On Sports Fix Paris 2024 Edition with Jason Pine for 26 July, former NZ Men's Sevens captain DJ Forbes reacts to the shock exit in the quarter final stage of the Olympic Games, going down 14-7 to South Africa.
We recap New Zealand's first outings in men's and women's football, with the OlyWhites beating Guinea 2-1, but the Football Ferns going down to Canada by the same score.
Piney also ponders why Canada needed to use a drone to spy on a team that was clearly inferior to them.
And our flag-bearers for tomorrow's opening ceremony on the River Seine have been confirmed.
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Speaker 5 (00:36):
Hello and welcome in to the Sports Fix Paris twenty
twenty four edition. I'm Jason Pine recapping the first couple
of days action at the Paris Olympic Games. We're underway
before the opening ceremony. Even arrives more on the opening
ceremony and New Zealand's flag bearers shortly. But after winning
silver and Tokyo three years ago, there'll be no medal
(00:59):
this time for our men's sevens team. They topped their
pool with three wins from three, but came up against
South Africa in the quarterfinals.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
In South Africa, we'll kick it dead. New Zealand's gone
metal hopes are over, as South Africa did in the
fifteenth final of the same venue last year. It's New
Zealand heartbreak. It started to France once again.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
Yeah, the voice of Elliot Smith calling it for US
South Africa, winning fourteen to seven in the quarterfinals. They
advanced New Zealand go into classification games, but there'll be
no medal for the New Zealand men's sevens team. An
icon of the game as former New Zealand captain DJ Forbes.
He played over five hundred matches in eighty nine tournaments
(01:43):
for New Zealand, won six World Series and played at
the twenty sixteen Olympics with the New Zealand men's sevens team.
DJ man, it was tough, wasn't that what went wrong
for New Zealand this morning?
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Why couldn't they get the job done?
Speaker 6 (01:56):
I mean because men a final, I guess to watch
it the near A couple of key moments were both
teams in the most of this opportunity. That was in particular,
the defense was you know outstanding the minutes hold on,
you know when you're just you're thinking that we were
in the sport. So yeah, unfortunately for the four thing.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
We often talk about seven's and think about it as
an attacking game with wide open spaces.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
But but are big games like this one on good defense?
Speaker 6 (02:28):
Yeah, and you know defense wins games. But I think,
you know, at a pinnacles catch like the Yeah, those
key moments you know, really determined how you're going to
sort of tan out. And and like I said, there
were a couple of key moments with the teams. You know,
a couple of those passes would have went the hand,
you know, I think that would have been maybe a
(02:51):
couple tried une. But like I said, there were a
couple of key moments when blot spots defense gop back
and it makes a real crucial deffical in minutes, you know,
you know, a couple of fours. So I mean that
was really different.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Just on those those drop passes. Again, you know, we
don't see it happen very often.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
Is it just small moments and high pressure that causes
things like that to happen.
Speaker 6 (03:15):
That's more than Yeah, a lot of these players that
you know, they play at the high ahead and I
guess the atmosphere and the team and everything else. It's
a hard game to play, even for the for the fitter,
so it's always going to be their pressure. And I
guess you know, those were are amazed, but they would
have put themselves through those scenarios and draining with playing
(03:36):
under fatigue or what not. So sometimes you know, it's
about the ball, that kind of thing they cut of determined,
and unfortunately those are will five us in particular, you know,
to come down to that. And I went through and
beat them and played for scene, had to play proper again,
So that's always going to be a big enping feeding
the team two five hours ago in the beginning another
(03:57):
time to heat crack. So yeah, that's past. But you
know what I what I was again to watch.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Yeah, it was a great game, that's for sure.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
Do you think usually look good in pole play DJ, Yeah, I.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
Think of developed who they headed, tims, of the caliber
of athletes and that team. You know, I guess you'll
probably get to see well, I guess you know, Musty
was one of implemented gims of some of those players
that he had. You know, I want to come off
the bench and kind of I guess close out a game.
