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August 11, 2024 14 mins

On Sports Fix Paris 2024 Edition with Jason Pine for 12 August, the curtain comes down on the Olympic Games Paris 2024 with track cyclists Ellesse Andrews and Ally Wollaston claiming our 19th and 20th medals, respectively. 

There's a new Olympic Games record in the Women's Marathon as the final medal table is confirmed.

Our commentators discuss some of their favourite moments from Paris 2024 and we relive all of New Zealand's medal moments from the last 16 days.

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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
The Triumphs, He is an Olympic Champion.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
The Tragedy, Silverpore New Zealand, and all the Gold. Your
daily update from the Pinnacle of Sports. This is Sports
Fix Paris twenty twenty four edition, power My News TALKSTB.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Hello there, and welcome into the Sports Fixed podcast, Paris
twenty twenty four edition. It's Monday, the twelfth of August.
I'm Jason Pine here to wrap the action on Day sixteen,
the final day of competition at the Paris Olympic Games,
and the curtain came down with New Zealand's success at
the track cycling, including a tenth gold medal.

Speaker 4 (00:56):
As Andrews cows up the track starting.

Speaker 5 (01:00):
A move they worked their way around on the.

Speaker 6 (01:03):
Home straight.

Speaker 4 (01:06):
Away goes Alise Andrews up against Leah Friedrich. Andrews comes
around the bed. She's in control. No timely aloud, of course.
Now here she goes around the bed canchy pedal.

Speaker 5 (01:18):
To a new chapter in New Zealand cycling history.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
She can and less.

Speaker 5 (01:23):
Andrews is a double gold medalist in Paris. She completes
her own actor tree off, second time gold medalist and
what a ride that was. She pumps her arms in
the air and there's a look of delight on her face.
She waves her right arm at the crowd as she
heads up the embankment. Elise Andrews has beaten Leo Friedrich,

(01:46):
two nild in the best of three ride off at
the Belodrome and the women's sprint.

Speaker 3 (01:52):
Outstanding from Elise Andrews winning the women's sprint event, beating
German world record holder Leah Friedrich and the best of
three finale that came after she beat world champion Emma
Funecane of Great Britain in their semi final. That's three
medals for Elise Andrews, now adding this scold to the
one she claimed in the women's Karen and her silver
in the team sprints.

Speaker 7 (02:12):
I'm really proud of the way that I race, some
physically but also mentally technically, how Harry carried myself through
the week to this final day.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
And just when you thought it was all over, it wasn't.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
Ellie Wallison's in a strong position.

Speaker 8 (02:27):
Looks like she's at the front so she could get
more points here Walliston, and she could guarantee herself bronze,
possibly get up at the silver. She's coming around to
the finish, Williston, I think this guarantees are a medal,
but just looking for a confirmation. Think we've got Allie
Walliston at one hundred and twenty five in bronze, a
twentieth medal for New Zealand at the thirty third Olympiad

(02:48):
and equaling the tally from Tokyo three years egold. Wallaston
is elated she's picked up the bronze.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
Allie Walliston has ridden a superbly tactical race.

Speaker 3 (03:02):
Allie Walliston bronze in the multi event Omnium. Entering the
event seventh after the first three disciplines, she lapped the
field twice at twenty points a pop to pick up
fifty one points.

Speaker 7 (03:14):
I coach said, yeah, and my partner just said it
it's not over and it's very very far from being over,
and you can win a lot of points in the
points trace. So I think I knew I needed two
to get on the podium for sure. Yeah, I was
already I think over twenty points down.

Speaker 3 (03:29):
Earlier at the Valodrome, Sam Dacon missed the final of
the men's karen. He was fifth in his semi final,
just the first three progressing through, but a gold and
a bronze on the final night at the Valodrome.

Speaker 1 (03:41):
Median Olympic Games, Fix We've got just a ticket. It's
Sports Fix Paris twenty twenty four edition News Talk said be.

Speaker 3 (03:50):
The only other Keywen action on the final day was
Camille French in the women's marathon. She crossed the line
in sixtieth but says she received plenty of support from
the locals, probably because of her surname.

Speaker 6 (04:02):
Because my last name's French.

Speaker 7 (04:04):
Everyone was steering for me. Yeah, like it was going crazy.

Speaker 9 (04:07):
They like French, like a million people, like.

Speaker 10 (04:10):
The whole and entire way.

Speaker 3 (04:11):
I was like, thanks, guys, like just rained the endia.
The marathon won in a new Olympic record time by
Ethiopian born Dutch runner Sifan Hassan, who had already won
bronze medals in both the five thousand and the ten
thousand meters. Incredible and so that was that. At the
conclusion of the Games, I was joined by fellow Goldsport

(04:32):
commentators Andrew Alderson, Adam Cooper and Nick Buley for a
few final thoughts on these Paris games. Just want to
play a little bit of that discussion.

