August 3, 2024 • 20 mins
On Sports Fix Paris 2024 Edition with Jason Pine for 4 August, Emma Twigg joins Piney to re-live a fantastic battle with Dutch rower Karolien Florijn in the Women's Single Sculls Final which ended with the kiwi veteran taking Silver!
A near-miss in the sailing with windsurfer Josh Armit placing fourth. Heartbreak for Tom Walsh, as injury wrecks his chances in the men's shot put.
And Lydia Ko joins the podcast ahead of her quest for a third Olympic Games golf medal.
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The triumphs, he is.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
An Olympic champion.
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The tragedy, silver for New Field and all the gold.
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Speaker 4 (00:36):
Hello and welcome to the Sports Fixed podcast, Paris twenty
twenty four edition, Sunday, August fourth. I'm Jason Pine here
to wrap Day eight action at the Paris Olympic Games
and medal number seven at these games for New Zealand,
a fourth in the rowing and back to back Olympic
podiums for Emma Twig.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Florine still has the lead the Netherlands.
Speaker 5 (01:00):
Florine could see Emma Twig closing in and she's up
to her stripe rate and we're almost back to one
boat league's difference between the Netherlands and New Zealand. It
looks like it's gonna be silver for New Zealands, Emma
Twig coming to the line. Caroline Florine of the Netherlands
gets the gold medal New Zealands, Emma Twig gets silver
(01:24):
and she's exhausted. She's given it her all.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
Brilliant stuff from Emma, twigs silver and the women's singles skulls.
She joins us on the Sportsbooks podcast brilliant Emma, Congratulations,
how does that feel?
Speaker 6 (01:38):
I'm I'm it's all sinking in.
Speaker 7 (01:41):
But it's been an awesome day and you're super proud
of today, And yeah, a nice way to kind of
cap things off for the team.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
Talk us through the race from start to finish and
the and the key moments in it for you.
Speaker 8 (01:55):
Uh.
Speaker 7 (01:55):
Yes, because we had a plan and I know the
quality of the girls that I'm racing and how they're
racing in the past, So the idea was to keep
in touch with Carolyn, and that's kind of how it unfolded.
At moments, I thought that I was gonna walk through,
but unfortunately the legs lasted until about the last one
hundred meters and then it was just a matter of
surviving and getting across the line in one piece.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
She's I mean, she's been you know, quite dominant, hasn't
she in this particular you know event, I mean to
get as close as you did, you know, do you
take a certain amount of pride out of that.
Speaker 6 (02:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (02:30):
Absolutely, she's been dominant in the last three years. She's
got some real pedigree, and yeah, it's it's been pretty
awesome racing someone of her caliber and she's definitely had
to target on her back for the Slympic cycle, so
to push her as hard as I did today, I'm
super proud of that. And yeah, it's also just lovely
to be standing on the podium with someone that you've
she had some pretty good times with over the last
(02:50):
three years.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
What about what about the last eight years for you though, Emma,
you know, eight years ago, could you have imagined the
eight years you've just had.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Probably not, to be honest.
Speaker 7 (03:02):
Yeah, Obviously hanging up the oars after Rio, I thought
that was that. And to be able to now say
that I'm a two time Olympic medalists is Yes, It's
kind of what dreams are made of. So yeah, it's
just today it was nice to kind of go out
there and not have anything to prove and just race
the best that I possibly could and a silver medal
for me today, there's equally as much pride in that
(03:23):
story as there was the one that I got in Tokyo.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
That's so cool. Can you just take us back to
the decision to pick the oars back up again and
what you know informed that decision after Rio, because I
know how gutting Rio was for you.
Speaker 7 (03:40):
Yeah, I guess it's something that I reflect on now,
especially as people also have similar results to those fourth
places that I had, and just it kind of brings
back the fields to that time.
Speaker 6 (03:49):
But I guess on reflection and taking.
Speaker 7 (03:51):
Some time away, it just it made me appreciate that
actually it's everything else around winning medals that is the
thing that motivates me and gets me up in the morning,
and the training's equal airs challenging to me is racing
in these finals. So yeah, that was kind of the
logic in the return, and I think with that mindset,
it's become so much more enjoyable for me.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
And beyond Tokyo, it was always the plan to hit
for Paris or was that a decision you've thought a
bit about as well?
Speaker 6 (04:23):
To be honest, I thought Tokyo would be the last.
Speaker 7 (04:26):
But I guess what Tokyo proved to me was that
you can really enjoy what you're doing. And I'd worked
for twenty years to achieve that result, and I kind
of wanted to make the most of an Olympic cycle.
I guess the three years was also much more appealing
than four and just make the most of kind of
being a defending champ and yeah, just enjoy what would
(04:47):
be the last three years of my career. And it's
been exactly that. It's been a real joy, all right.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
So that is it now?
Speaker 6 (04:54):
Yeah, I'm saying.
