August 2, 2024 • 9 mins
New Zealand's medal haul at the Paris Olympics has increased by a trifecta of gold, silver and bronze from the rowing course.
Lucy Spoors and Brooke Francis won Gold in the double sculls, the men's coxless four took the Silver, and the women's coxless four brought home the bronze.
Rowing NZ chief executive David Meates was in France watching it all, and joined D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk to chat about the wins.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Duncie Wilder
Grave from news Talk z'b.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well are now on Sports Talk by CEO of a
Rowing end Z that David meets from Paris. David, I
can see you smile from a haremate. We're talking eighteen
thousand kilometers. What a time you, bloke and bloekesses are having.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Oh what a brilliant day yesterday. It's the sort of
thing dreams are made of. And you know, to have
a gold, a bronze and a silver all happening within
and are just so brilliant.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
I think, David, we're celebrating the three medals, and rightly sober,
I think we need to look at the men's pair
that didn't get in, but they got to an A final.
I don't think people can quite grasp how good that
is to be there in the first place.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
It is so incredibly difficult to get into an A final,
and these are the elite of the elite of their sport.
And once you're in an A final, it is really
you know, you've just going to have everything go perfectly.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
For you, which it didn't.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
But what was their afterwards?
Speaker 2 (01:13):
I mean, how did that work? Because the pair I'm
sure would have been devastated, but must be still very proud.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Oh the one thing that with all of these athletes,
you know, for them to walk off the ward and
thinking we've given it all, you cannot ask for anything
more than that.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
And look at the Robbie and Jordan.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
They rode a brilliant race to a get into the
A final and actually they rode a really good race
in the A final.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
And that is that. But there's still more to come.
We're going to put them way. By the way we're
talking about Robie Manson and Jordan Parry, it's very rude.
I should have mentioned their name. And what they've achieved
in the double skulls onward from now are worth rowing.
The hopes are now pinned on a couple more athletes,
one of course, who is defending her gold medal, and
a young man up on the rise. So a lot
(02:04):
to look forward to.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
A lot to look forward to, you know. We start
today with.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Double and you know, and it's going to be exciting
to see what they are able to deliver in their final.
And then we've got Tom and Emma coming up tomorrow
with the singles, and so we've got a lot of
exciting races ahead of us.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Let's talk about tonight's entertainment with the lightweight double skull
with Shannon Cox and Jackie Kittle. What do they bring?
What are their chances?
Speaker 4 (02:35):
Like?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Where do they sit? And I expect being within this team,
they would have been lifted so much by what happened
last night, But what about these two athletes?
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Yeah, well, look the momentum the team has been and
the excitement has just been electric, And that's an important
part for a campaign.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
You know, Jackie and Shannon, they have done.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
As all of the hard work that they could possibly do,
and they're in with a chance with a really really
good race today.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
What do they bring to the boat that makes them
maybe stand out or makes them, in your eyes, look
like they might be able to do something extraordinary.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
The grit and the sinassity of those two is just
absolutely brilliant to see. And the one thing, no matter
where or how that race plays out, you'll absolutely know
they have given every possible thing.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Where does the favoritism lie in this? Is it defined?
Are we looking at it as some athletes that really
should be winning this? And I know that gets blown
out of the water just look at Romani and what
happened to them. But where does the favoritism sit do you.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Believe, well, the lightweight runings are really challenging events at
the Olympics, and that you could throw a blanket over
all six boats in the final and it is such
a competitive and highly really really exciting race, and so
(04:06):
I think anyone going in that absolutely favorites.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
This is dame to go with. That's sort of beef.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Interesting in what actually what defines the light weight what's
the difference there between regulars and the lightist ones because
athletes aren't exactly the light weight now, are.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
They, David. Yes, So there's there's a kind of a
weight restriction.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
They're not allowed not loud above and that means of
you know, kind of in their preparation things like diets,
getting themselves to weight for racing day. There's a lot
of science that goes into that, and the preparation for
them is really really meticulous, so you know, they go
(04:52):
into that with a kind of very much all the
preparation that has been done.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Is it a keenly contested category for New Zealand role?
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Oh, yes, yes, yes it is.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
But it's also the last time this event will be
held at the Olympics.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
So this is yeah, so the.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Paras Olympics will be the last time for the lightweights
will race as an event.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Where does it move to from there? They just get
rid of it and shorten the whole schedule. Is that
how it works?
Speaker 3 (05:22):
No, So for the La Olympics there will be the
introduction of coast coastal rowing and that that will replace
the existing lightweight program in the Olympics.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
And the Zealand's history and lightweight because we've we've had
rowers before that have done well on that. I'm looking
back to when when was Urdu involved in the storm?
Peter Taylor, how's my memory hanging here?
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
Yeah, And we've we've had a really proud history and
you know the lightweight lightweight boats and that's also the
with a lot of excitement and anticipation with Shannon and
Jackie today there.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Looking ahead to the two single scullars. Obviously this is
this is rock star stuff. How are they seated? What's
the preparation being like? Has it been smooth?
