WEBVTT - MINI: Steve Hooker Chat

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<v Speaker 1>Christ Yeah, welcome friends to the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Monday morning is to Christian O'Connell's show. So we're into

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<v Speaker 1>the last week of the Games in Paris, and by

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<v Speaker 1>an extraordinary chance, I've got a new neighbor five doors down.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of months ago, Steve Hooker moved in. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Hooker won gold in the pond vault in two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and eight at the Games in two thousand and

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<v Speaker 1>eight in Beijing. So Steve is actually part of the

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<v Speaker 1>Channel nine coverage. You can hear him this week commentating

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<v Speaker 1>all the track events. And Steve is live in Paris

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Steve Hooker, are you.

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<v Speaker 2>There, Christian? How are you mad? We're good?

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<v Speaker 1>So take us through first of all, before we get

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<v Speaker 1>into the athletes and what's going on this week, describe

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<v Speaker 1>to us and what the games are like in Paris.

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty amazing here. Actually, Paris itself is quiet. It's safe

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<v Speaker 2>and quiet. It's safe and quiet as I ever seen that.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you're a tourist in Paris, you can get

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<v Speaker 2>straight up to the apple cower. He gets streightded to love.

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<v Speaker 2>It's pretty amazing. But I would just like the track

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<v Speaker 2>and field tonight and tonight was tonight we run Stilburn

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<v Speaker 2>Bronze and the women tire jump and Noah Lyles one

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred meters. It was pretty unforgettable evening to start

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<v Speaker 2>the front.

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<v Speaker 1>And so what can we get excited about over the

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<v Speaker 1>next couple of days because your old event is coming up,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it? In about twenty four hours time?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's right, Curtis Marshall takes on the greatest of

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<v Speaker 2>all time Mondo to planters and bear in mind is

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest of all time at twenty four years age,

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<v Speaker 2>so there's a long time ago to elaborate on that

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<v Speaker 2>to him. But yeah, Curtis goes up against Mondo tomorrow night.

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<v Speaker 2>Curtis won a world championship medal last year, so he's

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<v Speaker 2>a big chance to back that up. So we'll all

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<v Speaker 2>be rooting to him.

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<v Speaker 1>And what do you think the plant is going to get?

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<v Speaker 1>I was seeing some of it yesterday. He's just so

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<v Speaker 1>much better than everybody else.

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<v Speaker 2>He's firstly faster. He runs over ten meters a second,

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<v Speaker 2>so that's pretty quick.

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<v Speaker 1>He does over ten meters a second.

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<v Speaker 2>He runs ten meters a second holding a five meter

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<v Speaker 2>twenty piece of fiberglass and had to get that into

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<v Speaker 2>a plant box that's thirty centimeters wide. So it's pretty

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<v Speaker 2>phenomenal what he does. But he also does all of

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<v Speaker 2>that super smooth. He's been pop volting since he was

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<v Speaker 2>five years old old. His dad was a five meter

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<v Speaker 2>eighty pole volter. His mum was an elite hat athlete

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<v Speaker 2>from Sweden, so that he's coaching team as well. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a complete natural and he's a genetic freak and I

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<v Speaker 2>love watching it, even though it makes me feel quite

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<v Speaker 2>bad about myself.

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<v Speaker 1>In shade on your what did you do six oh six?

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<v Speaker 2>Or is that you've got your goal amazingly? Six six?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, nearly thirty centimeters la twenty centimeters longer than

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<v Speaker 2>what he's down firth. Okay, now, what do you mean he.

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<v Speaker 1>Was pole vaulting from the age of five. What's the

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<v Speaker 1>what's he doing jumping over the bed or a mattress.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, he had a pole volt pit in his backyard.

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<v Speaker 2>So his older brother's pole vaulted, and he grew up

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<v Speaker 2>in Louisiana and had a yeah, pole volt pit in

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<v Speaker 2>the backyard, so just had a pull in his hands

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<v Speaker 2>his whole life.

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<v Speaker 1>That is crazy. I want to see this level of

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<v Speaker 1>dedication with you coaching your own kids. Now, see because

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<v Speaker 1>Steve lives down the road for me, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>see your kids pole vaulting in the backyard.

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<v Speaker 2>Well we shout of we should have have a little bit. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we had a little pole vault in our front yard,

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<v Speaker 2>not a fool's pit like Mondo, but a few little mats,

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<v Speaker 2>so they've they've had to play with it. My two

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<v Speaker 2>oldest boys, four year old actually has done a bit

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<v Speaker 2>broomstick povot, so he's a year ahead of Mondo. So

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<v Speaker 2>afulle how that goes?

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<v Speaker 1>What a strange sight to stand in Christian's backyard and

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<v Speaker 1>see Steve Hooker's children volding three fences down. And so

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<v Speaker 1>what else are you looking forward to this week? Because

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<v Speaker 1>obviously Australia have just had an amazing week in the

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<v Speaker 1>pool the beer Max thing. There have been so many

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<v Speaker 1>golden moments, size amazing run over the weekend. What are

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<v Speaker 1>the other highlights that people can still get excited about

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<v Speaker 1>because I think we've got greedy Now we've been spoiled

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<v Speaker 1>last week with just how many golds for Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I've got a few things for that. Look, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if it'll be gold, but I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>we've got some podiums coming up, certainly some goals, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm covering a field event on the Channel nine, so

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<v Speaker 2>you to tune in and watch those, Curtis, Tomorrow is

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<v Speaker 2>a real chance. Tomorrow morning, Nina Kennedy and the polevot

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<v Speaker 2>women's side kicks off and she's a gold medal favorite.

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<v Speaker 2>And then we've got the women's javeling and we've got

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<v Speaker 2>three metal chances, and probably right now mckenzi little is

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<v Speaker 2>the gold medal favorite in women's javelin as well, and

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<v Speaker 2>Matt Denny. Matt Denny kicks off his campaign tomorrow morning

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<v Speaker 2>in the discuss as well, and he's our metal favorite

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<v Speaker 2>as well. So we've got plenty coming up in the athletics,

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<v Speaker 2>in the field.

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<v Speaker 1>Brillimp Steve, Before we go, just tell me this what

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<v Speaker 1>is it? Have you had the what the hell is

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<v Speaker 1>that you stood in the middle of the radio interview

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<v Speaker 1>with Melbourne? Please gend noisiest bits of Paris to speak

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<v Speaker 1>to us. Steve.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got one thing for you before I go. It's

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<v Speaker 2>been tomorrow. Can you can you put my beIN out

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<v Speaker 2>for me? Mate?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes? Of course, Yeah, Tuesday nights. It's the recycling one, Steve,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'll drag your bins out the sign. I won't

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<v Speaker 1>disrupt the pole vaulting set up. You've got levers.

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<v Speaker 2>We up the front yard, leave the poplot seting up alone.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, the recycling great.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'll get the whip snipper as well, because your

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<v Speaker 1>hedges are looking a bit rough as well, so I'll

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<v Speaker 1>do all of that as well. Steve would catch up

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<v Speaker 1>with you later on this week. Please move off the

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<v Speaker 1>schonz of all right, cheer Steve. Bye.

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