing everything

645
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 4: about each other.

646
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 3: Yeah.

647
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 4: So that was totally different from Rio, and that was

648
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 4: really like interesting part. I think the teams that stuck

649
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 4: strongest together definitely got the wins. And I think that's like,

650
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 4: you know, Marie and me and myself and Maria fe

651
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 4: like we were just so.

652
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:57,480
Speaker 3: Relentless in that focus. And I think that's what really like, even.

653
00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,720
Speaker 4: Though at times in the beginning, I didn't feel so

654
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 4: wrong in my performance, I think just because we're so

655
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 4: relentless with that, it definitely like once.

656
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,200
Speaker 3: We hit quarters, it was just like Okay, off we go,

657
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 3: Like here we go.

658
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's cool.

659
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 1: I read that you got a good luck message from

660
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Speaker 1: Kathy Freeman.

661
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 2: Is that true?

662
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's sick honestly.

663
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 4: Like it was the morning before the quarterfinals of the

664
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 4: quarterfinal day, because that game wasn't until ten pm.

665
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 2: That's a long day.

666
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a long We had games in Rio, so.

667
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 2: It was better whoa Yeah, okay tends nice.

668
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 3: Yeah.

669
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 4: And just because you know, it was a constant, it

670
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 4: was really tough for me to have that really good

671
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 4: mental emotional preparation.

672
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 3: Like I just felt like I was fighting for that

673
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 3: every day.

674
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 4: And so my Auntie reached out to Kathy and because

675
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,040
Speaker 4: I was like listening to her podcast, I listened to

676
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 4: her documentary to kind of help me, Like just the

677
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 4: messages like yeah, they were just really helpful for me

678
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 4: to just try to like just you know, get out

679
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 4: of my head and just you know, was like just

680
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:01,240
Speaker 4: really helpful.

681
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,320
Speaker 3: And so yeah, she reached out to Kathy and then.

682
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, she sent me the video and I.

683
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,320
Speaker 3: Just like started ball in my eyes out.

684
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 4: It was just so it was like such just you know,

685
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 4: she's just so authentic. You know, she's just so special

686
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 4: when she speaks the way that you know, she just connects,

687
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 4: like she hits you. Like her message in the video

688
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 4: was no different to what she says in her documentary

689
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 4: or the podcast that she goes on, Like there is

690
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 4: that self belief and that self confidence. Then yeah, I

691
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 4: and that's video is staying with me forever. It was

692
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 4: so special and I just kept watching it like every

693
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 4: day from then on. So it definitely had a massive

694
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 4: impact for the rest of the tournament as well.

695
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 2: That's really cool.

696
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 1: I guess we've talked about the impact that she had,

697
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: like her race on so many young kids, but also

698
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 1: the fact that she did it as a First Nations woman,

699
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 1: and you were one of sixteen First Nations athletes to

700
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 1: go over to Tokyo. Have you thought about the impact

701
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 1: that you can then have on young Indigenous kids who've

702
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 1: watched you compete in Tokyo. I do, but it still

703
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 1: feels like so surreal, Like I still feel like I'm

704
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,479
Speaker 1: just beginning, you know. It doesn't feel like I'm done,

705
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 1: like so I feel not like a junior, but I

706
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 1: still like, you know, I still feel like so young

707
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: in my career and in my experience, even though like

708
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: it's the complete opposite.

709
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 3: I think that stuff will definitely think in more.

710
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 4: I definitely am very aware of it though, so I

711
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 4: do try to lead as an example as much as

712
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 4: I possibly can. But yeah, to understand the full great

713
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 4: impact I have, I don't feel that too much.

714
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it'll take a bit of time.

715
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 1: So you upset the Canadians in the quarterfinal, who are

716
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: coming in as world number one. Then you went into

717
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 1: the semi final up against Latvia. I've got an audio

718
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 1: clip to play for you from that semifinal.

719
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 5: Wow, certain years and that's in Australia have a medal

720
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,840
Speaker 5: in their back pockets. They came to play, they help them,

721
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 5: They showed true housie spirit. That hit poor right at

722
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:16,120
Speaker 5: the perfect time. Australia are into the gold medal match.

