June 25, 2024 • 9 mins
Dylan Schmidt, the first Kiwi to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics, hopes to carry his current good form into the Paris Olympics.
The 2022 trampoline world champion won bronze in Tokyo in 2021 and will be looking to better that in Paris.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Official radio broadcast partner of the Olympic Games Paris twenty
twenty four, Go Gold, Gold Sports.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
And across the course of the Olympic Games, we'll be
bringing live commentaries of all the major sport New Zealand
is involved with. I'm looking at the countdown clocks thirty
days and twenty two hours remaining until the Games start
in Paris and joining us is Olympic Ambassador and trapolinist
ely Inchment.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Morning Dylan, Morning mate, how's it going? Oh?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Look great, mate. You're getting nervous now getting close to
the games, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yeah, it's getting close now. Not nervous yet that he
usually han't a bit closer to the time. I'm just
excited to leave.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Leave on Friday.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
So I'm excited to get into summer and crank into
some training overseas and a Q quick comp and then
in to Paris.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Should be should be a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
And you're an experienced Olympian. Third Olympic Games for you, really,
isn't it?
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:49):
His mum keeps telling me that, So yeah, it's definitely
feels like I've been here before, and yeah, I'm just
super excited to get over there.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
And give it a good crack.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I love the story about your mum. I mean, your
mum used to drive you almost every day from why
He to Walkland for trampoline practice. That was that's dedication,
isn't it.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Yeah. Yeah, very lucky to have a mum like that,
and obviously a supportive dad as well to.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Kind of fund everything.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
And yeah, it was definitely a family affair, having fun
road trips with my brother and sister three or four
times a week to train. Yeah, plenty of fights in
the car, but you know, we enjoyed the training together
for the most part.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
All Right, Well, let's talk about trampoline. It's not generally
a sport that you hear much about in New Zealand.
How did you actually get involved?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Yeah, just the backyard tramp as a lot of kids
have in New Zealand. I started on downe in Piano,
down at the bottom of the South.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
I just followed my brother and sister into a club
that started up fortunately down in Tiano, and then from
there basically we moved up to why He. My brother
had made the world's team. He was off to Germany,
I think or Holland. And yeah, we just kept training,
kept trucking away. My sister made the World's team. Then
I qualified and made the World's team, went to Russia
when I was twelve, and.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
That's kind of it just hit the ball rolling. Ah,
it was one of those things.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
What was it like being a twelve year old being
in Russia amongst the world's elite trampolinists.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Yeah, it was definitely an eye opener.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Like I ended up winning that event, which I guess
sort of kickstarted my career and my catalyst for the
love and that's where my Olympic dream was born. But man,
seeing those Russians and all those Eastern Europeans and stuff
like that really made me realize that I'm not that good.
Like I had a good day and I won, but man,
they were pretty good. So that made me train super
hard when I got home.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
And it's been progression for you. Your first Olympic Games, I
think the Summer Olympics twenty sixteen was that in Rio.
You finished seventh year there, didn't you. What was that
like being your first, your very first Olympic Games.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Oh, that was just a whirlwind.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
I was nineteen and yeah, qualifying was amazing, and then
my goal was to make the final and step out
on that final with you know, legends that I've looked
up to was incredible. I didn't quite perform the final
how I wanted to, but you know, come in seventh
with some really good learnings and experiences and to a
full crowd. You know, like competing to a sold out
arena is pretty unusual for a trampolinas. So I'm really
(03:11):
looking forward to doing that again in Paris. Even at
World Champs and stuff. You know, the crowds are they're big,
but they're not sold out. And yeah, it's definitely going
to be a fun experience in Paris to have that again.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
And then in Tokyo you actually picked up a bronze medal.
