September 4, 2024 • 9 mins
Stace and Azura were lucky enough to have a chat with Aotearoa's most successful Olympian ever about her incredible sporting career and her new children's book which is available now.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And she is there, thought, are you Khani Lisa Carrington? Welcoming,
Kyoda Yolda.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
You are so welcome and can I just introduce you
to my finger Zerra. She is not usually like this,
but she's kind of losing it about you. Explain what's happening?
Is Zerra?
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Look okay, I just did to stay. So I was like, look,
this will be my first time ever not only speaking
to a you know, gold medal Olympian, but also just
someone that I look at as a role model, like
as a woman. I'm like, I'm like, I get really
like nervous. I've been doing this listen, I forget seven years,
seven years and I've interviewed you know, a lot of people.
But I was like, Stace, what I ask? Could you
(00:40):
tell me what us? And you started off listen to
you and I'm like this is I get nervous for
people that I really care about. So, yeah, I am
really happy that you're here. Am I flustered?
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Is you are a little bit? Thank you? But it's
not the first time this has happened to you, that
is at least.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
That no, but like it's nice. I think I guess
you know when I'm working like separate to this and
on the water, and you kind of forget your reach
around the country. So it's really cool. So it's so
nice to.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Meet you as Wait, do you mean you can't hear us.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Through the TV?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Yeah, of course, of course that's the extra cah that
you get.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
But we're actually here to talk to you about your
beautiful book that made us get tears in our eyes.
Lisa Carrington Chases a Champion and then in del Mary
called Lisa Carrington Meta. I actually got goosebumps. This is
so beautiful and I can tell you wrote this with
(01:43):
such intention. Who did you write it for?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, I you know what I wrote it for. The
you know, the from the five year old to the appearance,
the aunties and uncles, the nan the grandparents just reading it.
So it's for everyone. And as much as it is
a kid's book, it's the messages is so fundamental and yeah,
(02:08):
and I remember I was so obviously writing it and
then reading it once it had come out, I was like, oh,
that's such a good idea, that's rightly so that's what
you do. Like, so that's really special messages in there.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, breaking it down to I can do this, you know,
and the things that encourage you. So is it mostly truthful?
Like did you have a vision board that your parents
help you with?
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Yeah, like I guess it's it is a fictional kid's book,
but also it is it's drawn from my my experiences
and kind of collated right into it. So yeah, I
had a vision board cutting out magazines and and I
did you know there's a there's a picture of me
meeting Robodell And I remember sitting in the car and
my mom was like, that's Robodell. He he was just
(02:50):
at the last Olympics and he won the gold medal.
So I'm going to go over and ask him if
he can have a photo with you. And I was
like no, Mom, And I remember, yeah the photo. I
was like, oh, this is sorry, shame Like so I think,
you know, there are spects my brothers are.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
In there saying that you're going to get big muscles
like them.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, Like my brother's a personal trainer, so there was
definitely like he loves showing off his muscles. So so he's.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Like, oh, wow, that is a true representation of myself exactly.
I am intrigued. Was there a maya? Was there someone
who was better than you and encouraged you.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Absolutely, so there's probably I think I feel like so
Maya is based on like maybe two of my friends
that I grew up with then and I looked back
when I was at young. Yeah, they would you know,
they were faster than me, and I was inspired by
them the things that they did, and yeah, advice, Like
I remember so Aaron Taylor, She's I went to London
(03:47):
Olympics with her and I remember just being like, I'm
just going to do exactly what she does. So yeah,
there's absolutely there's those beautiful women and that I've aspired
to be been inspired by and that have given me
great advice.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
And yeah, I think it's so important as well. In
the book, you know, you talk about the technically your competitors,
but you're looking up to them, and I think that's
so important in any aspect, whether it's your job or
your career or even just your friends around you, like
you're actually not in competition. It's we should all be
moving towards just winning enough.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Yeah, because I think that's the thing about sport you get.
