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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I've got three awesome people in the studio with me
this morning because seventeen year old Brazires Britain. Now she's
a proud Indigenous woman from ram And Ginning and man
and Greta, and she's set to represent Australia at the
twenty twenty five World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi
in India a little bit later this month. Now, Brazias
(00:24):
is going to be making her international debut in the
two hundred meters and the four hundred meters running events
as part of the largest Australian para athletics team since
the Sydney two thousand Para Olympics, a fifty one strong
squad set to take on the world from the twenty
(00:44):
sixth of September to the fifth of October. It is
incredibly exciting stuff and I'm very happy to say that
the amazing Brazires joins me in the studio this morning.
Good morning, Brasias. It's wonderful to have you in here,
and you're also joined by your mum Marcy. Good morning
to you, Marsi, and of course Leanne Chin from Athletics
(01:09):
into the executive officer. Good morning to you, Leanne.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Good morning Katie, and good morning to your listeners.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
It's so good to have you all in the studio now, Brazias.
You and I know each other pretty well because you
train in Roger Chin's squad and train alongside my little
girl as well. So I've been really fortunate to see
the way you race and just how incredible you are
on the track. Now, what are your favorite events?
Speaker 3 (01:36):
I like four meta and two hundred.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Do which do you prefer? Are you allowed to say most?
Speaker 3 (01:45):
I like four hundred yep, yeah, because it makes me
feel fun. It feels like I'm free and flying.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
You do fly on the track as well. You look
so fast when you run, and you've been training really
hard to go away for this trip in well a
couple of weeks. Talk us through how many days a
week you're training. It's a couple of days a week.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Yeah, so I trained in the track three days a
week and two days a week in gym.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
And presis when you found out that you were going
to be representing Australia and going away to the World Championships.
What did you think? What was your reaction?
Speaker 3 (02:27):
I was like, Wow, this is crazy, so like my
dream came to and yeah, I was so excited and yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
It's incredible. You should be so proud of yourself and
all that hard work and training paying off for me. Marcy,
what was it like for you when you found out
that she was going to be representing Australia.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
It was really really so special. I was really really
emotional the same time, proud, happy that my girl got selected.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
And what is all your family in Maningrida and Ramon
Ginning think.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
It was really really awesome. They were really really proud
calling us, telling us and crying the same time.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yeah, yeah, it's so cool. I mean, like, it's such
an incredible thing to say, and such an incredible opportunity
Leanne for you, you know, heading up athletics here in
the Northern Territory. It must be wonderful to see, you know,
to see a young girl like Brazias being able to
access these pathways, especially you know, to through that power
(03:31):
pathway to be able to compete at this level.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Absolutely, Katie, we have had the advantage of precise has
been competing on a national level since she was ten
years old, so that's a really long way and her
pathway to national level has been only on an upward trajectory.
So to now have her at at international level is
(03:58):
just phenomenal. A young lady from the Bush going to
Dubai and New Delhi yep.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
And then when you like, when you look at how
an athlete can be identified from the Northern territory because
like you've said, Brazia's you know, she's a girl from
the Bush. I love it, like I love the fact
that you've been able to rise to this level, you know,
in terms of being identified then on that national stage.
How has that happened? Because it's not sort of a
(04:26):
really easy process, is it. She's had to be away
competing at plenty of different national carnivals.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Absolutely, As I said, in two thousand and eighteen, Precise
went to Melbourne as part of the school Sport Australia event.
More recently she has attended the Australian aw Schools Competition.
This year she attended the Australian National Championships in Perth.
(04:52):
So there's a lot of time spent away and you know,
away from home, away from mum and dad, away from community,
but she's always found a way to back into community
and it's great to see that they celebrate along with her.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Yeah, Well, when you're juggling it as well with school
and everything else, aren't you too resiss? Is that hard?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Yeah, it can be, but you but you are dedicated
to your training, aren't you.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Yeah? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Now how excited are you to go to New Delhi,
to go to India? It sounds like it's going to
be so much fun.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Yeah, I'm so excited to racing again as differently countries
help in New Delhi, Yeah, meet new peoples.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
It will be so cool. I mean, Marci, can you like,
what's it like for you? As her mum? Thinking Wow,
she is going to a whole other country and she's
going to be racing against young athletes from all over
the world.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
I feel really proud of her. It's really so special
for me and my people, like representing not only us,
your people, but all around Australia. So so special.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
It is so special. And what are like what a
remarkable you know, like what a remarkable person to have
everybody else sort of looking to and going wow, Brazis.
If you can do that, you know, the possibilities are
endless as well for other young people like yourself to
be able to train hard and you know, be able
(06:27):
to get there to that international stage. Now, it's so cool,
it's so awesome. Hey, you run at the NT Champs
last or two weekends ago as well. You ran fantastically.