That would have been a very very special moment in
your career.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Yeah, incredibly special.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
You know, been through a lot, you know before that
in my career, just injuries and that sort of thing
and other stuff that had been going on. So to
sip on that podium was incredible. I super special and
just another tech on my career. To I guess be
the first person to do something is pretty special.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
And I've been lucky enough to be the first person to.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Do a few things in the sport of trampolining for
New Zealand. So yeah, I'll hold onto that one, you know,
for the rest of my life for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
And you claim New Zealand's first year of a trampoline
world title in twenty twenty two, two years ago as well,
So a whole lot of first, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Yeah, yeah, exactly, It's kind of nice. So hopefull you'll
get another first in Paris.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
In terms of events and trampolining, Are there many in
New Zealand or for you? Is most of the competition offshore?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
For me, most of the competitions offshore, But I try
and get to as many local comps as I can
to compete, not only for myself but just you know,
for the community as well. I guess it's nice to
be able to compete and do those local comps. I
still really enjoy them. Went down to Gisbon this year
and you know, we haven't been there for a few years,
so it was nice to kind of head out down
there and show what I've been working on to everyone
(04:35):
on that side of New Zealand. So yeah, it's definitely
for me the competitions overseas, but I do try and
get to the Kiwi local comps when I can, and.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
You visit schools around the country and talk to kids
about your sporting journey. Have you noticed that more and
more children at school are now getting into trampolining.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, it's hard to say.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
There's definitely a bit of buzz around it and hopefully
you know, I'm helping grow the sport. But yeah, I
do really enjoy speaking its sis, and I guess not
only just for like trying to get people into the trampolining,
but just to share the message, share the Olympic values
and share I guess, the important values of just participating
in sport and have why it's so important at a
young age to do a whole range of different sports.
(05:14):
You know, I did a whole range of sports when
I was growing up, so obviously trampolining was the one
that stuck. But yeah, it's a cool thing to be
able to do.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
What attributes do you need to be a really good trampolinist?
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Ah, you can't be too tall, which fortunately I'm not
so now you can be but look, I think for
the most part, it's just time. There's a whole lot
of time in training and it's one of those sports
where you've sort of got to be at it all
year round almost. You got to not take too much
time off because it can be pretty hard coming back.
So yeah, just discipline, patience, persistence, and it doesn't hurt
(05:48):
to have a really good coach as well that can
help with the technical stuff because it is quite a
technical sport. So yeah, pretty impossible to just do on
your own. You've got to have someone that knows what
they're doing to teach you the skills as well.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
And you've got a good coach.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Amazing, you have amazing coach. Yeah. Yeah, So Andie Doogal
is my coach.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
She's been with me from when I was five to
I'm not quite five, maybe seven, six or seven, until
I was about sixteen, and then sort of stepped away
for a number of years and then came back six
months before Tokyo, so we've been working well together.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
The trampoline that you use in the Olympics, I mean,
how DoD is it much the same as the backyard
trampoline you see kids using around the country.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Believe it or not, they're quite different. Yeah, no, they're
they're very different. They're expensive piece as a kit. The
springs need to be replaced a fair but the mats
need to be replaced just a you. We're doing like yeah,
even since you know Rio, we're doing some much bigger
skills and the sports progressed quite a bit, so we
need to have a pretty dull and piece of equipment.
They're pretty expensive and pretty bouncy. So yeah, definitely very different.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
So yeah, thirty.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Days, twenty two hours to go. I'm going to make
you nervous now now on the games.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Let's go.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
So between now and then the game, what are your preparations,
what are your plans? Have you got some events coming up?
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Yeah, I'm away on Friday, so hit Portugal, we do
a World Cup there, have a head out training in
the UK for about two and a half three weeks
and then we're into Paris and then it's all go.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
So yeah, it's not long now. I'm super excited. I'm pumped.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
I'm sure those nerves will kick in when I get
into Paris. I want to get into the village. But
I just got my kit yesterday and you know, it's
exciting stuff. And yeah, as you said, it's my third Olympics,
so I've definitely feel like I've been here before. But man,
it's exciting to be leaving New Zealand knowing I'm like healthy,
in a good place and ready to go.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
What are the events that you compete in as far
as trampoline is concerned, How is it divided up? What
do you have to do?
