It’s a mixed bag for our trampolinists at the Olympics.
Dylan Schmidt crashed out of the men’s trampoline final, losing his chance at reclaiming the podium, while Madeline Davidson pulled through into the final.
Piney caught up with both of them after the respective events.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport Podcast with Jason Vine
from News Talks. B Smith's underway.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
A couple of somersaults to start smooth. It gets that
momentum up and he works his way towards the right
of the man struggling in his off days af Terylan Schmidt.
He's unable to complete his routine and that's disappointment for
the New Zealand.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Just absolutely gutting watching Dylan Schmidt fall from the tramp,
ending his hopes of a medal. It was still pretty
raw when I spoke to Dylan Schmidt shortly after that
to find out how he was feeling about what had
played out.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Yeah, look, it's I guess getting there. Yeah, it's a
tough one to swallow. Yeah, I mean, campaign was great,
leader was great, Training has been really really good.
Speaker 5 (00:53):
Body's feeling good, Pooty really into training and we're really
hard and didn't come off, which is obviously heartbreaking.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Uh yeah, look, it's it's a tough one to pin
point what actually went wrong in the final. Obviously fell
off onto the floor, which never helps. But yeah, look,
I mean it's just one of those days.
Speaker 5 (01:11):
Just wasn't my day.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
But yeah, credit to the the other boys deserving of
the podium. Yeah, incredible athletes and wish I could have
been up there or at least pushing them. But yes,
wasn't my day.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Was it something that happened quickly or was it over
a couple of moves previous? So have you been able
to process how it happened?
Speaker 5 (01:34):
Ah?
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Yeah, Look, I think the first skill is really strong,
seeking skill potentially drifted a little bit. Yeah, pushed really
hard into the third, and I mean I was I
was pretty close after that, and then you know, I
never I never stopped. I always go from anywhere, and
that's probably you know why I fell on the floor,
just because I wasn't going to give up and I
(01:54):
wasn't going to stop. I was going to keep going
until I was wasn't on the trampoline. So yeah, it sucks,
you know, you just want to take it back and
have another go. Well, I was feeling really good, to
be honest, So it's hard to spin point what went wrong,
but sometimes these things have happened.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
And yes, and qualifying, I mean you look you look
good well to my untrained eye, and qualifying, did you
feel pretty pretty good during qualifying for the final.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
Yeah, I felt all right, like it still didn't feel
probably how I how I wanted to feel. But I
did what I needed to do to get into the final,
and yeah, put a pretty solid routine. I knew I
could have done better, but you know, enough to get through.
And yeah, I was just.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
Really hoping to laid out and put it out there
in the final.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
And you know, it just sucks because I know I
can do more, and I know I can do bigger scores.
And yes, never how you.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Want to injure Olympic campaign? Is it?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
No?
Speaker 5 (02:49):
No?
Speaker 3 (02:49):
And I mean you'll you'll probably go through a few emotions.
I guess are you able to feel any pride at
making another Olympic final or will that probably have to wait?
Speaker 5 (02:59):
No, I mean, I'm I'm I'm proud of myself, how.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
Of the work I put in, proud of how I
handled everything that up to this coach coaches back home,
she had to go, so that through a bit of
a spinner in the works, But you know, I really
think I dealt with it well. And it's not know
any of the reason why everything's going wrong, but it
sucks that you know, I can't she can't be here.
(03:25):
I guess to celebrate I guess all the work we
put in regardless of the result. So yeah, I'm incredibly
proud of myself. Yeah, so much, so much more thought
really as.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Dylan Schmidt, who I spoke to a couple of hours
ago after his fall in the trampoline final, you can
just tell at the end there how emotional he was
about it. He was.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
We spoke to him a week ago in the lead
into the trampoline final and he, you know, he seemed
confident and he was very together and just at peace
with what he was going to do. And I watched
him in qualifying and he was he was really good.
I thought, man, he's he's going to deliver here, he's
going to get close to another another podium. And then
watching him just four like that, it was man, I
(04:09):
was just gutting. I was just so gutted for the guy.