723
00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 1: So that was the moment that you won that semi final,

724
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 1: which meant that you had been guaranteed an Olympic medal,

725
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: either gold or silver.

726
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 2: What did that feel like?

727
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 4: Oh gosh, I still I honestly, it felt like we

728
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,399
Speaker 4: still weren't done yet.

729
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 3: You know.

730
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,799
Speaker 4: I feel like we and I think people can see

731
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,840
Speaker 4: like we cheered more after a quarterfinal because it's like okay,

732
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 4: like we're there now. It's like okay, this is like

733
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,239
Speaker 4: you needed, this is the game we needed to do,

734
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 4: and now we have two more games and we just like,

735
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 4: you know, we have two more opportunities like guaranteed, you know,

736
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 4: because before that it's knockout. Now we know, So it

737
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 4: was still like yeah, it just felt like okay, like

738
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,920
Speaker 4: we're one step closer, like we're getting there. And then

739
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 4: it was so cool too to like you know, when

740
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 4: you're packing your your trousers and your jacket, Yeah, that's

741
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,319
Speaker 4: a cool moment because you're like yeah either way.

742
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 3: Yeah.

743
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 4: I had a moment with my mom and I was like,

744
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 4: oh my god, like I'm an Olympic medalist like the

745
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 4: f like you know, that moment, mom and I were

746
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 4: just like oh my God, like no matter what happens tomorrow,

747
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 4: like I'm an Olympic medalist. My whole life just you know,

748
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,320
Speaker 4: I just feel like my whole life has been leading

749
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 4: to this moment, Like yeah, yeah, so that was pretty crazy,

750
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:37,839
Speaker 4: but I think we definitely stuf felt like, hey, we've

751
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:39,600
Speaker 4: got one more job, one more job to do.

752
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 1: We would have questioned out to the on our instagram

753
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,399
Speaker 1: for people to ask a question, and one of them

754
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: came in from Jess and it was about what was

755
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 1: your mindset like finishing that semi final with the win,

756
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 1: then leading.

757
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 2: Into that gold medal match, what was your headspace?

758
00:35:56,120 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 4: Like my headspace was like really good, you know, as

759
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 4: much like like I said, like, you know, it didn't

760
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,759
Speaker 4: feel over like we are we happy, but it was

761
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 4: just like one step closer to where we wanted to be.

762
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 4: So as much as we enjoyed the moment, we're like, okay,

763
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 4: there's still just one more and you know, like that

764
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,680
Speaker 4: whole time, you know, like I felt like we like

765
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 4: I knew we could do it, and I felt like

766
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 4: I'm like shit, you know, I was just I'm like,

767
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 4: you're like, you look be gold medalist. You know you're

768
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:27,239
Speaker 4: having those thoughts and it's like so yeah, it's kind

769
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:30,240
Speaker 4: of like my mindset was in a really good place,

770
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 4: like it didn't have any doubt. But you know, sometimes

771
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 4: they're just better than you on the day and they

772
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 4: and they were.

773
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:36,720
Speaker 3: Up for the moment.

774
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 4: And I'm still so proud though, because you know this

775
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 4: the medal just represents like so much more so and

776
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,839
Speaker 4: a lot of resilience too, because you know, just such

777
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,759
Speaker 4: a crazy preparation. COVID was just such a crazy time,

778
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:55,239
Speaker 4: So I think, like every athletes medal just holds so

779
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 4: much resilience in it.

780
00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,080
Speaker 1: And I saw you guys in your postmatch interview, I

781
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 1: have talked about feeling probably a lot of mixed emotions

782
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 1: with like you do you feel so proud with the silver,

783
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 1: but then you feel like you're so close to that gold.

784
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 1: Have you had more time to kind of process that

785
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,760
Speaker 1: or do you still feel that level of like going

786
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:13,719
Speaker 1: both ways?

787
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 3: Yes and no.

788
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 4: I think definitely now I'm definitely just more proud, like

789
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 4: I've moved on to that, but then I'm still like

790
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 4: I really want a gold medal parisonally three years away,

791
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:26,280
Speaker 4: you know, like it just feels like it's still the beginning.