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Yes, it has.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
The build up for that has been really brilliant and meticulous.
Both Emma and Tom I don't think you could look.
Both of them are going in this yeah, with a
really really good mindset and knowing and having done all
the hard work and yards that they need to do.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
As far as rowing in New Zealand and being the
ce oh as you are, David Meets, what is it
that attracts people to the sport and what is with
the success? Because it is phenomenal and it has been
for a long long time. Have you got something in
the lake? It cut a purl?
Speaker 4 (06:45):
It is. It is one of the toughest sports you
could do.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
And I think the discipline, the nacity, the grit, the
drive of these athletes is just something spectacular to behold.
And I think it is and they just say, you're
kind of an amazing group of people that just reflect
the very very best of New Zealanders.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
And there's something about New Zealanders fighting tooth and nail
in an extraordinarily tough sport that probably appeals to the psyche,
doesn't it?
Speaker 4 (07:13):
David? Absolutely?
Speaker 3 (07:15):
And you know, kind of a small nation taking on
the really big growing nations and doing incredibly well with
that is just something that inspires them all.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
With Emma and her defense, I know in talking to
Georgie Earl and the Eviswindel yesterday on the program that
after the one that initial gold, the pressure went off
in their second crack. Are you feeling that with Emma Twiggers?
You got to calm a calm sense about her at
(07:44):
the moment.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
She is in just such a brilliant headspace and she
knows an experienced, experienced Olympian, she knows what she needs
to do and she's been really really focused on doing that.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
And the expectation and the energy around Tom where does
that sit now? I mean like he's new to the
single skulls, but he's not new to the sport. He
knows what it's like, doesn't he when it comes to
Olympic competition.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Absolutely, And he's up against some of the kind of
the kind of the stars of world World rowing and
single skulls, And again Tom has just really laser focused
on bringing his best to the to the final.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
And I'm sure he carries a lot of hopes and
he carries quite the legacy too, doesn't he with single
skullar Does he even consider that or not?
Speaker 3 (08:37):
He sure does, But he also just absorbs the pressure
and that's also part of what makes him and such
a gifted and talented athlete.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
And let's not forget he picked up a goal in
the h which is one of the highlights of Tokyo
as well, so the guy knows absolutely. Hey, look really
looking forward to it. It's been a stand up, even
though you can't, but it's been a stand up, especially
that hour. A Yes, that are really looking forward to
the rest of the competition. And David meets the CEO
of He said, and Ryan, thank you so much for
(09:07):
sparing us some of your time.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
You enjoy yourself, Okay, look forward to it.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to News Talks
it'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Duncie Wilder
Grave from news Talk z'b.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well are now on Sports Talk by CEO of a
Rowing end Z that David meets from Paris. David, I
can see you smile from a haremate. We're talking eighteen
thousand kilometers. What a time you, bloke and bloekesses are having.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Oh what a brilliant day yesterday. It's the sort of
thing dreams are made of. And you know, to have
a gold, a bronze and a silver all happening within
and are just so brilliant.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
I think, David, we're celebrating the three medals, and rightly sober,
I think we need to look at the men's pair
that didn't get in, but they got to an A final.
I don't think people can quite grasp how good that
is to be there in the first place.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
It is so incredibly difficult to get into an A final,
and these are the elite of the elite of their sport.
And once you're in an A final, it is really
you know, you've just going to have everything go perfectly.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
For you, which it didn't.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
But what was their afterwards?
Speaker 2 (01:13):
I mean, how did that work? Because the pair I'm
sure would have been devastated, but must be still very proud.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Oh the one thing that with all of these athletes,
you know, for them to walk off the ward and
thinking we've given it all, you cannot ask for anything
more than that.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
And look at the Robbie and Jordan.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
They rode a brilliant race to a get into the
A final and actually they rode a really good race
in the A final.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
And that is that. But there's still more to come.
We're going to put them way. By the way we're
talking about Robie Manson and Jordan Parry, it's very rude.
I should have mentioned their name. And what they've achieved
in the double skulls onward from now are worth rowing.
The hopes are now pinned on a couple more athletes,
one of course, who is defending her gold medal, and
a young man up on the rise. So a lot
(02:04):
to look forward to.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
A lot to look forward to, you know. We start
today with.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Double and you know, and it's going to be exciting
to see what they are able to deliver in their final.
And then we've got Tom and Emma coming up tomorrow
with the singles, and so we've got a lot of
exciting races ahead of us.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Let's talk about tonight's entertainment with the lightweight double skull
with Shannon Cox and Jackie Kittle. What do they bring?
What are their chances?
Speaker 4 (02:35):
Like?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Where do they sit? And I expect being within this team,
they would have been lifted so much by what happened
last night, But what about these two athletes?