Just awful. And as he was walking away, I thought
to myself, exactly what he said. He must just wish
he could turn back time and have another crack at it. Unfortunately,
not to be. Our other trampoline athlete at these Games
is Maddie Davidson. Now, she finished seventh in the Women's
(04:32):
trampoline Finals. She qualified for the final with a best
score of fifty four point seven to four to oh
across her two routines, and then produced a score of
fifty four point two three to zero in the final.
I spoke also to Medline Davidson shortly after she had competed,
and I guess it was a bit of a contrast.
I suggested that she'd be pretty happy with making it
(04:53):
to an Olympic final.
Speaker 6 (04:55):
Oh, honestly, I'm so stoked. I knew it was going
to be a push to make the finals. There's a
really talented group of girls out there, and when you
were going to have to hustle, and then when I
kind of all that I had.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
Made that top A, I was. I was pretty stoked,
pretty heavy.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Tell us about your two routines and qualifying, in particular
the one that got you into the final.
Speaker 6 (05:15):
I think one about main focuses has been my height,
So that's always a bit nerve wracking when you know
you've got to really push as hard as you can.
And that was just what I was really concentrated on today,
trying to have nice rhythm, trying to jump as high
as I can, and I actually peebed in my height
an every single routine, so I can't complain with that.
Pretty stoked and yeah, I just you know, felt like
I was really connected in with the trampoline today. I
(05:35):
just need to get a little bit closer to the cross.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Is that the horizontal displacement? Is that the metric that
they talk about when you get close to the cross?
Speaker 5 (05:43):
Yes?
Speaker 6 (05:43):
Yeah, And as I've been jumping a bit higher, I've
been going a little bit hayyi from that cross. But
you know, those things, those things happened, That's all right.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
How did you feel coming into the Olympic Games? Did
you feel confident?
Speaker 6 (05:54):
To be honest, I had a pretty rocky road coming
into the Games. I was carrying a bit of an injury.
We had a lot of logistical things kind of go wrong.
But you know, I think that's kind of one of
the pressing things that you got it then zero in
focus and I felt every dy as I could have
been on the day, and I was just pretty stoked
at all the work by coach and I had done,
just coming together on the floor.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
What was the injury that you carried in or that
you had to had to manage as you as you
headed towards Paris.
Speaker 6 (06:20):
I got a compressed our five vertebrae, which is not
the most comfortable is we probably think when you're jumping
on a trampoline. But it's just one of the things
we had to manage through and you know, push push
past us to get to the games. And I had
a really great support team around me that was helping
me do that.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
I compressed vertebrae. That sounds that sounds painful when you're
doing nothing, let alone jumping on a trampoline. Man, how
how how you know how challenging was it to continue
to train and to prepare with that.
Speaker 5 (06:50):
It's pretty tough.
Speaker 6 (06:51):
I think it's hard when your your body and your
brain is telling you to stop because you're in pain.
But like I said, I have an amazing support team.
We have great physios, I have an amazing sports site
that helped me deal with it because we knew we
didn't have long to go, and we did everything we
could kind of make me as comforable was possible. And
I think it was a real chance of showing a
bit of resilience and you know, pushing through those tough.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Times outstanding And what about the logistical challenges your face.
What did you get not get the right travel plans
or something?
Speaker 6 (07:19):
Oh, I just think it was just one of those things.
You know, there's never smooth, never smooth entry. I haven't
heard anybody have a smooth.
Speaker 5 (07:24):
Entry into the Olympics. So it's just one of those things.
You know.
Speaker 6 (07:27):
Probably since January we've been having a couple of hack ups,
so but you know, it's just one of those things.
Like I said, you know, we're resilient athletes hopefully, and
you know we better throw and push through outstanding.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
So what are we thinking here? Madeline? Is twenty twenty
eight now on your radar, and now that you've made
a final, you know, are you? Are you keen on
another Olympic cycle?
Speaker 5 (07:46):
Absolutely?
Speaker 6 (07:47):
I think as soon as you finish, you're like, man,
I just want to go again. So definitely, and it
was always in my plan, definitely going for twenty twenty eight.
I'll just have a bit of a holiday first and
have a little bit of a relax and then we'll
get back into it again when we get home.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Well, congratulations, I love the big smile at the end
from you having made the final and perform so well.