792
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,840
Speaker 4: So I'm still so it doesn't I don't feel angst

793
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 4: against the game, like I'm so proud of what we did,

794
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,240
Speaker 4: but I still definitely just really want that gold medal.

795
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 4: And yeah, my head's definitely move forward to the post

796
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,600
Speaker 4: and I'm just obsessed with my metalationally. You know that

797
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 4: feeling I don't want away from me. It's actually like

798
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 4: sleeps beside me, Like I am so like that. I

799
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 4: don't think Maria phase like that, but I'm just like

800
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 4: this is going like this is the same beside me.

801
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:59,200
Speaker 4: I like had a nap with it, like holding it.

802
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,400
Speaker 2: You've that you have earned that.

803
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:05,760
Speaker 1: Every episode on the show, I have a question from

804
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:10,200
Speaker 1: a six year old and my grandma, so I might

805
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: do six year old Freeda's question.

806
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 5: First, I click how hard is it to jump on

807
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 5: the sand?

808
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 3: Oh? That's such a good question.

809
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,880
Speaker 4: It is hard, but I would say so when I

810
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,720
Speaker 4: first started playing beach volleyball, it was very very hard

811
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 4: for me to jump. But you finally get sand legs,

812
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 4: You find your sand legs, so eventually it gets a

813
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 4: lot easier. It just takes a bed of time to

814
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 4: get your sand legs.

815
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 1: Okay, I like even watching it when you guys like

816
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:47,840
Speaker 1: when it's like a long rally. The fact that you

817
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 1: guys like sometimes you're on the ground and then you

818
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,240
Speaker 1: got to get up and go again, and like changing

819
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,280
Speaker 1: direction in itself also looks so difficult in the sand.

820
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:56,880
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, oh it definitely can be.

821
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,120
Speaker 4: I found these courts because every sand quality is so

822
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 4: different as well, so completely can change the game. Like

823
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:08,279
Speaker 4: obviously when it's you're just flying and it's beautiful, and

824
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 4: then you can get really deep sand, like when you

825
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 4: go to the beach.

826
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 3: I think everyone.

827
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 4: Experiences that when you try to walk down to the

828
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 4: water you're used to it like and you're sinking in

829
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,920
Speaker 4: so and obviously that makes it a bit more difficult,

830
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 4: and if you're a shorter player, like it just changes

831
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 4: the game style. So so usually the Olympics is like

832
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:28,279
Speaker 4: really fresh sand, so it's usually like so deep, but

833
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,640
Speaker 4: this time it wasn't so much deep, but it was

834
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 4: really chunky. Yeah, it was so I felt like I

835
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:34,719
Speaker 4: had to really like lift my.

836
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 3: Knees to get out of the sand. Yeah, okay, you

837
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 3: get like stuck.

838
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,279
Speaker 4: So yeah, it's definitely a huge part of a game,

839
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 4: I guess, because like it's kind of crazy because the

840
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:44,319
Speaker 4: first Olympics I was a.

841
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 3: Defender with lou and this time I was a blocker.

842
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 4: So I do faintly remember the times like you just

843
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 4: got to train and you got to train getting down,

844
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 4: getting up, and I don't have to do it as

845
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,960
Speaker 4: much blocker, So that's a bit of win.

846
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,400
Speaker 1: Can you explain those two for people you might not

847
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 1: have watched a heap of or don't understand the positioning.

848
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, so obviously there's two of you who all have

849
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,160
Speaker 4: to touch the ball. But generally when we're playing defense,

850
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 4: so that's been one serving from the behind the baseline.

851
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 4: So I'm a blocker, so I will always run to

852
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,479
Speaker 4: the net and try to you know, block the ball

853
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 4: or channel it to Maria Fay. And the Mariafay is

854
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:22,719
Speaker 4: the defender, and the defender sits in the back court

855
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,760
Speaker 4: and runs around and digs and chases everything.

856
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:27,359
Speaker 2: Yeah.

857
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:34,120
Speaker 1: Again the question from my Grandmarhalqua, what is the one

858
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,239
Speaker 1: thing you hope you can teach the next generation?