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Oh? Mate, she's just one thing, just one thing up
and down.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Yeah, one event individual trampoline at the Olympics is only
sixteen of us.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
It's all over in two hours. We go out there.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
We had a prelims this time it's best two out
of best, so best one out of two, so we
get two chances to make the final, and then in
the final it's just you know, one chance and that's
it and then we're all gone. I think it's from
six to eight two hours, a lot shorter than then
like World Champs where it's done over three or four days.
But yeah, there's only sixteen of us, so you know,
trampoline routines only take about thirty seconds, So yeah, that's amazing.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
It's amazing all that training for thirty seconds virtually.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Yeah, pretty much.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Yeah, it's a wonder why we do it.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
But you know, it's definitely definitely fun.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Apart from the trampolining. Is this something at the games
that you're going to try and see if you can
just to watch and be a supporter.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Yeah, yep. Look, I'm definitely going to hit out to
the golf.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Huge fan of golf, and hopefully Ryan FOXI be playing
on the weekend so I'll be able to watch him
and yeah. Then I'll just honestly be just trying to
get to as many events as I can. Hopefully get
down to the shooting I think that's down south South Front,
so yeah, we'll see. We'll see what tickets become available
after I compete, but right now it's focusing on on
my event.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
We wish you're the very best of Black Dylan. Hey,
thanks for coming in and joining us this morning.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Mate, good luck. No, always have fun in the studio.
First time in the studio. So this is great.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Oh you like it?
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Yeah? I enjoy it. Yeah, it's nice.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Ye hoop burn and see Mark and annoy him. He
will ever be a trampolineis because he's six for eight
or six years.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Yeah, that's all than me, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Good on your Dylan. Fantastica to have you along. Yes,
Dylan Smitt joining us here on Gold Sport and the
Country Sport Breakfast and yeah, we'll be of course your
official Olympic game station across the course of the Games,
kicking off in thirty days and twenty two hours. Commentary
of all the major sports like trampolining that New Zealand
(09:26):
will be involved with.
Official radio broadcast partner of the Olympic Games Paris twenty
twenty four, Go Gold, Gold Sports.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
And across the course of the Olympic Games, we'll be
bringing live commentaries of all the major sport New Zealand
is involved with. I'm looking at the countdown clocks thirty
days and twenty two hours remaining until the Games start
in Paris and joining us is Olympic Ambassador and trapolinist
ely Inchment.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Morning Dylan, Morning mate, how's it going? Oh?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Look great, mate. You're getting nervous now getting close to
the games, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yeah, it's getting close now. Not nervous yet that he
usually han't a bit closer to the time. I'm just
excited to leave.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Leave on Friday.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
So I'm excited to get into summer and crank into
some training overseas and a Q quick comp and then
in to Paris.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Should be should be a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
And you're an experienced Olympian. Third Olympic Games for you, really,
isn't it?
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:49):
His mum keeps telling me that, So yeah, it's definitely
feels like I've been here before, and yeah, I'm just
super excited to get over there.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
And give it a good crack.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I love the story about your mum. I mean, your
mum used to drive you almost every day from why
He to Walkland for trampoline practice. That was that's dedication,
isn't it.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Yeah. Yeah, very lucky to have a mum like that,
and obviously a supportive dad as well to.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Kind of fund everything.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
And yeah, it was definitely a family affair, having fun
road trips with my brother and sister three or four
times a week to train. Yeah, plenty of fights in
the car, but you know, we enjoyed the training together
for the most part.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
All Right, Well, let's talk about trampoline. It's not generally
a sport that you hear much about in New Zealand.