Everybody back, every proud Dale thanks for taking the time
for a chat, No, thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to news talks b weekends from midday, or follow the
podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Weekend Sport Podcast with Jason Vine
from News Talks. B Smith's underway.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
A couple of somersaults to start smooth. It gets that
momentum up and he works his way towards the right
of the man struggling in his off days af Terylan Schmidt.
He's unable to complete his routine and that's disappointment for
the New Zealand.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Just absolutely gutting watching Dylan Schmidt fall from the tramp,
ending his hopes of a medal. It was still pretty
raw when I spoke to Dylan Schmidt shortly after that
to find out how he was feeling about what had
played out.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Yeah, look, it's I guess getting there. Yeah, it's a
tough one to swallow. Yeah, I mean, campaign was great,
leader was great, Training has been really really good.
Speaker 5 (00:53):
Body's feeling good, Pooty really into training and we're really
hard and didn't come off, which is obviously heartbreaking.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Uh yeah, look, it's it's a tough one to pin
point what actually went wrong in the final. Obviously fell
off onto the floor, which never helps. But yeah, look,
I mean it's just one of those days.
Speaker 5 (01:11):
Just wasn't my day.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
But yeah, credit to the the other boys deserving of
the podium. Yeah, incredible athletes and wish I could have
been up there or at least pushing them. But yes,
wasn't my day.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Was it something that happened quickly or was it over
a couple of moves previous? So have you been able
to process how it happened?
Speaker 5 (01:34):
Ah?
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Yeah, Look, I think the first skill is really strong,
seeking skill potentially drifted a little bit. Yeah, pushed really
hard into the third, and I mean I was I
was pretty close after that, and then you know, I
never I never stopped. I always go from anywhere, and
that's probably you know why I fell on the floor,
just because I wasn't going to give up and I
(01:54):
wasn't going to stop. I was going to keep going
until I was wasn't on the trampoline. So yeah, it sucks,
you know, you just want to take it back and
have another go. Well, I was feeling really good, to
be honest, So it's hard to spin point what went wrong,
but sometimes these things have happened.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
And yes, and qualifying, I mean you look you look
good well to my untrained eye, and qualifying, did you
feel pretty pretty good during qualifying for the final.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
Yeah, I felt all right, like it still didn't feel
probably how I how I wanted to feel. But I
did what I needed to do to get into the final,
and yeah, put a pretty solid routine. I knew I
could have done better, but you know, enough to get through.
And yeah, I was just.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
Really hoping to laid out and put it out there
in the final.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
And you know, it just sucks because I know I
can do more, and I know I can do bigger scores.
And yes, never how you.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Want to injure Olympic campaign? Is it?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
No?
Speaker 5 (02:49):
No?
Speaker 3 (02:49):
And I mean you'll you'll probably go through a few emotions.
I guess are you able to feel any pride at
making another Olympic final or will that probably have to wait?
Speaker 5 (02:59):
No, I mean, I'm I'm I'm proud of myself, how.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
Of the work I put in, proud of how I
handled everything that up to this coach coaches back home,
she had to go, so that through a bit of
a spinner in the works, But you know, I really
think I dealt with it well. And it's not know
any of the reason why everything's going wrong, but it
sucks that you know, I can't she can't be here.
(03:25):
I guess to celebrate I guess all the work we
put in regardless of the result. So yeah, I'm incredibly
proud of myself. Yeah, so much, so much more thought
really as.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Dylan Schmidt, who I spoke to a couple of hours
ago after his fall in the trampoline final, you can
just tell at the end there how emotional he was
about it. He was.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
We spoke to him a week ago in the lead
into the trampoline final and he, you know, he seemed
confident and he was very together and just at peace
with what he was going to do. And I watched
him in qualifying and he was he was really good.
I thought, man, he's he's going to deliver here, he's
going to get close to another another podium. And then
watching him just four like that, it was man, I
(04:09):
was just gutting. I was just so gutted for the guy.
Just awful. And as he was walking away, I thought
to myself, exactly what he said. He must just wish
he could turn back time and have another crack at it. Unfortunately,
not to be. Our other trampoline athlete at these Games
is Maddie Davidson. Now, she finished seventh in the Women's
(04:32):
trampoline Finals. She qualified for the final with a best
score of fifty four point seven to four to oh
across her two routines, and then produced a score of
fifty four point two three to zero in the final.