859
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 4: Oh, that's a good question. I guess there's so many, right,

860
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 4: there's so I think it's I hope that I can

861
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:50,360
Speaker 4: just inspire people to just you know, just to trust

862
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:53,440
Speaker 4: themselves and own their own journey. Like I just hope

863
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 4: that I can help people want to you know, because

864
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,359
Speaker 4: I just I truly believe that you've got to make

865
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 4: your journey your own, like, because there's so many people

866
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 4: that will have their opinions, and you know, it's important

867
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 4: to listen. But I think it's so important to own

868
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:14,239
Speaker 4: your journey. And I just hope that I can inspire

869
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:18,200
Speaker 4: people just you know, have a go and just you know,

870
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,160
Speaker 4: and make it and make it your own and just

871
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,279
Speaker 4: you know, have that really good growth mindset. I think

872
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 4: you know that's just not as an athlete, but also

873
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 4: just as a as a human being and becoming a

874
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 4: good person, because I think you know that is so important.

875
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 4: That's a huge important part of becoming a great athlete.

876
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 4: It's just also just being a really good person. And

877
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,760
Speaker 4: you can make the journey your own and keep growing

878
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 4: as a person, You're just gonna have this amazing success

879
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,320
Speaker 4: and great things will come to you. So I hope

880
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,800
Speaker 4: that I can show that to people, and I hope

881
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 4: that's the message that they hear from from me when

882
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 4: they hear me talk.

883
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 2: I love that.

884
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 1: That's a really good answer. Granny would love that too.

885
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,399
Speaker 1: You mentioned earlier in the interview around when you first

886
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,839
Speaker 1: started playing beach volleyball and you weren't used to wearing

887
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: a bikini. We saw there was a lot of coverage

888
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,279
Speaker 1: around the There was a gymnasts in Tokyo, but there

889
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:09,880
Speaker 1: was also the Norwegian I think it was beach handball

890
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 1: team and they wanted to wear shorts rather than the

891
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 1: bikini bottoms, and they actually got fined from their sporting

892
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:18,880
Speaker 1: federation for wearing shorts instead of the bikini bottoms.

893
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 2: That was another one.

894
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:22,000
Speaker 1: We got lots of questions back from the Instagram about

895
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on this idea of having to

896
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:26,879
Speaker 1: wear a bikini versus wearing shorts or something else.

897
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 4: I'll look, to be honest, it's a difficult. It's not

898
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 4: so difficult. I look, I don't when it's hot and

899
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,320
Speaker 4: sweaty like Tokyo, you definitely just want to be in a bikini,

900
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 4: like you do not need that extra sand on your body.

901
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 4: But I do hope there is a bit more of

902
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,879
Speaker 4: a shift like but I feel like everyone on tour

903
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,200
Speaker 4: is very comfortable in it. Obviously I have a religion,

904
00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:50,839
Speaker 4: But if you have a religious background, you obviously can

905
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 4: fully cover up, so you know what, Like, it's not

906
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:59,319
Speaker 4: just for It's not like people think it's just for

907
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 4: like the look look at the sport and stuff like that,

908
00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:05,399
Speaker 4: Like it's really just actually the best outfit for us

909
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 4: to compete at a really high level.

910
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:07,279
Speaker 1: You know.

911
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 4: It's not like when it's freezing cold, we just wear

912
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 4: a bikini, you know, we're in lungs like you know,

913
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:14,279
Speaker 4: and we just have to go crop to up over

914
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,720
Speaker 4: top just so we have our numbers showing and stuff.

915
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 4: So it's not like, you know, we're We're in it

916
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 4: all the time and it is the best uniform. But

917
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 4: you know, I hate it when we have to do

918
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 4: photo shoots and stuff and they're just like I'll just

919
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,319
Speaker 4: take your panie up my mic right. I don't want

920
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,440
Speaker 4: to take a photo in my bikini, you know, like

921
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 4: you know, you don't own my body. Yes, I'm a

922
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 4: beach volleyballer, but you know, sometimes I don't want to,

923
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 4: Like I'm more annoying because it's my playing uniform. But

924
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:40,920
Speaker 4: when I'm doing shoots and stuff, it's like no, like

925
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 4: if I want to keep my top on, like I

926
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 4: should be allowed to it, Like absolutely, this is my body. Yeah,

927
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 4: when it's your playing uniform, it's completely different, and it's

928
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,840
Speaker 4: definitely the best outfit for us to compete.