I guess it forces you to think that winning or
finishing first is the only thing that you need to
do and is if you win, you cross the line first,
then you're the most successful. Is really that's not the case.
So it's kind of showing that the people that you're
competing against, they are there to make you better and
(04:42):
you're there to make them better. So it's just a
platform for you to express yourself. But at the end
of the day, the more friends, the more people you
can learn from or support along the way. That's kind
of is about the journey. That's what the books about,
is the journey to achieving a goal.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Yeah, and all that with you and your Kappa, your team.
You know. So yes, you're K one, K two, K
four and you and the girls the power braids that
you will have. But one of the interviews I love
most after you one gosh multiple gold medals, you said,
the reason that you don't want to give up now
is because you've learned so many things about how to
(05:21):
be the best you. You've found superpower aspects of yourself.
Do they just come with time or how did you
get there? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I think experience is really important, and obviously over time
experiences shape who you are. But I guess I'm trying
to get a greater perspective all the time, learn more things.
Is multiple ways to achieve gold medals. But for me,
when we're in this team with the K four with
the girls, like the thing I've learned the most is
(05:53):
when you care, when you love each other, there's like
this amazing you therefore get more out of your our physically, emotionally,
you experience things better. So like at the end of
the day, we are there for performance, we want to
win and we want to do really well. But by
being a team you get you actually there's a tangible
(06:14):
thing where you perform better.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
The mode is high, the life in essence, and I could.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Just imagine as well, you know, being with winning gold
with a team, you're like celebrating literally going crazy with
people rather than you're just standing on your like you
were able to sort of be like that as we
did that.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, And being a part of someone else's
journey and being able to support them. I think, you know,
it goes from me winning on my own and it's
you know, about me, and to being like well looking
kind of from Afar and seeing those girls and going wow,
like it is it's a different kind of when it
(06:53):
gets pride and it's just a really special thing. So
I guess that's what was amazing about Paris is we
were we raced in the K four first, and then
we did the K two and then the K one
and the girls. We wanted to do it as a team. Admittedly,
you know, every time we raced the final there were
(07:13):
less and less people in the boat, but we were like, no,
let's make let's try and get all four of us
in every boat. And so yeah, that extra I don't know,
that support from your team.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, yeah, Well the thing is even that pride is viewer.
It's so crazy. We had the Olympics on non stop.
It was just non stop. We would cry and tear
up for people that weren't even from New Zealand just
for winning, like you're so proud of them, and I'm
like I don't even know you, and I'm.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Just like yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
That's when we were like, yeah, it's funny because legally
we're not actually allowed to commentate the Olympics. That's not out,
that's not our we don't get the past for that
for commercial radio. But we we did get in trouble
because you can't help it be like oh my gosh,
go because there was no way we were going to
(08:04):
not watch it. So if we had to be live, oh,
they were going to hear about it.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Yeah. Yeah, it's crazy the guidelines around yeah yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Speaking but I know that you've gone around the country already,
gone to the Papa and read to Tamadiki, read your book,
which isn't theod Lmighty as well? Obviously, how has it
been seeing little faces listening to you reading your book?
Speaker 2 (08:28):
It's so special. I think, like I haven't been able
to face public for a little bit, so coming home
and seeing the kids getting hugs, oh that was so lovely,
and then the parents and then the grandparents. So yeah,
it's been so special to be able to share it.
And you're like, I think I'm always a bit scared,
(08:49):
like is anyone going to turn up like it? And
so it was so nice to meet everyone signed the book,
so yeah, it was.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
So this is pretty hard and I love how they
already knew they could say from the beginning, from the
most decorated Olympia, So go buy the book because then
that means that you've got a special word from Lisa Carrington.
And also callin your dog.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Yes, so he features which is great. Obviously I didn't
have them when I was eight years old.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Yeah, you know, I'll finish on the line that literally
made me tear up, which is my best is good enough,
and I think everyone, even adults, we need to remember
that the book is truly that good. We're not just
saying that because she's sitting right in front of us.