Speaker 7 (04:55):
It's the last on flat water, but yeah it's I mean,
I've learned in the past and never say never, but
I can pretty safely say that the single skull, I've
achieved all that I want to in that boat class.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
For sure.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
It's been incredible And as far as the New Zealand
team is concerned, that this regatta again is just absolute
stand out. Had the pleasure of speaking to Lucy Spores
yesterday on the radio and what a delight she is.
What a terrific regatta for the New Zealand team mate.
Speaker 7 (05:22):
Yeah, LUSA is actually sitting right next to me now
and she's giving me grief for saying that I'm it's
only the single that I'm done in.
Speaker 6 (05:27):
But yeah, I'm absolutely so proud of our whole team.
Speaker 7 (05:32):
Especially the woman's double and what they did and how
they did it. So yeah, it's just I think, you know,
of the five games I've been to, this team is
super tight and everyone's just excited for each other and
achieving so well, and it's yeah, it's pretty unique really,
and there's some memories from this last tour that will
stick with me for a very long time.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
Is she trying to get you into a crew boat?
Speaker 6 (05:53):
Well, she's whispering in my year.
Speaker 7 (05:54):
But Judith that our high performance director is also having
a little giggle in the front too.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
So well, I'll leave those discussions to you guys and
the celebrations. Great to get the chance to chat Emma,
huge congratulations everybody back here. Just totally delighted.
Speaker 6 (06:09):
Thank you so much, Thanks Emma.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
Emma Twig silver medalist in the women's singles skulls. Tom
McIntosh also lined up in the men's singles skulls final.
He finished in fifth place.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
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Speaker 1 (06:25):
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Speaker 4 (06:27):
To the track and field and Zoey Hobbs lining up
in the semifinals of the women's one hundred meters. They
got away cleanly and Zoey Hobbs got a good start
in lane three.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
The action's over in lane seven and eight.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Zoey Hobbs keeping up with the pace, but she's been overtaken.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Now, Zoey Hobbs and lane three is going to come
home in fifth place.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
That won't be enough, not in the top two and
two others faster than her.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
She got away well and lane three did Zoey Hobbs.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
She was up with the leaders and then through fifteen
meters just a grimace on her face. Sixth place for
Zoey Hobbs in the semi final, absolutely no disgrace there.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Even reaching the semi is quite something.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
Official confirmation of Zoey Hobb's time eleven one three so
quite away at her peb she will not progress to
the final.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Unfortunately.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
Yes, s Zati hopped sixth in her semi final. Eleven
won three was her time.
Speaker 9 (07:16):
Bist emotions like to know what the times were that
progressed into the final. I feel like I let that
one go and it could have been a really good
opportunity to make the final. It was definitely within reach
knowing that eleven oh seven progressed and yesterday I ran
Alimino eight, felt really relaxed and smooth and felt like
I had another edge there, and also knowing that yesterday
we ran into a head win, so the win conversion
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to zero was the best I've had all season. It
was close to a sub eleven, so I felt really
confident going into this.
Speaker 8 (07:43):
I just didn't get the greatest start.
Speaker 9 (07:46):
Usually the first ten twenty thirty is the strongest heart
in my race, and I just wasn't.
Speaker 8 (07:51):
Yeah, it just wasn't good to ten.
Speaker 9 (07:53):
I think my reaction was a little bit slower as well,
and then from their kind of just stayed midpap. So yeah,
I'm definitely disappointed. But at the same time, I'm at
an Olympic Games, which was a huge achievement.
Speaker 8 (08:06):
In itself, so I can be proud.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
You can be very proud. Zobie Hobbes emotional afterwards, but
sixth in her semi final of the women's one hundred
meters to the men's shot put, where Jack O'Gill has
finished sixth with the best throw of twenty.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
One point five meters.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
It was a very disappointing day though for double bronze
medalist in this event, Tom Walsh.
Speaker 10 (08:28):
But he is getting into the ring to try and
into the circle, to try and deliver it and get
into this. He's currently outside the top eight, hasn't registered
a throw. Tom Walsh pivot spins and heaves it out.
Oh no, it's just not happening for him today. And
that's gone about I don't know, four or five meters.
He's grimaced as he went through the movement. Tom Walsh.
(08:49):
So there's some injury there and he waves the camera
a forlorn figure, that's for sure, Tom Walsh.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Not to be for Tom Walsh today, with an injury,
putting paid to any hopes of another podium finish for
the big filler.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
AI, I've probably to my ducler, you know, for something
like that.
Speaker 9 (09:07):
I've been finding some we Nichols in there for last month,
and you know, knew that it was a possibility, but
I gave it a go.
Speaker 10 (09:16):
I wanted to.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Commit to the throws, and I committed to the two
throws that I that I was somewhat healthy on and
give it a go on the last.
Speaker 10 (09:24):
One because they don't want to be a city bet
there tonight wondering if I could.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
Have so not to be for Tom walshweld unto Jacko Gildo,
finishing sixth in an Olympic final. The other keywi in
action at the track and field, Sam Tanner thirteenth in
the reper charge of the men's fifteen hundred meters in
a time of three forty point seven to one, not
enough for him to progress to the semifinals.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Sportsfix Paris twenty twenty four edition.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
Let's go to the canoe slalom. Luca Jones and round
one of the kayak cross.