You know, it's always going to be harder when you
got that sort of a decade priorie sort of the
(04:31):
beats you're going to come on in and try and
get back into a game or to score, try em
to level. And so unfortunately there out in terms of yeah,
what we saw what I saw those first three games.
You know, they're the close nail by the games and
now we will obviously commented when they needed to be
so and I think they would have gone into their
quarterfinal prepared to say, you know, it.
Speaker 7 (04:54):
S anything could happen. So they credit Spain.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Yeah indeed.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
And I saw the players after the game, and I
know you've been in this position where you give everything,
you know, you couldn't have tried any harder, but it
doesn't come off, and you lose the game and you're
out and you don't progress to compete for a medal.
How emotionally gutting must it be for these players?
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Yeah, I mean, and.
Speaker 6 (05:17):
Even the general that's kind of you get six games
if if you've got enough and up and down right
where you've got to exil your energy for you know,
fourteen minutes and you.
Speaker 7 (05:28):
Might get a win and then you might get a
loss and sort of you sort of chip away.
Speaker 6 (05:31):
But for these guys, you know, yeah, you know, for
apic event, you know, four years, three years you know
in the making, you know, it's a massive, you know,
emotional rollocaust for those lads, and I know they'll be hurting,
and I guess the worst thing or the hardest thing
again is they still want to pick themselves up and
carry on, you know, playing and representing the end, the country,
(05:53):
the family and friends.
Speaker 7 (05:54):
So you know that's always a big ark and I'll
be through that as a player as well. So you know,
I'm sure the boys will find the way to, you know,
to make sure that they can finish off.
Speaker 6 (06:03):
On someone behind.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
Indeed, and not to be for our men, but our
women still have the opportunity. In fact, they're probably more
of a favorite for gold than our men were going in.
Do you think our women can bring home another gold medal?
Speaker 6 (06:14):
Yeah? I mean, you know, that's that's all my favorites.
And there's anything a boys game obviously, you know.
Speaker 7 (06:24):
I guess we'll keep this, you know, that goes on
the es to make sure, you know that when they
get the opportunity, you know, they'll be taking those for granted.
Still they want to see what sort of you know,
can happen, So they're also had a little bit of pressure,
but probably also a little bit of responsibility.
Speaker 6 (06:40):
I hope to be trying.
Speaker 7 (06:41):
You know, do they a bit to bring home a
medal for rugby as a sport?
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Yeah, let's hope.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
So, DJ, thank you for taking the time to lend
us your analysis. That's New Zealand seven's icon legend former
captain DJ Forbes joining us on the Sports Fix Paris
twenty twenty four edition. No medal for our men's sevens
team at the Paris Games, Leadian Olympic Games.
Speaker 6 (07:03):
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Speaker 5 (07:11):
The other sport that got underway with New Zealand participation
in the first couple of days was football. Both of
our football sides are underway. The Ollie Whites began with
a two to one win over Guinea in Nice. Captain
matt Garbett opened the scoring in the first half, Garbet
breaking forward and latching onto a pass.
Speaker 8 (07:28):
Matthew Garbett's course for New Zealand. A minute after missing
from the penalty spot, Matthew Garbett picks up a loose
pass from Guinea, drives into the penalty.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Area, right footed, shot beyond so my La Silla.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
Guinea equalized in about the seventy second minute, but New
Zealand certainly were not done.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
Nice little ball forward into the path of Bayliss. Here's
Lochland Bayliss sides and.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
Z wats New Zealand two one.
Speaker 8 (07:54):
Ben Wayne has.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Put them back in front.
Speaker 8 (07:57):
Buck of huge credit to Lochland Baylis who won the
ball on the edge of the penalty area, gone away from.