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Yeah, well, look the momentum the team has been and
the excitement has just been electric, And that's an important
part for a campaign.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
You know, Jackie and Shannon, they have done.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
As all of the hard work that they could possibly do,
and they're in with a chance with a really really
good race today.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
What do they bring to the boat that makes them
maybe stand out or makes them, in your eyes, look
like they might be able to do something extraordinary.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
The grit and the sinassity of those two is just
absolutely brilliant to see. And the one thing, no matter
where or how that race plays out, you'll absolutely know
they have given every possible thing.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Where does the favoritism lie in this? Is it defined?
Are we looking at it as some athletes that really
should be winning this? And I know that gets blown
out of the water just look at Romani and what
happened to them. But where does the favoritism sit do you.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Believe, well, the lightweight runings are really challenging events at
the Olympics, and that you could throw a blanket over
all six boats in the final and it is such
a competitive and highly really really exciting race, and so
(04:06):
I think anyone going in that absolutely favorites.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
This is dame to go with. That's sort of beef.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Interesting in what actually what defines the light weight what's
the difference there between regulars and the lightist ones because
athletes aren't exactly the light weight now, are.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
They, David. Yes, So there's there's a kind of a
weight restriction.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
They're not allowed not loud above and that means of
you know, kind of in their preparation things like diets,
getting themselves to weight for racing day. There's a lot
of science that goes into that, and the preparation for
them is really really meticulous, so you know, they go
(04:52):
into that with a kind of very much all the
preparation that has been done.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Is it a keenly contested category for New Zealand role?
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Oh, yes, yes, yes it is.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
But it's also the last time this event will be
held at the Olympics.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
So this is yeah, so the.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Paras Olympics will be the last time for the lightweights
will race as an event.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Where does it move to from there? They just get
rid of it and shorten the whole schedule. Is that
how it works?
Speaker 3 (05:22):
No, So for the La Olympics there will be the
introduction of coast coastal rowing and that that will replace
the existing lightweight program in the Olympics.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
And the Zealand's history and lightweight because we've we've had
rowers before that have done well on that. I'm looking
back to when when was Urdu involved in the storm?
Peter Taylor, how's my memory hanging here?
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
Yeah, And we've we've had a really proud history and
you know the lightweight lightweight boats and that's also the
with a lot of excitement and anticipation with Shannon and
Jackie today there.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Looking ahead to the two single scullars. Obviously this is
this is rock star stuff. How are they seated? What's
the preparation being like? Has it been smooth?
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Yes, it has.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
The build up for that has been really brilliant and meticulous.
Both Emma and Tom I don't think you could look.
Both of them are going in this yeah, with a
really really good mindset and knowing and having done all
the hard work and yards that they need to do.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
As far as rowing in New Zealand and being the
ce oh as you are, David Meets, what is it
that attracts people to the sport and what is with
the success? Because it is phenomenal and it has been
for a long long time. Have you got something in
the lake? It cut a purl?
Speaker 4 (06:45):
It is. It is one of the toughest sports you
could do.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
And I think the discipline, the nacity, the grit, the
drive of these athletes is just something spectacular to behold.
And I think it is and they just say, you're
kind of an amazing group of people that just reflect
the very very best of New Zealanders.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
And there's something about New Zealanders fighting tooth and nail
in an extraordinarily tough sport that probably appeals to the psyche,
doesn't it?
Speaker 4 (07:13):
David? Absolutely?
Speaker 3 (07:15):
And you know, kind of a small nation taking on
the really big growing nations and doing incredibly well with
that is just something that inspires them all.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
With Emma and her defense, I know in talking to
Georgie Earl and the Eviswindel yesterday on the program that
after the one that initial gold, the pressure went off
in their second crack. Are you feeling that with Emma Twiggers?
You got to calm a calm sense about her at
(07:44):
the moment.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
She is in just such a brilliant headspace and she
knows an experienced, experienced Olympian, she knows what she needs
to do and she's been really really focused on doing that.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
And the expectation and the energy around Tom where does
that sit now? I mean like he's new to the
single skulls, but he's not new to the sport. He
knows what it's like, doesn't he when it comes to
Olympic competition.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Absolutely, And he's up against some of the kind of
the kind of the stars of world World rowing and
single skulls, And again Tom has just really laser focused
on bringing his best to the to the final.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
And I'm sure he carries a lot of hopes and
he carries quite the legacy too, doesn't he with single
skullar Does he even consider that or not?
Speaker 3 (08:37):
He sure does, But he also just absorbs the pressure
and that's also part of what makes him and such
a gifted and talented athlete.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
And let's not forget he picked up a goal in
the h which is one of the highlights of Tokyo
as well, so the guy knows absolutely. Hey, look really
looking forward to it. It's been a stand up, even
though you can't, but it's been a stand up, especially
that hour. A Yes, that are really looking forward to
the rest of the competition. And David meets the CEO
of He said, and Ryan, thank you so much for
(09:07):
sparing us some of your time.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
You enjoy yourself, Okay, look forward to it.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to News Talks
it'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
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