August 3, 2024 • 6 mins
Rower Emma Twigg has shared her delight for Karolien Florijn's Olympic triumph.
The 37-year-old Kiwi fell short of back-to-back gold medals, finishing just in the wake of her Dutch rival.
Twigg joined Piney to discuss her victory.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport Podcast with Jason Vine
from News Talk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Back to back Olympic medals for single sculler Emma Twig.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Florine still has the lead the Netherlens Florine could see
Emma Twig closing in and she's up to her stripe
rate and we're almost back to one boat legs difference
between the Netherlands and New Zealand. It looks like it's
gonna be silver for New Zealands. Emma Twig coming to
the line. Caroline Florine of the Netherlands gets the gold medal.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
New Zealands.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Emma Twig gets silver and she's exhausted. She's given it
her all.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
She certainly has, and she's won a silver medal to
go with the gold that she picked up in Tokyo
three years ago. Emma Twig is with a long day.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
How are you feeling, I'm I'm it's all sinking in.
But it's been an awesome day and you're super proud
of today. Yeah, a nice way to kind of kept
things off for the team.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Talk us through the race from start to finish and
the and the key moments in it for you.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Uh, yeah, because we had a plan and I know
the quality of the girls that I'm racing and how
they've raced in the past, So the idea.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
Was to keep in touch with Carolyn, and that's kind
of how it unfolded.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
And at moments I thought that I was gonna walk through,
but unfortunately the legs lasted until about the last hundred
meters and then it was just a matter of surviving
and getting across the line in one piece.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
She's I mean, she's been, you know, quite dominant, hasn't
she in this particular you know event, I mean, to
get as close as you did, you know, you do
you take a certain amount of pride out of that.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Yeah, absolutely, she's she's been dominant in the last three years.
She's got some real pedigree, and yeah, it's been It's
been pretty awesome racing someone of her caliber, and she's
definitely had to target on her back for the Olympic cycle,
so to push her as hard as I did today,
I'm super proud of that. And yeah, it's also just
lovely to be standing on the podium with someone that
you've shared some pretty good times with over the last
(02:10):
three years.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
What about what about the last eight years for you, though, Emma,
you know, eight years ago, could you have imagined the
eight years you've just had.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
Probably not, to be honest. Yeah, Obviously, hanging up the
oars after Rio, I thought that was that.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
And to be able to now say that I'm a
two time Olympic medalist is Yes, It's kind of what
dreams are made of. So yeah, it's just today it
was nice to kind of go out there and not
have anything to prove and just race the best that
I possibly could, and a silver medal for me today,
there's equally as much pride in that story as there
was the one that I got in Tokyo.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
That's so cool. Can you just take us back to
the decision to pick the oars back up again and
what you know informed that decision after Rio, because I
know how gutting Rio was for you.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Yeah, I guess it's something that I reflect on now,
especially as people also have similar results to those fourth
places that I had, and just the kind of brings
back the fields to that time.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
But I guess on reflection and taking some.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
Time away, it just it made me appreciate that actually
it's everything else around winning medals that is the thing
that motivates me and gets me up in the morning,
and the training sequal is challenging to me, is racing
in these finals. So yeah, that was kind of the
logic behind the return, and I think with that mindset
it's become so much more enjoyable for me.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
And beyond Tokyo, it was always the plan to head
for Paris or was that a decision you thought a
bit about as well.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
To be honest, I thought Tokyo would be the last.
But I guess what Tokyo proved to me was that
you can really enjoy what you're doing. And I'd worked
for twenty years to achieve that result, and I kind
of wanted to make the most of an Olympic cycle.
I guess the three years was also much more appealing
than for and just make the most of kind of
(04:02):
being a defending champ and yeah, just enjoy what would
be the last three years of my career. And it's
been exactly that. It's been a real joy, all right.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
So that is it now.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Yeah, I'm saying it's a last on flat water, but
yeah it's I mean, I've learned in the past and
never say never, but I can pretty safely say that
the single skull, I've achieved all that I want to
a netboat class.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
For sure, it's been incredible and as far as the
New Zealand team is concerned that this regatta again is
just absolute stand out. Had the pleasure of speaking to
Lucy Spores yesterday on the radio and what a delight
she is. What a terrific regatta for the New Zealand
team mate.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
Yeahlus is actually sitting right next to me now and
she's giving me grief for saying that it's only the
single that I'm done in. But yeah, I'm absolutely so
proud of our whole team, especially the woman's double and
what they did and how they did it. So yeah,
it's just I think, you know, of the five games
I've been to, this team is super tight and everyone's
just excited for each other and achieving so well, and
(05:04):
it's yeah, it's pretty unique really, and there's some memories
from this last tour that will stick with me for
a very long time.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Is she trying to get you into a crew boat?