How did you actually get involved?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Yeah, just the backyard tramp as a lot of kids
have in New Zealand. I started on downe in Piano,
down at the bottom of the South.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
I just followed my brother and sister into a club
that started up fortunately down in Tiano, and then from
there basically we moved up to why He. My brother
had made the world's team. He was off to Germany,
I think or Holland. And yeah, we just kept training,
kept trucking away. My sister made the World's team. Then
I qualified and made the World's team, went to Russia
when I was twelve, and.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
That's kind of it just hit the ball rolling. Ah,
it was one of those things.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
What was it like being a twelve year old being
in Russia amongst the world's elite trampolinists.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Yeah, it was definitely an eye opener.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Like I ended up winning that event, which I guess
sort of kickstarted my career and my catalyst for the
love and that's where my Olympic dream was born. But man,
seeing those Russians and all those Eastern Europeans and stuff
like that really made me realize that I'm not that good.
Like I had a good day and I won, but man,
they were pretty good. So that made me train super
hard when I got home.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
And it's been progression for you. Your first Olympic Games, I
think the Summer Olympics twenty sixteen was that in Rio.
You finished seventh year there, didn't you. What was that
like being your first, your very first Olympic Games.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Oh, that was just a whirlwind.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
I was nineteen and yeah, qualifying was amazing, and then
my goal was to make the final and step out
on that final with you know, legends that I've looked
up to was incredible. I didn't quite perform the final
how I wanted to, but you know, come in seventh
with some really good learnings and experiences and to a
full crowd. You know, like competing to a sold out
arena is pretty unusual for a trampolinas. So I'm really
(03:11):
looking forward to doing that again in Paris. Even at
World Champs and stuff. You know, the crowds are they're big,
but they're not sold out. And yeah, it's definitely going
to be a fun experience in Paris to have that again.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
And then in Tokyo you actually picked up a bronze medal.
That would have been a very very special moment in
your career.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Yeah, incredibly special.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
You know, been through a lot, you know before that
in my career, just injuries and that sort of thing
and other stuff that had been going on. So to
sip on that podium was incredible. I super special and
just another tech on my career. To I guess be
the first person to do something is pretty special.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
And I've been lucky enough to be the first person to.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Do a few things in the sport of trampolining for
New Zealand. So yeah, I'll hold onto that one, you know,
for the rest of my life for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
And you claim New Zealand's first year of a trampoline
world title in twenty twenty two, two years ago as well,
So a whole lot of first, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Yeah, yeah, exactly, It's kind of nice. So hopefull you'll
get another first in Paris.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
In terms of events and trampolining, Are there many in
New Zealand or for you? Is most of the competition offshore?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
For me, most of the competitions offshore, But I try
and get to as many local comps as I can
to compete, not only for myself but just you know,
for the community as well. I guess it's nice to
be able to compete and do those local comps. I
still really enjoy them. Went down to Gisbon this year
and you know, we haven't been there for a few years,
so it was nice to kind of head out down
there and show what I've been working on to everyone
(04:35):
on that side of New Zealand. So yeah, it's definitely
for me the competitions overseas, but I do try and
get to the Kiwi local comps when I can, and.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
You visit schools around the country and talk to kids
about your sporting journey. Have you noticed that more and
more children at school are now getting into trampolining.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, it's hard to say.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
There's definitely a bit of buzz around it and hopefully
you know, I'm helping grow the sport. But yeah, I
do really enjoy speaking its sis, and I guess not
only just for like trying to get people into the trampolining,
but just to share the message, share the Olympic values
and share I guess, the important values of just participating
in sport and have why it's so important at a
young age to do a whole range of different sports.
(05:14):
You know, I did a whole range of sports when
I was growing up, so obviously trampolining was the one
that stuck. But yeah, it's a cool thing to be
able to do.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
What attributes do you need to be a really good trampolinist?
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Ah, you can't be too tall, which fortunately I'm not
so now you can be but look, I think for
the most part, it's just time. There's a whole lot
of time in training and it's one of those sports
where you've sort of got to be at it all
year round almost. You got to not take too much
time off because it can be pretty hard coming back.