Speaker 11 (09:53):
Goes to the left hand side. Luca Jones are preferred
right hand channel. That's the way she goes after the
Spaniard took the left hand channel. Now they paddled for
home in Luca Jones in the top two. That's what
she needed out of this one.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
Indeed, just to progress was the goal for Luca Jones.
She did so, so did Finn Butcher. He won his
first round race in the men's event, so he too
progresses through to the heats. At the sailing, Josh Armits
placed third in the semi final of the men's windsurfing
foil to finish fourth overall. He entered the four board
elimination race after finishing third overall and qualifying only the
(10:29):
first two riders from the semi. Though advanced to the
metal race, a sluggish start forced him to play catch
up with Dutchman Luke van Oppszeland and eventual gold medalist
Tom Reuvene of Israel. Meantime, Villa ten Hover was seventh
in the quarter final of the women's windsurfing foil. She
placed tenth overall and the dinghy. Tom Saunders continued his
(10:50):
push for a podium. He's in fifth place after six
of ten races, with only eight points separating he and
second place brit Michael Beckett. The metal race is at
the end of the ten preliminary races. Greta Pilkington had
her best day on the water, moving up six places
to thirty overall after six of ten races in the
(11:10):
women's dinghy, and Michael Wilkinson and Erica Dawson opened their
Olympic campaign in the mixed multi hull It's the Nacra
seventeen with three impressive runs to sit in fourth place
at the Paul Erica Fairweather eighth in the final of
the eight hundred bitter freestyle to round out New Zealand
swim program. That race was won for the fourth time
(11:31):
by Katie Ladecki gold now in London, Rio, Tokyo and
Paris incredible stuff. Corbyn Strong twenty seventh and Lawrence Pithy
thirty ninth. In the men's cycling road race, Chloe Tipple
is twenty eighth after three rounds in skeet shooting qualification.
Two more rounds to come tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Don't miss a moment from the Olympic Games. It's Sportsfix
Paris twenty twenty four editions with Jason.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Bind Let's go to the golf.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
In the men's Ryan Fox three under in the third
round today he is five under overall tide for twenty third.
Daniel Hilly Yeah, one under today to be five over
overall in a tie for fifty third. And the women's
golf gets underway on Wednesday night. Lydia Coe won silver
in Rio and Bronze and Tokyo. She's here for her
(12:20):
third Olympic Games. She spoke earlier with Elliott Smith, who
asked first of all, how she'd settled in.
Speaker 12 (12:27):
Yeah, you know, I just flew in this morning as
I'm getting adjusted to the time zone here and doing
a little bit of media and then probably you know,
catch up with the guys later this evening.
Speaker 13 (12:39):
But yeah, it's just great to be in Paris.
Speaker 12 (12:41):
And you know, obviously super honored and proud to represent
New Zealand again for my third Olympics.
Speaker 11 (12:46):
You've had some great success at the Olympics in Rio
and in Tokyo as well. What does competing at the
Olympics mean to you?
Speaker 12 (12:55):
Oh, you know, it means a lot. You know, I'm
always proud to obviously represent New Zealand, even when I'm
playing on the LPGA, But there's something about the Olympics
that's different, and you know, it's, without a doubt the
biggest sporting event for you, I think any athlete too,
and I think that is something that we all dream of,
you know, having the opportunity to you know, be at
(13:17):
the Games. And you know, for I was very lucky
enough to be able to win both the silver and
the bronze in the first couple of Games.
Speaker 13 (13:26):
So it would be great to be able to meddle
again this year.
Speaker 11 (13:28):
Does it feel like maybe a gold or another medal?
Is that the missing piece of the collection Lydia?
Speaker 6 (13:35):
That would be great.
Speaker 12 (13:36):
It would be like a Cinderella story if I was
to you know, win the goal. But you know, I
know that I'm here alongside the best female golfers.
Speaker 13 (13:45):
Is not going to be easy, but you know, I'm
going to just focus.
Speaker 12 (13:47):
On my game and you know, try and play my
best around the golf course and you know see where
that puts me by the end of Saturday.
Speaker 11 (13:54):
How do you feel? What kind of form do you
feel you're coming into this event with from the LPGA
this year?
Speaker 12 (14:01):
You know, I hadn't played that great in the middle
of my season, but you know, I had my best,
one of my best finishes this year a couple of
weeks ago, which is my last event had coming into
the game, so nice to come in with a little
bit better momentum.
Speaker 13 (14:15):
You know, I was able to do some.
Speaker 12 (14:17):
Good work with my coaches on the past few weeks
as well, So yeah, you know, just keep working the
same things, and I feel like I'm moving in the
right direction. So it'd be great to kind of put
it all together this week.