Speaker 5 (08:02):
A defenders credit and Ben Wayne with a finish into
the roof of Guinea's great result, Really good performance by
the Ollie Whites.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
It finished two to one against Guinea.
Speaker 5 (08:14):
They'll now face the United States Sunday morning at five
o'clock New Zealand time. New Zealand know that a winning
that game will take them into the quarterfinals. Really really
good performance. Couple of standouts Alex Paulson and golf in
New Zealand show just why he is being talked about
as a genuine Premier League prospect when he gets back
(08:35):
to Bournemouth and other players who Sean sarpreach singing in
a creative Rolphin sermon in the heart of New Zealand's defense.
And Captain Matt Garbett who bounced back really well from
a missed penalty to score New Zealand's opening goal just
sixty seconds later.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
That showed real heart and real character.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
Unfortunately, the football Ferns couldn't replicate the men's side, although
they started well against Canada and their opening match.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Shut of the turn and enter the back of the
NETA New Zealand and open the scoring.
Speaker 4 (09:06):
I think that was Mackenzie Barry.
Speaker 8 (09:08):
The corner, came along the carpet to about the penalty
spot on the turn and a really clever right footed.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
Shot to the roof of the net.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
It was Mackenzie Bowry opening the scoring with her first
goal for New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
But Canada equalized just before halftime.
Speaker 8 (09:22):
Now here's an opportunity and into the back of the net.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
It goes from the right boot of Chloe La Casfe.
Speaker 8 (09:28):
So New Zealand hadn't survived the first half without conceding.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
Chloe la Caffe has seized upon a low ball across
New Zealand six chart area and in the second half
Canada had the weight of possession and chances and found
a winning goal after seventy nine minutes.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
This goal is.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
There for Canada.
Speaker 8 (09:47):
Evelyn Vines the long ball forward. She made the run
into the inside right channel and then angled a very
clever shot across the face of an elite So a
two to one win for Canada over New Zealand, the
football ferns have to dust themselves off.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
They next face Columbia on Monday Morning.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
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Speaker 5 (10:12):
Just while we're on the subject of football on the
Sports Fix Paris twenty twenty four edition. The Canadian women's
team obviously were front and center during the lead up
to the first game of the competition against New Zealand,
and really it was for reasons they would not have
wanted faster, higher, stronger as the Olympic Game's motto, and
(10:34):
the Canadian Women's team, or certain individuals within it, took
the central word of that and applied it literally to
their opponents. Unfortunately, they didn't fly their drone high enough
to avoid detection, and they've become embroidered scandal even before
the Olympic flame was lit. Now spying on opponents this
is not new, especially not in football. Teams are always
(10:57):
looking for a way to get a competitive advantage, either
by a fair means or sometimes more clandestine ones. A
Wellington Phoenix assistant coach about ten years ago famously hidden
the bushes above Perth Glory's training ground ahead of their
playoff match Perth and the Phoenix, and the coach was
there to study which way the potential penalty takers might
(11:19):
go formal each United boss Marcelo Bielsa admitted that his
staff had spied on their opponents for almost an entire
season back in twenty eighteen nineteen, and when he got caught,
he even held a press conference to explain the methodology.
Spying at the Olympics, though it feels like it crosses
a much more clearly defined moral line. Much as these
(11:40):
values have been tested over the years, integrity, honesty, and
the spirit of fair play do still seem to apply
more under the shadow of the Olympic rings than they
do elsewhere. To engage in this sort of behavior seems
a bit dirty, dirtier than parts of the River scene actually.
But perhaps most baffling of all is why Canada felt
(12:03):
the need to try and gain an advantage illegally over
a side that they are clearly superior to. With all
due respect to New Zealand, why would Canada, the reigning
Olympic champions and always in the world's top ten, feel
the need to spy on the football ferns. This was
the sixteenth meeting between the two. New Zealand have only
(12:25):
ever won one of them, and that was the first
meeting back in nineteen eighty seven. In the fifteen games since,
New Zealand have scored five goals, Canada have scored thirty.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
Why on earth did it.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
Even cross Canada's minds that using a drone to snoop
on New Zealand would be needed. It's like the All
Blacks flying a drone over Uruguay's training at a Rugby
World Cup. If that ever happened, the shame and the
embarrassment would be far far worse than any official sanction
that could be handed out.