Do you do some pbs?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Yeah, it was for four hundred time.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yep, So got a PB and your four hundred meters
that is good. That's off to a good start before
you go overseas and leanne fantastic. The NT Championships had
plenty of people take part.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Absolutely. We had three hundred and fifty athletes from across Australia,
not just the Northern Territory, including a couple of internationals
that traveled up here this year, so we had some
New Zealand throwers come up. We had a lot of
kids from Central Region, East Anham Region, Big Rivers, so Catherine,
(07:16):
as well as of course our Darwin based athletes from
schools and of course our clubs. So phenomenal effort from everybody.
That PB bell rang out. I think it may have
got broken at one point. Not going to point any fingers,
but yeah, I'm glad that it got wrung because that
(07:36):
means that everybody is doing their best.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Yeah, that's exactly right and having a great time. Was
so good. And I'll tell you what. Some of the
athletes as well that had come in from other locations
around the Northern Territory were phenomenal. They did so so
incredibly well. And it's wonderful to see our young people
and some of our masters as well some of the
older ones having a really good go at athletics. It
is truly the sport that anybody can be involved in.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
That's correct, you know. I mean there is something for
everybody with in athletics. It doesn't matter what your ability is,
So whether you can run, jump or throw, there's something
for everyone.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Yeah, there really is. Well, before I let you go prezise,
what are you hoping for when you go to New Delhi?
No doubt some PBS.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Yeah, I hope I will get my PV.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
And yeah you never know. Hey do you what do
you reckon about a meddle? Try your best? Yeah, no
pressure though, yeah, yep, but you know what, you always
try your best. I've seen you run on so many
occasions and you always try your absolute best, which is
it should make every territory and proud hearing that you're
going away to compete. We'll all be cheering for your precise.
(08:48):
Hopefully we can watch it, can we? Is it televised?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
We am?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Will we be able to watch it somehow?
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Most absolutely, both the able Body and the Para World
Championships will be televised. Yep. So make sure you get
on there and watch and cheer on our precias. I
think I think this squad might need a watch party.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Oh I reckon, yeah, I reckon they might need a
watching party. Well, I know, Bronti, and I'll be cheering
really loudly for you like I did in that relay.
You're in a couple of weeks ago where you where
you was so speedy, So we're really excited for your Bresias.
I meet on behalf of everybody in the Northern Territory.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
Good luck.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
We're all going to be cheering for you and I
know you'll do us proud. Thank you so much, thank you,
thank you so much. That's Bresia's Briton there, her mum Marcy,
thank you so much for your time, and Leanne Chin.
Lovely to have you in the studio as well.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Thank you, Thanks Katie and you have a great day.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
I will thank you
I've got three awesome people in the studio with me
this morning because seventeen year old Brazires Britain. Now she's
a proud Indigenous woman from ram And Ginning and man
and Greta, and she's set to represent Australia at the
twenty twenty five World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi
in India a little bit later this month. Now, Brazias
(00:24):
is going to be making her international debut in the
two hundred meters and the four hundred meters running events
as part of the largest Australian para athletics team since
the Sydney two thousand Para Olympics, a fifty one strong
squad set to take on the world from the twenty
(00:44):
sixth of September to the fifth of October. It is
incredibly exciting stuff and I'm very happy to say that
the amazing Brazires joins me in the studio this morning.
Good morning, Brasias. It's wonderful to have you in here,
and you're also joined by your mum Marcy. Good morning
to you, Marsi, and of course Leanne Chin from Athletics
(01:09):
into the executive officer. Good morning to you, Leanne.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Good morning Katie, and good morning to your listeners.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
It's so good to have you all in the studio now, Brazias.
You and I know each other pretty well because you
train in Roger Chin's squad and train alongside my little
girl as well. So I've been really fortunate to see
the way you race and just how incredible you are
on the track. Now, what are your favorite events?
Speaker 3 (01:36):
I like four meta and two hundred.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Do which do you prefer? Are you allowed to say most?
Speaker 3 (01:45):
I like four hundred yep, yeah, because it makes me
feel fun. It feels like I'm free and flying.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
You do fly on the track as well. You look
so fast when you run, and you've been training really
hard to go away for this trip in well a
couple of weeks. Talk us through how many days a
week you're training. It's a couple of days a week.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Yeah, so I trained in the track three days a
week and two days a week in gym.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
And presis when you found out that you were going
to be representing Australia and going away to the World Championships.
What did you think? What was your reaction?
Speaker 3 (02:27):
I was like, Wow, this is crazy, so like my
dream came to and yeah, I was so excited and yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
It's incredible. You should be so proud of yourself and
all that hard work and training paying off for me. Marcy,
what was it like for you when you found out
that she was going to be representing Australia.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
It was really really so special. I was really really
emotional the same time, proud, happy that my girl got selected.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
And what is all your family in Maningrida and Ramon
Ginning think.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
It was really really awesome. They were really really proud
calling us, telling us and crying the same time.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yeah, yeah, it's so cool. I mean, like, it's such
an incredible thing to say, and such an incredible opportunity
Leanne for you, you know, heading up athletics here in
the Northern Territory. It must be wonderful to see, you know,
to see a young girl like Brazias being able to
access these pathways, especially you know, to through that power
(03:31):
pathway to be able to compete at this level.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Absolutely, Katie, we have had the advantage of precise has
been competing on a national level since she was ten
years old, so that's a really long way and her
pathway to national level has been only on an upward trajectory.