Speaker 11 (14:27):
You've spoken before, and you spoke to just earlier in
the interview about representing New Zealand, and you make a
point of that every time you sort of get asked
on the LPGA tour. But is it special to have,
you know, be around the other New Zealand athletes because
obviously very golf driven, but you bump into rollers or runners,
whatever it might be in this sort of experience.
Speaker 12 (14:47):
Yeah, you know, I'm not personally staying at the village,
so you know, I don't get to run into them
very often.
Speaker 13 (14:53):
But you know, and I don't get to go home.
Speaker 12 (14:56):
So when I do get to see other New Zealand
athletes and New Zealand Olympians, it's really cool because now
I get to also hear a little bit of that
about their stories. And I remember e Murray bringing me,
bringing his gold medal to come watch me play in
Rio as well.
Speaker 13 (15:14):
So hopefully I can see in me some of the.
Speaker 6 (15:18):
Other New Zealand Olympians.
Speaker 12 (15:19):
And I know that New Zealand has won a few
medals in the even you know Emma Twigl winning the
silver earlier today, so you know, hoping to get a
lot of the good energy and you know, bring bring
a medal for New Zealand myself.
Speaker 11 (15:33):
What do you know about the course itself, Obviously the
means have been going on at the moment. You play
in France every year in the Evian Championship, but a
different course. Have you had any experience at Legolf National
at all?
Speaker 13 (15:45):
Yeah, everyan is very different to hear.
Speaker 12 (15:47):
But I played a couple of practice rounds you know,
last year to kind of just get a feel of.
Speaker 13 (15:53):
The golf course.
Speaker 12 (15:54):
But the weather was was pretty bad when I had come,
so you know, it was I was trying to survive
out there. But I think there's going to be the
toughest Olympic Games as of yet. It's it's a high level,
high caliber championship golf course hosting the friendshipen and and
(16:14):
the Ryder Cups. So yeah, you know, I think I
definitely need to bring my a game and as much
as I am going to try and play aggressively because
the goal is to you know, meddle, but at the
same time being strategic and smart in the way you know,
I positioned myself around the golf course.
Speaker 11 (16:33):
Does it feel like a course that might suit your game?
Speaker 12 (16:37):
I hope it suits my game. I got no choice
around one way or the other. But you know, I
think the golf course seemed like a in a style
where it wasn't really fit for one style player.
Speaker 6 (16:49):
So you know, I haven't seen the.
Speaker 12 (16:52):
Golf course in overy years, so it'll be good to
like see it in like this championship, I guess set
up and seeing exactly what t's I t off and
all that, and I kind of figure my way around
the golf course.
Speaker 11 (17:04):
Just a couple of fun ones if I can can
lead you. You so grateful Foot for your Thomas sorting into
you did with Golf Channel earlier in the year for
what e end it was before. But you mentioned that
this may be your last Olympic Games. Are you still
sort of feeling that way?
Speaker 12 (17:18):
Yeah, I think so. I mean, I don't know what
I'm doing. I don't even know what I'm doing tomorrow,
so I definitely don't know if I'm going to be,
you know, still around playing, you know, when the LA
Games are on. Obviously, if I am competitively playing during
that period of time, you know, my goal then would
be to you know, qualify again for the LA Olympics.
(17:39):
But I think at the back of my mind, I'm
you know, trying to treat it as my last hourah
and kind of give it my all here and you
just never know what what's going to happen, you know,
down the road. So I want to as much as
I want to bring in my A game, I also
just want to really enjoy the games and enjoy being
(18:01):
here for my third Olympics. And I feel like I
played the best when I'm having fun. So it's a
hopefully channel all of that and put some good you know,
put some good golf on the score cod.
Speaker 11 (18:14):
And just finally, what does the next few days look
like for you ahead of your competition is getting underway.
Speaker 13 (18:20):
I'm probably going to try and get a few holes
after the men's are done with their competition tomorrow, and yeah,
you know, just rest up today and I get used
to the time zone and it's not very often where
our tournament starts on a Wednesday, so kind.
Speaker 12 (18:35):
Of pace myself, and especially in big events like this,
I think the energy level definitely gets drained much more
than maybe our usual other events that we have on
the schedule. So just being smart and you know, prioritizing
my practice and yeah, I just enjoy it and hopefully
(18:56):
I'm you know, I'm excited for Wednesday to come around quick.
Speaker 4 (18:59):
That is Lydia Cole speaking to Elliott Smith earlier today.
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So look, I here today know an action from Paris
with Kiwi's involved. Our sailing cruise back on the water,
including our kite failers for the first time. This is
a debut event in the sailing at the Olympic Games.
Finn Butcher and Luca Jones and the heats of the
kayak cross. Daniel Hillier and Ryan Fox play the final
round of golf. Lauren Bruce is in qualifying for the
hammer throw at Star de France, Cyclists Kim Kadzo and
(19:29):
Nie Fisher black in the women's road race, and Chloe
Tipple continues skeet shooting, qualifying to.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
The medal table.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
Sixty two nations now have at least one medal at
these Games. China still leads with sixteen goals. The United
States have the most overall medals with sixty one. New
Zealand are in fifteenth place on the table, two goals
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The triumphs, he is.