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Today.
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Sailor Joe La and cyclist Aaron Gate have been named
New Zealand's lapoule Hupbey or flag bearers for tomorrow's opening ceremony.
Joe La is a two time Olympian. She won gold
at London in twenty twelve and silver in Rio twenty sixteen.
Very much looking forward to being the flag bearer and
taking the boat ride along the Sene River to the
(13:32):
opening ceremony.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Definitely looking forward to the views.
Speaker 8 (13:35):
But I think this is going to be quite the
opening ceremony and at least we've got our own boat.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
We'll be hopefully we've got a fast one.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
And Aaron Gate won bronze at London twenty twelve. He's
now a four time Olympian. He sees being a flag
bearer will be an amazing experience, but he won't let
it distract him from the reason that he's in Paris.
I mean, we're there to ride our bikes as fast
as possible, which is the first job.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
This experience for me is just kind of icing on
the cake and one that I'm still not taking lightly,
that's for sure.
Speaker 5 (14:02):
The only ceremony takes place along the River sin on
Saturday morning, New Zealand Time. New Zealand's boat will feature
athlete and support staff from the rugby seven's women's side. Judo, tennis, diving,
canoe slalom, gymnastics, artistic swimming, golf and sailing. Competition starts
in Earnest on Saturday night with Kiwi competitors and action
(14:24):
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canoe slalom, hockey, surfing and more, sevens and football as well.
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Paris twenty twenty four edition, powered by News Talks AB.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
Hello and welcome in to the Sports Fix Paris twenty
twenty four edition. I'm Jason Pine recapping the first couple
of days action at the Paris Olympic Games. We're underway
before the opening ceremony. Even arrives more on the opening
ceremony and New Zealand's flag bearers shortly. But after winning
silver and Tokyo three years ago, there'll be no medal
(00:59):
this time for our men's sevens team. They topped their
pool with three wins from three, but came up against
South Africa in the quarterfinals.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
In South Africa, we'll kick it dead. New Zealand's gone
metal hopes are over, as South Africa did in the
fifteenth final of the same venue last year. It's New
Zealand heartbreak. It started to France once again.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
Yeah, the voice of Elliot Smith calling it for US
South Africa, winning fourteen to seven in the quarterfinals. They
advanced New Zealand go into classification games, but there'll be
no medal for the New Zealand men's sevens team. An
icon of the game as former New Zealand captain DJ Forbes.
He played over five hundred matches in eighty nine tournaments
(01:43):
for New Zealand, won six World Series and played at
the twenty sixteen Olympics with the New Zealand men's sevens team.
DJ man, it was tough, wasn't that what went wrong
for New Zealand this morning?
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Why couldn't they get the job done?
Speaker 6 (01:56):
I mean because men a final, I guess to watch
it the near A couple of key moments were both
teams in the most of this opportunity. That was in particular,
the defense was you know outstanding the minutes hold on,
you know when you're just you're thinking that we were
in the sport. So yeah, unfortunately for the four thing.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
We often talk about seven's and think about it as
an attacking game with wide open spaces.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
But but are big games like this one on good defense?
Speaker 6 (02:28):
Yeah, and you know defense wins games. But I think,
you know, at a pinnacles catch like the Yeah, those
key moments you know, really determined how you're going to
sort of tan out. And and like I said, there
were a couple of key moments with the teams. You know,
a couple of those passes would have went the hand,
you know, I think that would have been maybe a
(02:51):
couple tried une. But like I said, there were a
couple of key moments when blot spots defense gop back
and it makes a real crucial deffical in minutes, you know,
you know, a couple of fours. So I mean that
was really different.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Just on those those drop passes. Again, you know, we
don't see it happen very often.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
Is it just small moments and high pressure that causes
things like that to happen.