929
00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:54,720
Speaker 3: But yeah, i'd say other stuff.

930
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:56,799
Speaker 4: That's where I get a little bit like, no, you

931
00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 4: don't tell me to test take my clothes up.

932
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I like that.

933
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:02,920
Speaker 1: It's interesting that that's like a performance thing that you

934
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:04,279
Speaker 1: guys prefer to play in it.

935
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:06,080
Speaker 2: But it makes sense, like if you're rocking up.

936
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:07,799
Speaker 1: For a photo shoot, you should be allowed to wear

937
00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:11,040
Speaker 1: whatever you want to wear. I finish off every time

938
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:14,440
Speaker 1: with three would you rather questions? Number one, would you

939
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 1: rather win Olympics silver in your home state for the

940
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:22,240
Speaker 1: twenty thirty two Olympics or win gold in an empty

941
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 1: stadium overseas?

942
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 3: Win gold and empty stadium.

943
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 1: That's an easy one, Yet that's easy.

944
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:32,239
Speaker 2: Number two?

945
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:36,840
Speaker 1: Play in forty degree heat or a frosty ten degrees

946
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 1: forty degree even though I die in both of them,

947
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 1: But like I'm a massive silk in cold weather.

948
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:44,560
Speaker 3: Such a silk.

949
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:45,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay.

950
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:49,360
Speaker 1: The final one, would you rather eat nachos every single

951
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,799
Speaker 1: day for the rest of your life or never eat

952
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:52,720
Speaker 1: them ever again?

953
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:55,920
Speaker 3: Nachos all day, every day is my favorite.

954
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,320
Speaker 1: You were nodding before I even get Yeah.

955
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:01,799
Speaker 4: That's my favorite food. It's nacho's. Like I've had na

956
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 4: shows twice already this week. The first thing I ordered

957
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:06,919
Speaker 4: from my friends. I was like, can you please bring

958
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 4: me like the mission Chilian lime chips and make me

959
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:13,799
Speaker 4: a homemade guacamole that is literally like my first thing

960
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:16,480
Speaker 4: I wanted, Like I am obsessed.

961
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:17,000
Speaker 2: Amazing.

962
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, you were literally nodding before I even said the

963
00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:22,239
Speaker 1: second half of that question. Where can people find you

964
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:23,360
Speaker 1: on Instagram?

965
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 5: Oh?

966
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:27,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, so I'm really lucky. Hey, Like my handle is

967
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:31,839
Speaker 4: literally just my name Talika. I lucked out, like just

968
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 4: like yes, Teleika.

969
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:34,719
Speaker 3: So pretty cool.

970
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:39,320
Speaker 1: Nice, it's very handy. Thank you so much for taking

971
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:41,080
Speaker 1: the time to come on and have a chat. It's

972
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 1: been really cool just to chat about kind of your

973
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: story and how you progressed from a teenager to where

974
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 1: you are now. And I think the impact it's an

975
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,319
Speaker 1: interesting thing, like I haven't found after Rio, you kind

976
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,640
Speaker 1: of like have this medal and you don't often feel

977
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: like you're the person that can make an impact on

978
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,520
Speaker 1: the next generation. But I think over time that'll kind

979
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 1: of start to sink in. And I think it's probably

980
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 1: a reflection of your humility as well, the fact that

981
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 1: you haven't even recognized what an impact you can have

982
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 1: yet as well. So yeah, I think it's really cool.

983
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:09,640
Speaker 1: What you've achieved. It's incredible that you guys came away

984
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:12,319
Speaker 1: with the silver. It was amazing to watch and I

985
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,600
Speaker 1: know the whole country is so incredibly proud of you guys.

986
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 2: So congratulations.

987
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 4: Oh, thank you so much. Thanks for having me. Hopefully

988
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:20,840
Speaker 4: we can definitely meet in the future.

989
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:23,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, that sounds good. Hopefully we can catch up in person.

990
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:28,719
Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening. If you got something out

991
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993
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