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Speaker 1: As we know, there are a number of elite athletes

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Speaker 1: heading to Catherine to visit school students as part of

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Speaker 1: the Olympics Unleashed program. I absolutely love the sound of this,

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Speaker 1: and the Northern Territory zone well Olympic hero, I think

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Speaker 1: you'd call her Nova. Paris is just one of the

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Speaker 1: wonderful people heading off to Catherine. And Patrick Johnson was

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Speaker 1: going to join us in the studio this morning. But Nova,

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Speaker 1: I'm very happy that you are here. Good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 3: And the Flash isn't here, no, you know, he has

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Speaker 3: had other things that came up. But we're all heading

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Speaker 2: So yeah, wonderful stuff.

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Speaker 1: Now, tell us a little bit more about this Olympics

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Speaker 1: Unleashed and watch the people of Catherine are going to say, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's been part.

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Speaker 3: Of the Olympic Community program. It's been going for a

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Speaker 3: number of years now and sadly the Northern Territory had

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Speaker 3: never been a part of it. And we came out.

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Speaker 3: We had Nat Burton, who is a pick basketballer. She

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Speaker 3: came out, and we had CJ. McCarthy Melander who's a

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Speaker 3: wheelchair basketballer, and Patrick Johnson and myself and we spoke

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Speaker 3: at the Netball Center a few months ago and Sadie,

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Speaker 3: there was only a small cohort of you know, young Territorians.

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Speaker 2: Listening to our stories.

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Speaker 3: And the idea of Olympians unleashed is to have Olympians

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Speaker 3: is to get them out into the remote communities, the

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Speaker 3: remote places of Australia. Yeah, to touch the lives of

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Speaker 3: our young Australians where doesn't matter where they live, the

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Speaker 3: post code shouldn't be a deterrent from the visitation of

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Speaker 3: Olympians and to share our story. And then the idea

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Speaker 3: is to keep the ongoing mentoring through that program, which

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Speaker 3: is part of the community engagement.

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Speaker 2: If you are a current Olympian right now.

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Speaker 4: I love this.

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Speaker 1: I love this idea and I love the fact that

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Speaker 1: you know, you've got these amazing people like yourself now,

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Speaker 1: wonderful Olympians, other sporting heroes going out there talking to

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Speaker 1: our young people and you know, telling him a bit

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Speaker 1: more about what it takes, but also that it can

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Speaker 1: reach your goals no matter where you come from.

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Speaker 2: Yeah it is.

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Speaker 3: And you know, for example, where we had six Olympians

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Speaker 3: ahead of us. During the five days, we're visiting twelve

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Speaker 2: Next three to four days.

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Speaker 3: So you've got nine Olympians, and you've got an Austraan

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Speaker 3: Olympic Committee delegation of the President, the CEO or the

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Speaker 3: who's who and the executives because it's part of their

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Speaker 3: cultural awareness building as well. And it's a partnership with

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Speaker 3: So it's the mentoring in the school, it's the joint activities,

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Speaker 3: it's the Havico Sports Clinic, the cultural and training, the

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Speaker 3: outreach program. But also I think what's important is traveling

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Speaker 3: out to those very remote communities, which is really important

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Speaker 4: Up from, you know.

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Speaker 2: And I know for myself.

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Speaker 3: I was a thirteen year old at Marra Oval doing

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Speaker 2: Was thirteen years old.

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Speaker 3: Phenomenal, and I said that I wanted to go the Olympics,

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Speaker 2: You know, we might not all get there, but it's.

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Speaker 3: The story, and it's a story of resilience and hearing

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Speaker 3: It's life building skills that you can take from that and.

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Speaker 2: Just apply it.

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Speaker 3: So it's important to be able to, you know, we're

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Speaker 4: I reckon it's a wonderful thing to do.

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Speaker 1: And I'm all about you know, our young people being

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Speaker 1: there's will have nine of you, so nine Olympians.

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Speaker 2: Who else?

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Speaker 4: So who else besides you and Patrick?

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Speaker 3: So Patrick myself. Danny Mosseaux who is a Torres Strait Islander.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's been cool. Yeah to the kids, he's

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Speaker 3: So fine Olympians going out to these remote communities to

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Speaker 2: That's required in sports, but the discipline.

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Speaker 3: You know, all these things that we learn in sports

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Speaker 4: I think are a little bit easier to.

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Speaker 3: He said other things, but I won't say that on radio,

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Speaker 3: But if you imagine if a coach nowadays did that stuff, you'd.

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Speaker 3: It was a lesson learn to never be underprepared for

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Speaker 2: You have to be prepared.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon they're really good lessons for the kids

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Speaker 1: be an absolute hit having you wonderful Olympians traveling around

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Speaker 4: I reckon the Darwin kids would love that.

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Speaker 1: I know my self, my kids would love to hear

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Speaker 2: Absolutely no.

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Speaker 1: But before I let you go, now, I was planning

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Speaker 1: the Flash. But well, Patrick Johnson is the OG. The

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Speaker 2: He is he is the original Flash.

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Speaker 3: So to claim that title, you need to be able

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Speaker 4: Patrick Johnson in a race. Maybe we could organize a

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Speaker 3: Like the handicap where you know, the pro races where

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Speaker 3: you have thirty meters headstart.

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Speaker 4: Exactly might be more than that.

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Speaker 1: No, for Paris, it's always good to catch up with you.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate your time this morning and all the

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Speaker 2: It's an absolute pleasure. Thanks Katie, thank you,