Speaker 6 (03:15):
That's more than Yeah, a lot of these players that
you know, they play at the high ahead and I
guess the atmosphere and the team and everything else. It's
a hard game to play, even for the for the fitter,
so it's always going to be their pressure. And I
guess you know, those were are amazed, but they would
have put themselves through those scenarios and draining with playing
(03:36):
under fatigue or what not. So sometimes you know, it's
about the ball, that kind of thing they cut of determined,
and unfortunately those are will five us in particular, you know,
to come down to that. And I went through and
beat them and played for scene, had to play proper again,
So that's always going to be a big enping feeding
the team two five hours ago in the beginning another
(03:57):
time to heat crack. So yeah, that's past. But you
know what I what I was again to watch.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Yeah, it was a great game, that's for sure.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
Do you think usually look good in pole play DJ, Yeah, I.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
Think of developed who they headed, tims, of the caliber
of athletes and that team. You know, I guess you'll
probably get to see well, I guess you know, Musty
was one of implemented gims of some of those players
that he had. You know, I want to come off
the bench and kind of I guess close out a game.
You know, it's always going to be harder when you
got that sort of a decade priorie sort of the
(04:31):
beats you're going to come on in and try and
get back into a game or to score, try em
to level. And so unfortunately there out in terms of yeah,
what we saw what I saw those first three games.
You know, they're the close nail by the games and
now we will obviously commented when they needed to be
so and I think they would have gone into their
quarterfinal prepared to say, you know, it.
Speaker 7 (04:54):
S anything could happen. So they credit Spain.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Yeah indeed.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
And I saw the players after the game, and I
know you've been in this position where you give everything,
you know, you couldn't have tried any harder, but it
doesn't come off, and you lose the game and you're
out and you don't progress to compete for a medal.
How emotionally gutting must it be for these players?
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Yeah, I mean, and.
Speaker 6 (05:17):
Even the general that's kind of you get six games
if if you've got enough and up and down right
where you've got to exil your energy for you know,
fourteen minutes and you.
Speaker 7 (05:28):
Might get a win and then you might get a
loss and sort of you sort of chip away.
Speaker 6 (05:31):
But for these guys, you know, yeah, you know, for
apic event, you know, four years, three years you know
in the making, you know, it's a massive, you know,
emotional rollocaust for those lads, and I know they'll be hurting,
and I guess the worst thing or the hardest thing
again is they still want to pick themselves up and
carry on, you know, playing and representing the end, the country,
(05:53):
the family and friends.
Speaker 7 (05:54):
So you know that's always a big ark and I'll
be through that as a player as well. So you know,
I'm sure the boys will find the way to, you know,
to make sure that they can finish off.
Speaker 6 (06:03):
On someone behind.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
Indeed, and not to be for our men, but our
women still have the opportunity. In fact, they're probably more
of a favorite for gold than our men were going in.
Do you think our women can bring home another gold medal?
Speaker 6 (06:14):
Yeah? I mean, you know, that's that's all my favorites.
And there's anything a boys game obviously, you know.
Speaker 7 (06:24):
I guess we'll keep this, you know, that goes on
the es to make sure, you know that when they
get the opportunity, you know, they'll be taking those for granted.
Still they want to see what sort of you know,
can happen, So they're also had a little bit of pressure,
but probably also a little bit of responsibility.
Speaker 6 (06:40):
I hope to be trying.
Speaker 7 (06:41):
You know, do they a bit to bring home a
medal for rugby as a sport?
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Yeah, let's hope.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
So, DJ, thank you for taking the time to lend
us your analysis. That's New Zealand seven's icon legend former
captain DJ Forbes joining us on the Sports Fix Paris
twenty twenty four edition. No medal for our men's sevens
team at the Paris Games, Leadian Olympic Games.