So make sure you go and get it and check out. Please,
thank you so much for coming in.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Yeah, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Kielder Kilder
And she is there, thought, are you Khani Lisa Carrington? Welcoming,
Kyoda Yolda.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
You are so welcome and can I just introduce you
to my finger Zerra. She is not usually like this,
but she's kind of losing it about you. Explain what's happening?
Is Zerra?
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Look okay, I just did to stay. So I was like, look,
this will be my first time ever not only speaking
to a you know, gold medal Olympian, but also just
someone that I look at as a role model, like
as a woman. I'm like, I'm like, I get really
like nervous. I've been doing this listen, I forget seven years,
seven years and I've interviewed you know, a lot of people.
But I was like, Stace, what I ask? Could you
(00:40):
tell me what us? And you started off listen to
you and I'm like this is I get nervous for
people that I really care about. So, yeah, I am
really happy that you're here. Am I flustered?
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Is you are a little bit? Thank you? But it's
not the first time this has happened to you, that
is at least.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
That no, but like it's nice. I think I guess
you know when I'm working like separate to this and
on the water, and you kind of forget your reach
around the country. So it's really cool. So it's so
nice to.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Meet you as Wait, do you mean you can't hear us.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Through the TV?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Yeah, of course, of course that's the extra cah that
you get.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
But we're actually here to talk to you about your
beautiful book that made us get tears in our eyes.
Lisa Carrington Chases a Champion and then in del Mary
called Lisa Carrington Meta. I actually got goosebumps. This is
so beautiful and I can tell you wrote this with
(01:43):
such intention. Who did you write it for?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, I you know what I wrote it for. The
you know, the from the five year old to the appearance,
the aunties and uncles, the nan the grandparents just reading it.
So it's for everyone. And as much as it is
a kid's book, it's the messages is so fundamental and yeah,
(02:08):
and I remember I was so obviously writing it and
then reading it once it had come out, I was like, oh,
that's such a good idea, that's rightly so that's what
you do. Like, so that's really special messages in there.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, breaking it down to I can do this, you know,
and the things that encourage you. So is it mostly truthful?
Like did you have a vision board that your parents
help you with?
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Yeah, like I guess it's it is a fictional kid's book,
but also it is it's drawn from my my experiences
and kind of collated right into it. So yeah, I
had a vision board cutting out magazines and and I
did you know there's a there's a picture of me
meeting Robodell And I remember sitting in the car and
my mom was like, that's Robodell. He he was just
(02:50):
at the last Olympics and he won the gold medal.
So I'm going to go over and ask him if
he can have a photo with you. And I was
like no, Mom, And I remember, yeah the photo. I
was like, oh, this is sorry, shame Like so I think,
you know, there are spects my brothers are.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
In there saying that you're going to get big muscles
like them.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, Like my brother's a personal trainer, so there was
definitely like he loves showing off his muscles. So so he's.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Like, oh, wow, that is a true representation of myself exactly.
I am intrigued. Was there a maya? Was there someone
who was better than you and encouraged you.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Absolutely, so there's probably I think I feel like so
Maya is based on like maybe two of my friends
that I grew up with then and I looked back
when I was at young. Yeah, they would you know,
they were faster than me, and I was inspired by
them the things that they did, and yeah, advice, Like
I remember so Aaron Taylor, She's I went to London
(03:47):
Olympics with her and I remember just being like, I'm
just going to do exactly what she does. So yeah,
there's absolutely there's those beautiful women and that I've aspired
to be been inspired by and that have given me
great advice.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
And yeah, I think it's so important as well. In
the book, you know, you talk about the technically your competitors,
but you're looking up to them, and I think that's
so important in any aspect, whether it's your job or
your career or even just your friends around you, like
you're actually not in competition. It's we should all be
moving towards just winning enough.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Yeah, because I think that's the thing about sport you get.
I guess it forces you to think that winning or
finishing first is the only thing that you need to
do and is if you win, you cross the line first,
then you're the most successful. Is really that's not the case.