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An Olympic champion.
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The tragedy, silver for New Field and all the gold.
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Speaker 4 (00:36):
Hello and welcome to the Sports Fixed podcast, Paris twenty
twenty four edition, Sunday, August fourth. I'm Jason Pine here
to wrap Day eight action at the Paris Olympic Games
and medal number seven at these games for New Zealand,
a fourth in the rowing and back to back Olympic
podiums for Emma Twig.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Florine still has the lead the Netherlands.
Speaker 5 (01:00):
Florine could see Emma Twig closing in and she's up
to her stripe rate and we're almost back to one
boat league's difference between the Netherlands and New Zealand. It
looks like it's gonna be silver for New Zealands, Emma
Twig coming to the line. Caroline Florine of the Netherlands
gets the gold medal New Zealands, Emma Twig gets silver
(01:24):
and she's exhausted. She's given it her all.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
Brilliant stuff from Emma, twigs silver and the women's singles skulls.
She joins us on the Sportsbooks podcast brilliant Emma, Congratulations,
how does that feel?
Speaker 6 (01:38):
I'm I'm it's all sinking in.
Speaker 7 (01:41):
But it's been an awesome day and you're super proud
of today, And yeah, a nice way to kind of
cap things off for the team.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
Talk us through the race from start to finish and
the and the key moments in it for you.
Speaker 8 (01:55):
Uh.
Speaker 7 (01:55):
Yes, because we had a plan and I know the
quality of the girls that I'm racing and how they're
racing in the past, So the idea was to keep
in touch with Carolyn, and that's kind of how it unfolded.
At moments, I thought that I was gonna walk through,
but unfortunately the legs lasted until about the last one
hundred meters and then it was just a matter of
surviving and getting across the line in one piece.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
She's I mean, she's been you know, quite dominant, hasn't
she in this particular you know event, I mean to
get as close as you did, you know, do you
take a certain amount of pride out of that.
Speaker 6 (02:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (02:30):
Absolutely, she's been dominant in the last three years. She's
got some real pedigree, and yeah, it's it's been pretty
awesome racing someone of her caliber and she's definitely had
to target on her back for the Slympic cycle, so
to push her as hard as I did today, I'm
super proud of that. And yeah, it's also just lovely
to be standing on the podium with someone that you've
she had some pretty good times with over the last
(02:50):
three years.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
What about what about the last eight years for you though, Emma,
you know, eight years ago, could you have imagined the
eight years you've just had.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Probably not, to be honest.
Speaker 7 (03:02):
Yeah, Obviously hanging up the oars after Rio, I thought
that was that. And to be able to now say
that I'm a two time Olympic medalists is Yes, It's
kind of what dreams are made of. So yeah, it's
just today it was nice to kind of go out
there and not have anything to prove and just race
the best that I possibly could and a silver medal
for me today, there's equally as much pride in that
(03:23):
story as there was the one that I got in Tokyo.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
That's so cool. Can you just take us back to
the decision to pick the oars back up again and
what you know informed that decision after Rio, because I
know how gutting Rio was for you.
Speaker 7 (03:40):
Yeah, I guess it's something that I reflect on now,
especially as people also have similar results to those fourth
places that I had, and just it kind of brings
back the fields to that time.
Speaker 6 (03:49):
But I guess on reflection and taking.
Speaker 7 (03:51):
Some time away, it just it made me appreciate that
actually it's everything else around winning medals that is the
thing that motivates me and gets me up in the morning,
and the training's equal airs challenging to me is racing
in these finals. So yeah, that was kind of the
logic in the return, and I think with that mindset,
it's become so much more enjoyable for me.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
And beyond Tokyo, it was always the plan to hit
for Paris or was that a decision you've thought a
bit about as well?
Speaker 6 (04:23):
To be honest, I thought Tokyo would be the last.
Speaker 7 (04:26):
But I guess what Tokyo proved to me was that
you can really enjoy what you're doing. And I'd worked
for twenty years to achieve that result, and I kind
of wanted to make the most of an Olympic cycle.
I guess the three years was also much more appealing
than four and just make the most of kind of
being a defending champ and yeah, just enjoy what would
(04:47):
be the last three years of my career. And it's
been exactly that. It's been a real joy, all right.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
So that is it now?
Speaker 6 (04:54):
Yeah, I'm saying.
Speaker 7 (04:55):
It's the last on flat water, but yeah it's I mean,
I've learned in the past and never say never, but
I can pretty safely say that the single skull, I've
achieved all that I want to in that boat class.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
For sure.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
It's been incredible And as far as the New Zealand
team is concerned, that this regatta again is just absolute
stand out. Had the pleasure of speaking to Lucy Spores
yesterday on the radio and what a delight she is.
What a terrific regatta for the New Zealand team mate.
Speaker 7 (05:22):
Yeah, LUSA is actually sitting right next to me now
and she's giving me grief for saying that I'm it's
only the single that I'm done in.
Speaker 6 (05:27):
But yeah, I'm absolutely so proud of our whole team.