So to now have her at at international level is
(03:58):
just phenomenal. A young lady from the Bush going to
Dubai and New Delhi yep.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
And then when you like, when you look at how
an athlete can be identified from the Northern territory because
like you've said, Brazia's you know, she's a girl from
the Bush. I love it, like I love the fact
that you've been able to rise to this level, you know,
in terms of being identified then on that national stage.
How has that happened? Because it's not sort of a
(04:26):
really easy process, is it. She's had to be away
competing at plenty of different national carnivals.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Absolutely, As I said, in two thousand and eighteen, Precise
went to Melbourne as part of the school Sport Australia event.
More recently she has attended the Australian aw Schools Competition.
This year she attended the Australian National Championships in Perth.
(04:52):
So there's a lot of time spent away and you know,
away from home, away from mum and dad, away from community,
but she's always found a way to back into community
and it's great to see that they celebrate along with her.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Yeah, Well, when you're juggling it as well with school
and everything else, aren't you too resiss? Is that hard?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Yeah, it can be, but you but you are dedicated
to your training, aren't you.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Yeah? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Now how excited are you to go to New Delhi,
to go to India? It sounds like it's going to
be so much fun.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Yeah, I'm so excited to racing again as differently countries
help in New Delhi, Yeah, meet new peoples.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
It will be so cool. I mean, Marci, can you like,
what's it like for you? As her mum? Thinking Wow,
she is going to a whole other country and she's
going to be racing against young athletes from all over
the world.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
I feel really proud of her. It's really so special
for me and my people, like representing not only us,
your people, but all around Australia. So so special.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
It is so special. And what are like what a
remarkable you know, like what a remarkable person to have
everybody else sort of looking to and going wow, Brazis.
If you can do that, you know, the possibilities are
endless as well for other young people like yourself to
be able to train hard and you know, be able
(06:27):
to get there to that international stage. Now, it's so cool,
it's so awesome. Hey, you run at the NT Champs
last or two weekends ago as well. You ran fantastically.
Do you do some pbs?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Yeah, it was for four hundred time.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yep, So got a PB and your four hundred meters
that is good. That's off to a good start before
you go overseas and leanne fantastic. The NT Championships had
plenty of people take part.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Absolutely. We had three hundred and fifty athletes from across Australia,
not just the Northern Territory, including a couple of internationals
that traveled up here this year, so we had some
New Zealand throwers come up. We had a lot of
kids from Central Region, East Anham Region, Big Rivers, so Catherine,
(07:16):
as well as of course our Darwin based athletes from
schools and of course our clubs. So phenomenal effort from everybody.
That PB bell rang out. I think it may have
got broken at one point. Not going to point any fingers,
but yeah, I'm glad that it got wrung because that
(07:36):
means that everybody is doing their best.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Yeah, that's exactly right and having a great time. Was
so good. And I'll tell you what. Some of the
athletes as well that had come in from other locations
around the Northern Territory were phenomenal. They did so so
incredibly well. And it's wonderful to see our young people
and some of our masters as well some of the
older ones having a really good go at athletics. It
is truly the sport that anybody can be involved in.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
That's correct, you know. I mean there is something for
everybody with in athletics. It doesn't matter what your ability is,
So whether you can run, jump or throw, there's something
for everyone.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Yeah, there really is. Well, before I let you go prezise,
what are you hoping for when you go to New Delhi?
No doubt some PBS.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Yeah, I hope I will get my PV.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
And yeah you never know. Hey do you what do
you reckon about a meddle? Try your best? Yeah, no
pressure though, yeah, yep, but you know what, you always
try your best. I've seen you run on so many
occasions and you always try your absolute best, which is
it should make every territory and proud hearing that you're
going away to compete. We'll all be cheering for your precise.
(08:48):
Hopefully we can watch it, can we? Is it televised?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
We am?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Will we be able to watch it somehow?
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Most absolutely, both the able Body and the Para World
Championships will be televised. Yep. So make sure you get
on there and watch and cheer on our precias. I
think I think this squad might need a watch party.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Oh I reckon, yeah, I reckon they might need a
watching party. Well, I know, Bronti, and I'll be cheering
really loudly for you like I did in that relay.
You're in a couple of weeks ago where you where
you was so speedy, So we're really excited for your Bresias.
I meet on behalf of everybody in the Northern Territory.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
Good luck.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
We're all going to be cheering for you and I
know you'll do us proud. Thank you so much, thank you,
thank you so much. That's Bresia's Briton there, her mum Marcy,
thank you so much for your time, and Leanne Chin.
Lovely to have you in the studio as well.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Thank you, Thanks Katie and you have a great day.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
I will thank you
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