Speaker 1 (04:41):
For you Sports Figs Paris twenty twenty four edition.

Speaker 3 (04:46):
What Paris did was a raise what Tokyo was or wasn't.
I mean, just completely unusual Olympic games. They did their best, obviously,
but you know, pumping crowd noise through the speakers is
no you know, replacement for actual fans in the stands,
and as we've seen, as Coops mentioned, you know, with
so many people, it already added to the atmosphere and

(05:08):
seemed like a happy, friendly games games where Paris just
took a week, it took a month off and spent
time enjoying the company of each other and these athletes
from from all around the world. I don't know whether
this is this answers the question, but what I have
enjoyed is is seeing the athletes who have represented us

(05:30):
so well, whether it be winning medals, participating in their event,
you know, reaching a pinnacle or personal beast whatever. I've
loved just seeing the humility and the just the authenticity
and real key wellness of almost all of them without exception,
you know, from from the sevens Girls to Eric affair,

(05:53):
whether to Amy Fish's you know, that's pretty visceral, wasn't
it what we saw from her? But authentic and and
kei we and just yeah, just terrific. So that doesn't
answer the question, but that's one thing other thing that
I've really enjoyed.

Speaker 11 (06:08):
Yeah, well, for me, I just you know, the obvious
debate is always around some of these sports that have
their moments, you know, through the year outside of the Olympics,
the likes of the tennis, you know, golfer and everything
like that. But for me, it was really enjoyable, especially
being able to watch and cover a lot of the tennis.
Just how much passion there is amongst the world's top
tennis players. As an example, they still come to the
Olympic Olympics, they came back to Roland Garross and the

(06:29):
emotion there, you know, involved, and you look at someone
like Novak Djokovic twenty four Grand Slams to his name,
yet still breaks down in tears and shows how much
an actual Olympic medal meant to him. And then the
golf when it wrapped up with Lydia co in that
fourth round. You know, name a more exciting moment in
the Olympics, and there's certainly plenty, but that was right
up there with everything. So I don't think there's a

(06:50):
reason that we should discount these sports just because we
see them, you know, year round, most of them. It's
it's still just something extra special seeing them at the
Olympic Games, and it still seems to mean so much
for those athletes involved that take the time out of
their professional schedules to take part in the Olympics.

Speaker 10 (07:04):
Yeah, just add to that keeps when you look at
the basketball guys like Steph Curry the age of thirty
sixties achieved absolutely everything in the game and that was
the one thing missing of a CV, and he was
determined to be there with some of the other greats
Lebron James, Kevin Durant. Winning means basketball gold yesterday. It
will be interesting, I suppose for twenty twenty eight if
we do take a quick look ahead, you know, the

(07:25):
addition of squash, for example, from a New Zealand standpoint,
I believe there's there's cricket as well, and that's a
team sport that that I do wonder when there's you know,
basketball and volleyball and the like, how will cricket be
brought back into the Olympic arena. Will there be the
same interest from a v ruck Culi for example, that

(07:46):
see sort of lure for Olympic gold. That's one for
down the line. But I've been at utterly suburb games
and it's been a privilege really to be involved in
this capacity and so many just iconic New Zealand sporting moments.

Speaker 1 (08:00):
Yeah, great thoughts, Fellows.

Speaker 8 (08:01):
I mean, I just like, just to finish up, just
take up your point, Pinty about the athletes themselves, because
that's what I want to see. I want to see
athletes that are just not robots, that they're they're authentic,
and that they're bigger than their sport, but they can
they can actually, I guess, steal on a human level.
And I was just really pleasantly surprised on multiple occasions

(08:23):
to what they're have. Either they're getting great media training
or things are changing, you know, for the better.

Speaker 4 (08:29):
In that regard.

Speaker 8 (08:29):
I just thought there was a human element there to
a number of those reactions and just the year just
how articulate they were and just being able to express
how what they were thinking, and they didn't resort to.

Speaker 2 (08:40):
Quite a few of the usual cliches and I was
just really plead. I thought that was great.

Speaker 8 (08:43):
You know that you actually saw some genuine emotion even
just yesterday with I thought class example Lydia Coe was
just just to see the what it genuinely meant just
emotionally to her to be able to pull that off
and to complete the full metal set probably encapsulated as
much as anything. I mean Andrews even here today with
what she's been to achieved at the Velodrome. So you know,

(09:04):
meet and we saw it with the kayakers et cetera
and making those new hiering moves and sport and yeah,
we saw it right across the board from I suppose
Finn Butcher as well with the kayak cross springs. To mind,
he was he was a breath of fresh air. So yeah,
just some wonderful moments there.