Speaker 7 (05:32):
Especially the woman's double and what they did and how
they did it. So yeah, it's just I think, you know,
of the five games I've been to, this team is
super tight and everyone's just excited for each other and
achieving so well, and it's yeah, it's pretty unique really,
and there's some memories from this last tour that will
stick with me for a very long time.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
Is she trying to get you into a crew boat?
Speaker 6 (05:53):
Well, she's whispering in my year.
Speaker 7 (05:54):
But Judith that our high performance director is also having
a little giggle in the front too.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
So well, I'll leave those discussions to you guys and
the celebrations. Great to get the chance to chat Emma,
huge congratulations everybody back here. Just totally delighted.
Speaker 6 (06:09):
Thank you so much, Thanks Emma.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
Emma Twig silver medalist in the women's singles skulls. Tom
McIntosh also lined up in the men's singles skulls final.
He finished in fifth place.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
This is Sports Fixed, Paris twenty twenty four edition. You're
daily update from the Olympic Games.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Howard by News Talk zib.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
To the track and field and Zoey Hobbs lining up
in the semifinals of the women's one hundred meters. They
got away cleanly and Zoey Hobbs got a good start
in lane three.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
The action's over in lane seven and eight.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Zoey Hobbs keeping up with the pace, but she's been overtaken.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Now, Zoey Hobbs and lane three is going to come
home in fifth place.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
That won't be enough, not in the top two and
two others faster than her.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
She got away well and lane three did Zoey Hobbs.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
She was up with the leaders and then through fifteen
meters just a grimace on her face. Sixth place for
Zoey Hobbs in the semi final, absolutely no disgrace there.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Even reaching the semi is quite something.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
Official confirmation of Zoey Hobb's time eleven one three so
quite away at her peb she will not progress to
the final.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Unfortunately.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
Yes, s Zati hopped sixth in her semi final. Eleven
won three was her time.
Speaker 9 (07:16):
Bist emotions like to know what the times were that
progressed into the final. I feel like I let that
one go and it could have been a really good
opportunity to make the final. It was definitely within reach
knowing that eleven oh seven progressed and yesterday I ran
Alimino eight, felt really relaxed and smooth and felt like
I had another edge there, and also knowing that yesterday
we ran into a head win, so the win conversion
(07:37):
to zero was the best I've had all season. It
was close to a sub eleven, so I felt really
confident going into this.
Speaker 8 (07:43):
I just didn't get the greatest start.
Speaker 9 (07:46):
Usually the first ten twenty thirty is the strongest heart
in my race, and I just wasn't.
Speaker 8 (07:51):
Yeah, it just wasn't good to ten.
Speaker 9 (07:53):
I think my reaction was a little bit slower as well,
and then from their kind of just stayed midpap. So yeah,
I'm definitely disappointed. But at the same time, I'm at
an Olympic Games, which was a huge achievement.
Speaker 8 (08:06):
In itself, so I can be proud.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
You can be very proud. Zobie Hobbes emotional afterwards, but
sixth in her semi final of the women's one hundred
meters to the men's shot put, where Jack O'Gill has
finished sixth with the best throw of twenty.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
One point five meters.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
It was a very disappointing day though for double bronze
medalist in this event, Tom Walsh.
Speaker 10 (08:28):
But he is getting into the ring to try and
into the circle, to try and deliver it and get
into this. He's currently outside the top eight, hasn't registered
a throw. Tom Walsh pivot spins and heaves it out.
Oh no, it's just not happening for him today. And
that's gone about I don't know, four or five meters.
He's grimaced as he went through the movement. Tom Walsh.
(08:49):
So there's some injury there and he waves the camera
a forlorn figure, that's for sure, Tom Walsh.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Not to be for Tom Walsh today, with an injury,
putting paid to any hopes of another podium finish for
the big filler.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
AI, I've probably to my ducler, you know, for something
like that.
Speaker 9 (09:07):
I've been finding some we Nichols in there for last month,
and you know, knew that it was a possibility, but
I gave it a go.
Speaker 10 (09:16):
I wanted to.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Commit to the throws, and I committed to the two
throws that I that I was somewhat healthy on and
give it a go on the last.
Speaker 10 (09:24):
One because they don't want to be a city bet
there tonight wondering if I could.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
Have so not to be for Tom walshweld unto Jacko Gildo,
finishing sixth in an Olympic final. The other keywi in
action at the track and field, Sam Tanner thirteenth in
the reper charge of the men's fifteen hundred meters in
a time of three forty point seven to one, not
enough for him to progress to the semifinals.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Sportsfix Paris twenty twenty four edition.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
Let's go to the canoe slalom. Luca Jones and round
one of the kayak cross.
Speaker 11 (09:53):
Goes to the left hand side. Luca Jones are preferred
right hand channel. That's the way she goes after the
Spaniard took the left hand channel. Now they paddled for
home in Luca Jones in the top two. That's what
she needed out of this one.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
Indeed, just to progress was the goal for Luca Jones.
