Nick Bewley: ZB sports commentator on Erika Fairweather bouncing back from Sunday's 400m performance

Olympian Erika Fairweather is confident she has gas in the tank after qualifying seventh-fastest for tomorrow's women's 200 metre freestyle finale.

She says she's recovered physically from her fourth place in the 400 metres 'splash of the titans'.

ZB sports commentator Nick Bewley explains further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Nick Bewley joins me to talk Olympa taller.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Nick. Hello, Andrew, it's been a while.

Speaker 1 (00:05):
It has been a while, so Erica Fairweather, who can
forget the tears. However, she's got some more good news today,
she does.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yeah, she certainly bounced back from that disappointment and you're right,
and you shouldn't be disappointed about making fourth place in
an Olympic final four hundred meters freestyle against the caliber
of swimmers the likes of Arian tipmss Kata Ladecki. But
she bounced back, got a good night's sleep, got back
in the pool two hundred meters freestyle, made it through
to the semi finals and then qualified for the final,
which is fantastic. Her favorite event is the four hundred

(00:36):
so for her to get back in the pool make
the final, which was a goal of w hers. She's
qualified seventh fastest for that final, so we'll have the
call for that. Jason Pine probably will behind the mic
for that one at just before twenty to eight tomorrow morning,
so a potential medal there will be to an outside chance.
So that was really encouraging for eric A Fairweather. On

(00:56):
the flip side, Lewis Claibert his favorite event four on
hundred meters individual medley. He had his final and unfortunately
for Lewis, finished sixth. But he'll get back into his
work later in the program as well, back in the
two hundred meters butterfly. So some encouraging results in the
albeit we're still that medal's elusive, isn't it.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
I thought Lewis it was very revealing. He's obviously gutted
because he was off his personal best, and you know,
and they don't mind not winning a medal. I would
think as long as they've gave it, given it, they're all,
and not hitting your personal best meant it didn't give
it your all. So I'm gutting for him.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, I think, Look, you can't begrudge his effort. He
was certainly giving it his all, but it was just
he acknowledged himself once he got to the breaststroke leg
of the medley and then on to the freestyle. He
just didn't have enough in reserve, which is a shame
when you put it all that preparation into it. But
that's elite and pinnacle sport for you.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
Absolutely, forty nine sailors are going well. The forty nine ers.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
They are going really well. They're going really well. Of
course we've got some pedigree in this event. We've had
Peter Berling and Bleared Chook in the past. This due
this Kiwi r being dubbed the mckeewee's Isaac McCarty and
Will McKenzie, and of course all the sailing is not
in Paris, it's off in the south of France, off
the coast of Marseilles. But McCarty and McKenzie they won

(02:12):
their opening race by more than a minute, which was fantastic,
and then third and eighth from the subsequent races they
said the top of the standing. Still a lot of
racing to be done. That's three races done, nine to
come and then the medal race. But certainly encouraging it
and speaking encouraging Andrew overnight that the Blackburn sevens defending
onlym BIT champions from Tokyo. They're looking really good. Another

(02:33):
pool game two thirty tomorrow morning against Fiji, then onto
the quarter finals.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
I'm talking to Alan Gilden here as well, Rugby CEO.
He's there at the Olympics. I'm talking to him just
after five thirty today about everything about the sevens and
versus the fifteens, and gee, what a tournament when you
have you know, France winning in front of sixty nine
thousand people first medal of the Games. How good for rugby.
We'll talk about that later. What about the venues you
say Marseille, the Olli Whites are playing in Nice. I

(03:00):
don't know if you saw the horses they're running around
the Versailles Palace and the surfers are in Tahiti. The
venues are.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
Incredible, certainly, and I've seen some amazing imagery as well
of the beach volleyball which is right underneath the Eiffel Tower.
They are certainly utilizing every picturesque landmark, not only in
the French capital, but as you mentioned further afield Tahiti Nice.
They've certainly pulled out all the stop. Speaking of venues, though,

(03:28):
Andrew one particular area of interest for me, I'm privileged
to call the triathlon from tomorrow on gold Sport. A
lot of intrigue around the water quality of the River
Senne are still bubbling away. Discussions around is it going
to be okay in terms of can we have the
swimming leg of the triathlon. There'll be more testing done
overnight New zeal In time fingers cross as it would
be an absolute fast for an Olympic triathlon if it

(03:51):
had to be reduced to a duathlon just effectively a
run in a bike. So fingers crossed, especially for Hayden
Wild who was a real metal prospect.

Speaker 1 (03:58):
Good Man Nick Bill sports journalists. Can I just say,
my son is a wastewater management specialist working for healthy
Waters and he looked at the opening ceremony and he
saw the rain and he went, oh, well, that's it.
The sand stuffed. Because what happens with wastewater we all
know it. It rains and then the fecal matter goes

(04:18):
straight for any water course they ain't swimming, and that
it's filthy, and they knew the risk.

Speaker 2 (04:24):
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