I spoke also to Medline Davidson shortly after she had competed,
and I guess it was a bit of a contrast.
I suggested that she'd be pretty happy with making it
(04:53):
to an Olympic final.
Speaker 6 (04:55):
Oh, honestly, I'm so stoked. I knew it was going
to be a push to make the finals. There's a
really talented group of girls out there, and when you
were going to have to hustle, and then when I
kind of all that I had.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
Made that top A, I was. I was pretty stoked,
pretty heavy.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Tell us about your two routines and qualifying, in particular
the one that got you into the final.
Speaker 6 (05:15):
I think one about main focuses has been my height,
So that's always a bit nerve wracking when you know
you've got to really push as hard as you can.
And that was just what I was really concentrated on today,
trying to have nice rhythm, trying to jump as high
as I can, and I actually peebed in my height
an every single routine, so I can't complain with that.
Pretty stoked and yeah, I just you know, felt like
I was really connected in with the trampoline today. I
(05:35):
just need to get a little bit closer to the cross.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Is that the horizontal displacement? Is that the metric that
they talk about when you get close to the cross?
Speaker 5 (05:43):
Yes?
Speaker 6 (05:43):
Yeah, And as I've been jumping a bit higher, I've
been going a little bit hayyi from that cross. But
you know, those things, those things happened, That's all right.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
How did you feel coming into the Olympic Games? Did
you feel confident?
Speaker 6 (05:54):
To be honest, I had a pretty rocky road coming
into the Games. I was carrying a bit of an injury.
We had a lot of logistical things kind of go wrong.
But you know, I think that's kind of one of
the pressing things that you got it then zero in
focus and I felt every dy as I could have
been on the day, and I was just pretty stoked
at all the work by coach and I had done,
just coming together on the floor.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
What was the injury that you carried in or that
you had to had to manage as you as you
headed towards Paris.
Speaker 6 (06:20):
I got a compressed our five vertebrae, which is not
the most comfortable is we probably think when you're jumping
on a trampoline. But it's just one of the things
we had to manage through and you know, push push
past us to get to the games. And I had
a really great support team around me that was helping
me do that.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
I compressed vertebrae. That sounds that sounds painful when you're
doing nothing, let alone jumping on a trampoline. Man, how
how how you know how challenging was it to continue
to train and to prepare with that.
Speaker 5 (06:50):
It's pretty tough.
Speaker 6 (06:51):
I think it's hard when your your body and your
brain is telling you to stop because you're in pain.
But like I said, I have an amazing support team.
We have great physios, I have an amazing sports site
that helped me deal with it because we knew we
didn't have long to go, and we did everything we
could kind of make me as comforable was possible. And
I think it was a real chance of showing a
bit of resilience and you know, pushing through those tough.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Times outstanding And what about the logistical challenges your face.
What did you get not get the right travel plans
or something?
Speaker 6 (07:19):
Oh, I just think it was just one of those things.
You know, there's never smooth, never smooth entry. I haven't
heard anybody have a smooth.
Speaker 5 (07:24):
Entry into the Olympics. So it's just one of those things.
You know.
Speaker 6 (07:27):
Probably since January we've been having a couple of hack ups,
so but you know, it's just one of those things.
Like I said, you know, we're resilient athletes hopefully, and
you know we better throw and push through outstanding.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
So what are we thinking here? Madeline? Is twenty twenty
eight now on your radar, and now that you've made
a final, you know, are you? Are you keen on
another Olympic cycle?
Speaker 5 (07:46):
Absolutely?
Speaker 6 (07:47):
I think as soon as you finish, you're like, man,
I just want to go again. So definitely, and it
was always in my plan, definitely going for twenty twenty eight.
I'll just have a bit of a holiday first and
have a little bit of a relax and then we'll
get back into it again when we get home.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Well, congratulations, I love the big smile at the end
from you having made the final and perform so well.
Everybody back, every proud Dale thanks for taking the time
for a chat, No, thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live
to news talks b weekends from midday, or follow the
podcast on iHeartRadio
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