So yeah, just discipline, patience, persistence, and it doesn't hurt
(05:48):
to have a really good coach as well that can
help with the technical stuff because it is quite a
technical sport. So yeah, pretty impossible to just do on
your own. You've got to have someone that knows what
they're doing to teach you the skills as well.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
And you've got a good coach.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Amazing, you have amazing coach. Yeah. Yeah, So Andie Doogal
is my coach.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
She's been with me from when I was five to
I'm not quite five, maybe seven, six or seven, until
I was about sixteen, and then sort of stepped away
for a number of years and then came back six
months before Tokyo, so we've been working well together.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
The trampoline that you use in the Olympics, I mean,
how DoD is it much the same as the backyard
trampoline you see kids using around the country.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Believe it or not, they're quite different. Yeah, no, they're
they're very different. They're expensive piece as a kit. The
springs need to be replaced a fair but the mats
need to be replaced just a you. We're doing like yeah,
even since you know Rio, we're doing some much bigger
skills and the sports progressed quite a bit, so we
need to have a pretty dull and piece of equipment.
They're pretty expensive and pretty bouncy. So yeah, definitely very different.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
So yeah, thirty.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Days, twenty two hours to go. I'm going to make
you nervous now now on the games.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Let's go.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
So between now and then the game, what are your preparations,
what are your plans? Have you got some events coming up?
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Yeah, I'm away on Friday, so hit Portugal, we do
a World Cup there, have a head out training in
the UK for about two and a half three weeks
and then we're into Paris and then it's all go.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
So yeah, it's not long now. I'm super excited. I'm pumped.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
I'm sure those nerves will kick in when I get
into Paris. I want to get into the village. But
I just got my kit yesterday and you know, it's
exciting stuff. And yeah, as you said, it's my third Olympics,
so I've definitely feel like I've been here before. But man,
it's exciting to be leaving New Zealand knowing I'm like healthy,
in a good place and ready to go.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
What are the events that you compete in as far
as trampoline is concerned, How is it divided up? What
do you have to do?
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Oh? Mate, she's just one thing, just one thing up
and down.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Yeah, one event individual trampoline at the Olympics is only
sixteen of us.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
It's all over in two hours. We go out there.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
We had a prelims this time it's best two out
of best, so best one out of two, so we
get two chances to make the final, and then in
the final it's just you know, one chance and that's
it and then we're all gone. I think it's from
six to eight two hours, a lot shorter than then
like World Champs where it's done over three or four days.
But yeah, there's only sixteen of us, so you know,
trampoline routines only take about thirty seconds, So yeah, that's amazing.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
It's amazing all that training for thirty seconds virtually.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Yeah, pretty much.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Yeah, it's a wonder why we do it.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
But you know, it's definitely definitely fun.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Apart from the trampolining. Is this something at the games
that you're going to try and see if you can
just to watch and be a supporter.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Yeah, yep. Look, I'm definitely going to hit out to
the golf.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Huge fan of golf, and hopefully Ryan FOXI be playing
on the weekend so I'll be able to watch him
and yeah. Then I'll just honestly be just trying to
get to as many events as I can. Hopefully get
down to the shooting I think that's down south South Front,
so yeah, we'll see. We'll see what tickets become available
after I compete, but right now it's focusing on on
my event.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
We wish you're the very best of Black Dylan. Hey,
thanks for coming in and joining us this morning.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Mate, good luck. No, always have fun in the studio.
First time in the studio. So this is great.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Oh you like it?
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Yeah? I enjoy it. Yeah, it's nice.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Ye hoop burn and see Mark and annoy him. He
will ever be a trampolineis because he's six for eight
or six years.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Yeah, that's all than me, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Good on your Dylan. Fantastica to have you along. Yes,
Dylan Smitt joining us here on Gold Sport and the
Country Sport Breakfast and yeah, we'll be of course your
official Olympic game station across the course of the Games,
kicking off in thirty days and twenty two hours. Commentary
of all the major sports like trampolining that New Zealand
(09:26):
will be involved with.
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