Speaker 6 (07:03):
Fix.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
We've got just a ticket here. It's Sports Fix Paris
twenty twenty four edition.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
Poet but us talks it me.
Speaker 5 (07:11):
The other sport that got underway with New Zealand participation
in the first couple of days was football. Both of
our football sides are underway. The Ollie Whites began with
a two to one win over Guinea in Nice. Captain
matt Garbett opened the scoring in the first half, Garbet
breaking forward and latching onto a pass.
Speaker 8 (07:28):
Matthew Garbett's course for New Zealand. A minute after missing
from the penalty spot, Matthew Garbett picks up a loose
pass from Guinea, drives into the penalty.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Area, right footed, shot beyond so my La Silla.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
Guinea equalized in about the seventy second minute, but New
Zealand certainly were not done.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
Nice little ball forward into the path of Bayliss. Here's
Lochland Bayliss sides and.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
Z wats New Zealand two one.
Speaker 8 (07:54):
Ben Wayne has.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Put them back in front.
Speaker 8 (07:57):
Buck of huge credit to Lochland Baylis who won the
ball on the edge of the penalty area, gone away from.
Speaker 5 (08:02):
A defenders credit and Ben Wayne with a finish into
the roof of Guinea's great result, Really good performance by
the Ollie Whites.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
It finished two to one against Guinea.
Speaker 5 (08:14):
They'll now face the United States Sunday morning at five
o'clock New Zealand time. New Zealand know that a winning
that game will take them into the quarterfinals. Really really
good performance. Couple of standouts Alex Paulson and golf in
New Zealand show just why he is being talked about
as a genuine Premier League prospect when he gets back
(08:35):
to Bournemouth and other players who Sean sarpreach singing in
a creative Rolphin sermon in the heart of New Zealand's defense.
And Captain Matt Garbett who bounced back really well from
a missed penalty to score New Zealand's opening goal just
sixty seconds later.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
That showed real heart and real character.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
Unfortunately, the football Ferns couldn't replicate the men's side, although
they started well against Canada and their opening match.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Shut of the turn and enter the back of the
NETA New Zealand and open the scoring.
Speaker 4 (09:06):
I think that was Mackenzie Barry.
Speaker 8 (09:08):
The corner, came along the carpet to about the penalty
spot on the turn and a really clever right footed.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
Shot to the roof of the net.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
It was Mackenzie Bowry opening the scoring with her first
goal for New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
But Canada equalized just before halftime.
Speaker 8 (09:22):
Now here's an opportunity and into the back of the net.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
It goes from the right boot of Chloe La Casfe.
Speaker 8 (09:28):
So New Zealand hadn't survived the first half without conceding.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
Chloe la Caffe has seized upon a low ball across
New Zealand six chart area and in the second half
Canada had the weight of possession and chances and found
a winning goal after seventy nine minutes.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
This goal is.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
There for Canada.
Speaker 8 (09:47):
Evelyn Vines the long ball forward. She made the run
into the inside right channel and then angled a very
clever shot across the face of an elite So a
two to one win for Canada over New Zealand, the
football ferns have to dust themselves off.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
They next face Columbia on Monday Morning.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Reaction and Analysis Sportsfix Paris twenty twenty four editions with
Jason Vine.