Speaker 1 (09:21):
Reaction and analysis. It's Sportsfix Paris twenty four edition with Jason.

Speaker 3 (09:26):
Vine and for the Sportings glitzy closing ceremony at Start
de France, gold medalists Dame Lisa Carrington and Finn Butcher
were chosen as New Zealand's flag bearers. So to the
final medal table, the United States and China finished tied
on forty gold medals apiece. The US, though claimed the
most total medals with one hundred and twenty six to

(09:48):
China's ninety one. In all, sixty two countries won at
least one gold medal, and athletes from ninety two different
countries stood on the podium during the Games. Thank you
so much for listening to the Sports Fixed Paris twenty
twenty four edition across the last three weeks. Has been
a great pleasure bringing you all the action and reaction
from the thirty third Olympic Games. Sports Fix returns in

(10:11):
its usual format tomorrow. New Zealander finished the Paris Olympic
Games with a record ten gold medals, seven silver and
three bronze for a total of twenty, equalling our best
ever haul in Tokyo three years ago. Four of those
came at the Velodrome, four in the rowing and three
in canoe sprint. The medals were won across nine different sports.

(10:32):
Fourteen were won by females, five by males, and won
by the mixed multi hull sailing team. And it means
that New Zealand has finished in eleventh place on the
final medal table. Let's take you out by reliving our
marvelous medal moments from the thirty third Olympic Games.

Speaker 12 (10:51):
Suit stuff there and picking it at the touch and
New Zealand's don't black to black goment again. The Supreme
seven side wins goals.

Speaker 13 (11:01):
It is heartbreaking trade and wilds, but Alex Ye has
left it to about three hundred meters to win gold
in the men's triathlon in Olympic record time.

Speaker 9 (11:14):
We're underway in the women's board. Coming down to the line.
It's the Netherlands, Great Britain and New Zealand bronze middle
gold beckens for the New Zealand women's double skulls. Down
to the line, that's gold, gold for New Zealand. They're
almost bound about now. The USA coming down to the

(11:37):
line in first position. Gold goes to US silver New Zealand.

Speaker 11 (11:43):
It's Isaac McCarty and Will McKenzie crossing for third inness race,
but that means silver the New Zealands. On the coast
of Marsides.

Speaker 9 (11:51):
We're underway in the women's single skulls final. Caroline Floraine
of the Netherlands gets the gold medal.

Speaker 2 (11:59):
New Zealands em Tweak gets silver.

Speaker 10 (12:01):
Men's kayak cross final.

Speaker 2 (12:04):
They plunge in and the gold medal is his Fenn Butcher.

Speaker 9 (12:08):
Is an elepic shpion.

Speaker 4 (12:13):
You know.

Speaker 8 (12:13):
And the women's team sprints at the Paris of Velodrome,
Great Britain. The goldvillan New Zealand just slightly behind with
the Elyse Andrews, but they take the silver medal.

Speaker 2 (12:23):
Women's team pursuit.

Speaker 8 (12:25):
There's the fowl, the Americans coming down to the line
and the United States.

Speaker 2 (12:29):
Take the win. New Zealand haul back towards the end.

Speaker 8 (12:32):
It was only point six of a second in the end,
but it's sewer for New Zealand, nonetheless.

Speaker 11 (12:36):
And there it is Michael Wilkinson Erica Dawson cross the line,
a bronze to Wilkinson.

Speaker 9 (12:43):
And Dawson ready to race in the women's kayak four
if they can see the finished line. It is gold
for New Zealand and the sixth Golden moment for Dame Lisa,
New Zealand's most decorated Olympian. Lisa Carrington strikes gold again.

Speaker 8 (13:00):
The women's karen final. Can Elise Andrews holders she comes
down towards the finishing line.

Speaker 2 (13:06):
Elise Andrews on the line.

Speaker 8 (13:07):
It looks She's won gold and Lease Andrews intense incisive, infitncible.

Speaker 9 (13:14):
And we're ready to fly in the women's kayak double
five hundred. What an incredible achievement. They are six meters
ahead Carrington and Hoskin a boatlink for the.

Speaker 11 (13:26):
Half leet New Zealand gold.

Speaker 6 (13:29):
Maddy Wishy wins silver in the women's shot put and
she is New Zealand's new shot put queen on the podium.
Shot many silver for you Carrington.

Speaker 9 (13:40):
Coming down to the line, it is gonna be gold
of Golden Globe for Lydia Cone and at top of
the podium in Paris.

Speaker 14 (13:51):
Cheway's can fly and heimus Ka this high jump Olympic
champion and Less Andrews is a double gold enlist in Paris.
She completes her own after tree of Ellie Wallaston's is elated.

Speaker 2 (14:05):
She's picked up the fron Ellie Wallason has run a
superbly technical race.

Speaker 1 (14:11):
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