She did so, so did Finn Butcher. He won his
first round race in the men's event, so he too
progresses through to the heats. At the sailing, Josh Armits
placed third in the semi final of the men's windsurfing
foil to finish fourth overall. He entered the four board
elimination race after finishing third overall and qualifying only the
(10:29):
first two riders from the semi. Though advanced to the
metal race, a sluggish start forced him to play catch
up with Dutchman Luke van Oppszeland and eventual gold medalist
Tom Reuvene of Israel. Meantime, Villa ten Hover was seventh
in the quarter final of the women's windsurfing foil. She
placed tenth overall and the dinghy. Tom Saunders continued his
(10:50):
push for a podium. He's in fifth place after six
of ten races, with only eight points separating he and
second place brit Michael Beckett. The metal race is at
the end of the ten preliminary races. Greta Pilkington had
her best day on the water, moving up six places
to thirty overall after six of ten races in the
(11:10):
women's dinghy, and Michael Wilkinson and Erica Dawson opened their
Olympic campaign in the mixed multi hull It's the Nacra
seventeen with three impressive runs to sit in fourth place
at the Paul Erica Fairweather eighth in the final of
the eight hundred bitter freestyle to round out New Zealand
swim program. That race was won for the fourth time
(11:31):
by Katie Ladecki gold now in London, Rio, Tokyo and
Paris incredible stuff. Corbyn Strong twenty seventh and Lawrence Pithy
thirty ninth. In the men's cycling road race, Chloe Tipple
is twenty eighth after three rounds in skeet shooting qualification.
Two more rounds to come tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Don't miss a moment from the Olympic Games. It's Sportsfix
Paris twenty twenty four editions with Jason.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Bind Let's go to the golf.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
In the men's Ryan Fox three under in the third
round today he is five under overall tide for twenty third.
Daniel Hilly Yeah, one under today to be five over
overall in a tie for fifty third. And the women's
golf gets underway on Wednesday night. Lydia Coe won silver
in Rio and Bronze and Tokyo. She's here for her
(12:20):
third Olympic Games. She spoke earlier with Elliott Smith, who
asked first of all, how she'd settled in.
Speaker 12 (12:27):
Yeah, you know, I just flew in this morning as
I'm getting adjusted to the time zone here and doing
a little bit of media and then probably you know,
catch up with the guys later this evening.
Speaker 13 (12:39):
But yeah, it's just great to be in Paris.
Speaker 12 (12:41):
And you know, obviously super honored and proud to represent
New Zealand again for my third Olympics.
Speaker 11 (12:46):
You've had some great success at the Olympics in Rio
and in Tokyo as well. What does competing at the
Olympics mean to you?
Speaker 12 (12:55):
Oh, you know, it means a lot. You know, I'm
always proud to obviously represent New Zealand, even when I'm
playing on the LPGA, But there's something about the Olympics
that's different, and you know, it's, without a doubt the
biggest sporting event for you, I think any athlete too,
and I think that is something that we all dream of,
you know, having the opportunity to you know, be at
(13:17):
the Games. And you know, for I was very lucky
enough to be able to win both the silver and
the bronze in the first couple of Games.
Speaker 13 (13:26):
So it would be great to be able to meddle
again this year.
Speaker 11 (13:28):
Does it feel like maybe a gold or another medal?
Is that the missing piece of the collection Lydia?
Speaker 6 (13:35):
That would be great.
Speaker 12 (13:36):
It would be like a Cinderella story if I was
to you know, win the goal. But you know, I
know that I'm here alongside the best female golfers.
Speaker 13 (13:45):
Is not going to be easy, but you know, I'm
going to just focus.
Speaker 12 (13:47):
On my game and you know, try and play my
best around the golf course and you know see where
that puts me by the end of Saturday.
Speaker 11 (13:54):
How do you feel? What kind of form do you
feel you're coming into this event with from the LPGA
this year?
Speaker 12 (14:01):
You know, I hadn't played that great in the middle
of my season, but you know, I had my best,
one of my best finishes this year a couple of
weeks ago, which is my last event had coming into
the game, so nice to come in with a little
bit better momentum.
Speaker 13 (14:15):
You know, I was able to do some.
Speaker 12 (14:17):
Good work with my coaches on the past few weeks
as well, So yeah, you know, just keep working the
same things, and I feel like I'm moving in the
right direction. So it'd be great to kind of put
it all together this week.
Speaker 11 (14:27):
You've spoken before, and you spoke to just earlier in
the interview about representing New Zealand, and you make a
point of that every time you sort of get asked
on the LPGA tour. But is it special to have,
you know, be around the other New Zealand athletes because
obviously very golf driven, but you bump into rollers or runners,
whatever it might be in this sort of experience.
Speaker 12 (14:47):
Yeah, you know, I'm not personally staying at the village,
so you know, I don't get to run into them
very often.
Speaker 13 (14:53):
But you know, and I don't get to go home.