Speaker 5 (10:12):
Just while we're on the subject of football on the
Sports Fix Paris twenty twenty four edition. The Canadian women's
team obviously were front and center during the lead up
to the first game of the competition against New Zealand,
and really it was for reasons they would not have
wanted faster, higher, stronger as the Olympic Game's motto, and
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the Canadian Women's team, or certain individuals within it, took
the central word of that and applied it literally to
their opponents. Unfortunately, they didn't fly their drone high enough
to avoid detection, and they've become embroidered scandal even before
the Olympic flame was lit. Now spying on opponents this
is not new, especially not in football. Teams are always
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looking for a way to get a competitive advantage, either
by a fair means or sometimes more clandestine ones. A
Wellington Phoenix assistant coach about ten years ago famously hidden
the bushes above Perth Glory's training ground ahead of their
playoff match Perth and the Phoenix, and the coach was
there to study which way the potential penalty takers might
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go formal each United boss Marcelo Bielsa admitted that his
staff had spied on their opponents for almost an entire
season back in twenty eighteen nineteen, and when he got caught,
he even held a press conference to explain the methodology.
Spying at the Olympics, though it feels like it crosses
a much more clearly defined moral line. Much as these
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values have been tested over the years, integrity, honesty, and
the spirit of fair play do still seem to apply
more under the shadow of the Olympic rings than they
do elsewhere. To engage in this sort of behavior seems
a bit dirty, dirtier than parts of the River scene actually.
But perhaps most baffling of all is why Canada felt
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the need to try and gain an advantage illegally over
a side that they are clearly superior to. With all
due respect to New Zealand, why would Canada, the reigning
Olympic champions and always in the world's top ten, feel
the need to spy on the football ferns. This was
the sixteenth meeting between the two. New Zealand have only
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ever won one of them, and that was the first
meeting back in nineteen eighty seven. In the fifteen games since,
New Zealand have scored five goals, Canada have scored thirty.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
Why on earth did it.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
Even cross Canada's minds that using a drone to snoop
on New Zealand would be needed. It's like the All
Blacks flying a drone over Uruguay's training at a Rugby
World Cup. If that ever happened, the shame and the
embarrassment would be far far worse than any official sanction
that could be handed out.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
This is Sportsfix Paris twenty twenty four editions, Your daily
update from the Olympic Games.
Speaker 4 (13:03):
Howard by Newstalks.
Speaker 5 (13:05):
I'd be just to finish up on the Sports Fix
Paris twenty twenty four edition.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
Today.
Speaker 5 (13:09):
Sailor Joe La and cyclist Aaron Gate have been named
New Zealand's lapoule Hupbey or flag bearers for tomorrow's opening ceremony.
Joe La is a two time Olympian. She won gold
at London in twenty twelve and silver in Rio twenty sixteen.
Very much looking forward to being the flag bearer and
taking the boat ride along the Sene River to the
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opening ceremony.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Definitely looking forward to the views.
Speaker 8 (13:35):
But I think this is going to be quite the
opening ceremony and at least we've got our own boat.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
We'll be hopefully we've got a fast one.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
And Aaron Gate won bronze at London twenty twelve. He's
now a four time Olympian. He sees being a flag
bearer will be an amazing experience, but he won't let
it distract him from the reason that he's in Paris.
I mean, we're there to ride our bikes as fast
as possible, which is the first job.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
This experience for me is just kind of icing on
the cake and one that I'm still not taking lightly,
that's for sure.
Speaker 5 (14:02):
The only ceremony takes place along the River sin on
Saturday morning, New Zealand Time. New Zealand's boat will feature
athlete and support staff from the rugby seven's women's side. Judo, tennis, diving,
canoe slalom, gymnastics, artistic swimming, golf and sailing. Competition starts
in Earnest on Saturday night with Kiwi competitors and action
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and all of these sports rowing, equestrian, swimming, tennis, cycling,
canoe slalom, hockey, surfing and more, sevens and football as well.
We'll have a fresh episode of The Sports Fix Paris
twenty twenty four edition hitting your podcast feeds Sunday morning
and every single day of the games. For Wall to
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Walk coverage through the night, tune into Gold Sport or
iHeartRadio and News Talks EDB will have lots of reaction
as well via Sports Talk weeknights seven to eight pm
and Weekend Sport Saturday and Sunday between midday and three.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
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Speaker 1 (15:00):
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