So it's kind of showing that the people that you're
competing against, they are there to make you better and
(04:42):
you're there to make them better. So it's just a
platform for you to express yourself. But at the end
of the day, the more friends, the more people you
can learn from or support along the way. That's kind
of is about the journey. That's what the books about,
is the journey to achieving a goal.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Yeah, and all that with you and your Kappa, your team.
You know. So yes, you're K one, K two, K
four and you and the girls the power braids that
you will have. But one of the interviews I love
most after you one gosh multiple gold medals, you said,
the reason that you don't want to give up now
is because you've learned so many things about how to
(05:21):
be the best you. You've found superpower aspects of yourself.
Do they just come with time or how did you
get there? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I think experience is really important, and obviously over time
experiences shape who you are. But I guess I'm trying
to get a greater perspective all the time, learn more things.
Is multiple ways to achieve gold medals. But for me,
when we're in this team with the K four with
the girls, like the thing I've learned the most is
(05:53):
when you care, when you love each other, there's like
this amazing you therefore get more out of your our physically, emotionally,
you experience things better. So like at the end of
the day, we are there for performance, we want to
win and we want to do really well. But by
being a team you get you actually there's a tangible
(06:14):
thing where you perform better.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
The mode is high, the life in essence, and I could.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Just imagine as well, you know, being with winning gold
with a team, you're like celebrating literally going crazy with
people rather than you're just standing on your like you
were able to sort of be like that as we
did that.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, And being a part of someone else's
journey and being able to support them. I think, you know,
it goes from me winning on my own and it's
you know, about me, and to being like well looking
kind of from Afar and seeing those girls and going wow,
like it is it's a different kind of when it
(06:53):
gets pride and it's just a really special thing. So
I guess that's what was amazing about Paris is we
were we raced in the K four first, and then
we did the K two and then the K one
and the girls. We wanted to do it as a team. Admittedly,
you know, every time we raced the final there were
(07:13):
less and less people in the boat, but we were like, no,
let's make let's try and get all four of us
in every boat. And so yeah, that extra I don't know,
that support from your team.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, yeah, Well the thing is even that pride is viewer.
It's so crazy. We had the Olympics on non stop.
It was just non stop. We would cry and tear
up for people that weren't even from New Zealand just
for winning, like you're so proud of them, and I'm
like I don't even know you, and I'm.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Just like yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
That's when we were like, yeah, it's funny because legally
we're not actually allowed to commentate the Olympics. That's not out,
that's not our we don't get the past for that
for commercial radio. But we we did get in trouble
because you can't help it be like oh my gosh,
go because there was no way we were going to
(08:04):
not watch it. So if we had to be live, oh,
they were going to hear about it.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Yeah. Yeah, it's crazy the guidelines around yeah yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Speaking but I know that you've gone around the country already,
gone to the Papa and read to Tamadiki, read your book,
which isn't theod Lmighty as well? Obviously, how has it
been seeing little faces listening to you reading your book?
Speaker 2 (08:28):
It's so special. I think, like I haven't been able
to face public for a little bit, so coming home
and seeing the kids getting hugs, oh that was so lovely,
and then the parents and then the grandparents. So yeah,
it's been so special to be able to share it.
And you're like, I think I'm always a bit scared,
(08:49):
like is anyone going to turn up like it? And
so it was so nice to meet everyone signed the book,
so yeah, it was.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
So this is pretty hard and I love how they
already knew they could say from the beginning, from the
most decorated Olympia, So go buy the book because then
that means that you've got a special word from Lisa Carrington.
And also callin your dog.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Yes, so he features which is great. Obviously I didn't
have them when I was eight years old.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Yeah, you know, I'll finish on the line that literally
made me tear up, which is my best is good enough,
and I think everyone, even adults, we need to remember
that the book is truly that good. We're not just
saying that because she's sitting right in front of us.
So make sure you go and get it and check out. Please,
thank you so much for coming in.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Yeah, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Kielder Kilder
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