Speaker 12 (14:56):
So when I do get to see other New Zealand
athletes and New Zealand Olympians, it's really cool because now
I get to also hear a little bit of that
about their stories. And I remember e Murray bringing me,
bringing his gold medal to come watch me play in
Rio as well.
Speaker 13 (15:14):
So hopefully I can see in me some of the.
Speaker 6 (15:18):
Other New Zealand Olympians.
Speaker 12 (15:19):
And I know that New Zealand has won a few
medals in the even you know Emma Twigl winning the
silver earlier today, so you know, hoping to get a
lot of the good energy and you know, bring bring
a medal for New Zealand myself.
Speaker 11 (15:33):
What do you know about the course itself, Obviously the
means have been going on at the moment. You play
in France every year in the Evian Championship, but a
different course. Have you had any experience at Legolf National
at all?
Speaker 13 (15:45):
Yeah, everyan is very different to hear.
Speaker 12 (15:47):
But I played a couple of practice rounds you know,
last year to kind of just get a feel of.
Speaker 13 (15:53):
The golf course.
Speaker 12 (15:54):
But the weather was was pretty bad when I had come,
so you know, it was I was trying to survive
out there. But I think there's going to be the
toughest Olympic Games as of yet. It's it's a high level,
high caliber championship golf course hosting the friendshipen and and
(16:14):
the Ryder Cups. So yeah, you know, I think I
definitely need to bring my a game and as much
as I am going to try and play aggressively because
the goal is to you know, meddle, but at the
same time being strategic and smart in the way you know,
I positioned myself around the golf course.
Speaker 11 (16:33):
Does it feel like a course that might suit your game?
Speaker 12 (16:37):
I hope it suits my game. I got no choice
around one way or the other. But you know, I
think the golf course seemed like a in a style
where it wasn't really fit for one style player.
Speaker 6 (16:49):
So you know, I haven't seen the.
Speaker 12 (16:52):
Golf course in overy years, so it'll be good to
like see it in like this championship, I guess set
up and seeing exactly what t's I t off and
all that, and I kind of figure my way around
the golf course.
Speaker 11 (17:04):
Just a couple of fun ones if I can can
lead you. You so grateful Foot for your Thomas sorting into
you did with Golf Channel earlier in the year for
what e end it was before. But you mentioned that
this may be your last Olympic Games. Are you still
sort of feeling that way?
Speaker 12 (17:18):
Yeah, I think so. I mean, I don't know what
I'm doing. I don't even know what I'm doing tomorrow,
so I definitely don't know if I'm going to be,
you know, still around playing, you know, when the LA
Games are on. Obviously, if I am competitively playing during
that period of time, you know, my goal then would
be to you know, qualify again for the LA Olympics.
(17:39):
But I think at the back of my mind, I'm
you know, trying to treat it as my last hourah
and kind of give it my all here and you
just never know what what's going to happen, you know,
down the road. So I want to as much as
I want to bring in my A game, I also
just want to really enjoy the games and enjoy being
(18:01):
here for my third Olympics. And I feel like I
played the best when I'm having fun. So it's a
hopefully channel all of that and put some good you know,
put some good golf on the score cod.
Speaker 11 (18:14):
And just finally, what does the next few days look
like for you ahead of your competition is getting underway.
Speaker 13 (18:20):
I'm probably going to try and get a few holes
after the men's are done with their competition tomorrow, and yeah,
you know, just rest up today and I get used
to the time zone and it's not very often where
our tournament starts on a Wednesday, so kind.
Speaker 12 (18:35):
Of pace myself, and especially in big events like this,
I think the energy level definitely gets drained much more
than maybe our usual other events that we have on
the schedule. So just being smart and you know, prioritizing
my practice and yeah, I just enjoy it and hopefully
(18:56):
I'm you know, I'm excited for Wednesday to come around quick.
Speaker 4 (18:59):
That is Lydia Cole speaking to Elliott Smith earlier today.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Sports figs Paris twenty twenty four editions.
Speaker 4 (19:06):
So look, I here today know an action from Paris
with Kiwi's involved. Our sailing cruise back on the water,
including our kite failers for the first time. This is
a debut event in the sailing at the Olympic Games.
Finn Butcher and Luca Jones and the heats of the
kayak cross. Daniel Hillier and Ryan Fox play the final
round of golf. Lauren Bruce is in qualifying for the
hammer throw at Star de France, Cyclists Kim Kadzo and
(19:29):
Nie Fisher black in the women's road race, and Chloe
Tipple continues skeet shooting, qualifying to.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
The medal table.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
Sixty two nations now have at least one medal at
these Games. China still leads with sixteen goals. The United
States have the most overall medals with sixty one. New
Zealand are in fifteenth place on the table, two goals
for silvers and a bronze medal. Don't forget you can
listen to live commentary of the Olympic Games on Gold
Sport and iHeartRadio from seven o'clock each and every evening
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and right through the night until the completion of the games.
Of the thirty third Olympiad in Paris, and I'll have
a fresh episode of Sports Fix, the Paris twenty twenty
four edition around about the same time tomorrow for you.
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