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Well, she's whispering in my year, But Judith that our
high performance director is also having a little giggle in
the front too, so.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Well, I'll leave those discussions to you guys and the celebrations.
Great to get the chance to chat Emma, huge congratulations
everybody back here. Just totally delighted. Thank you so much,
thank you for joining us. I'm Emma Twig, silver medallist
in the women's single skulls to go with the goal
that she won three years ago. Yeah, what a story
that is. Fourth in London twenty twelve, fourth at Rio
twenty sixteen, and just decided, look, I can't do this anymore.
(05:43):
I can't keep doing this if it's going to come
up short of the podium. But clearly some thinking done
after Rio. Back in the boat golden Tokyo silver here
and who knows? Who knows? I mean they you know?
No more the what do you call it? Flatwater meaning?
I guess you know, there's not a lot of not
a lot of splash from the single skulls, but maybe
(06:04):
a crew boat who knows. Lucy Spores seem to be
getting an arrear. So to the high performance coach, So
a terrific regatta for our rowers again, they've led the way.
We've got seven medals, they've got four of them gold
in the women's double skulls, silver for Emma Twig and
for the men's four, bronze for the women's four. It's
(06:24):
again a great return and historically I think rowing would
probably be the highest deliverer of Olympic medals in our history.
I can't think of another sport that's delivered more medals
at Olympic level than rowing. Would have to be it,
wouldn't it.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, Listen live
to news Talk said B weekends from midday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Weekend Sport Podcast with Jason Vine
from News Talk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Back to back Olympic medals for single sculler Emma Twig.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Florine still has the lead the Netherlens Florine could see
Emma Twig closing in and she's up to her stripe
rate and we're almost back to one boat legs difference
between the Netherlands and New Zealand. It looks like it's
gonna be silver for New Zealands. Emma Twig coming to
the line. Caroline Florine of the Netherlands gets the gold medal.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
New Zealands.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Emma Twig gets silver and she's exhausted. She's given it
her all.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
She certainly has, and she's won a silver medal to
go with the gold that she picked up in Tokyo
three years ago. Emma Twig is with a long day.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
How are you feeling, I'm I'm it's all sinking in.
But it's been an awesome day and you're super proud
of today. Yeah, a nice way to kind of kept
things off for the team.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Talk us through the race from start to finish and
the and the key moments in it for you.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Uh, yeah, because we had a plan and I know
the quality of the girls that I'm racing and how
they've raced in the past, So the idea.
Speaker 5 (01:20):
Was to keep in touch with Carolyn, and that's kind
of how it unfolded.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
And at moments I thought that I was gonna walk through,
but unfortunately the legs lasted until about the last hundred
meters and then it was just a matter of surviving
and getting across the line in one piece.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
She's I mean, she's been, you know, quite dominant, hasn't
she in this particular you know event, I mean, to
get as close as you did, you know, you do
you take a certain amount of pride out of that.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Yeah, absolutely, she's she's been dominant in the last three years.
She's got some real pedigree, and yeah, it's been It's
been pretty awesome racing someone of her caliber, and she's
definitely had to target on her back for the Olympic cycle,
so to push her as hard as I did today,
I'm super proud of that. And yeah, it's also just
lovely to be standing on the podium with someone that
you've shared some pretty good times with over the last
(02:10):
three years.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
What about what about the last eight years for you, though, Emma,
you know, eight years ago, could you have imagined the
eight years you've just had.
Speaker 5 (02:20):
Probably not, to be honest. Yeah, Obviously, hanging up the
oars after Rio, I thought that was that.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
And to be able to now say that I'm a
two time Olympic medalist is Yes, It's kind of what
dreams are made of. So yeah, it's just today it
was nice to kind of go out there and not
have anything to prove and just race the best that
I possibly could, and a silver medal for me today,
there's equally as much pride in that story as there
was the one that I got in Tokyo.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
That's so cool. Can you just take us back to
the decision to pick the oars back up again and
what you know informed that decision after Rio, because I
know how gutting Rio was for you.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Yeah, I guess it's something that I reflect on now,
especially as people also have similar results to those fourth
places that I had, and just the kind of brings
back the fields to that time.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
But I guess on reflection and taking some.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
Time away, it just it made me appreciate that actually
it's everything else around winning medals that is the thing
that motivates me and gets me up in the morning,
and the training sequal is challenging to me, is racing
in these finals. So yeah, that was kind of the
logic behind the return, and I think with that mindset
it's become so much more enjoyable for me.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
And beyond Tokyo, it was always the plan to head
for Paris or was that a decision you thought a
bit about as well.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
To be honest, I thought Tokyo would be the last.
But I guess what Tokyo proved to me was that
you can really enjoy what you're doing. And I'd worked
for twenty years to achieve that result, and I kind
of wanted to make the most of an Olympic cycle.
I guess the three years was also much more appealing
than for and just make the most of kind of
(04:02):
being a defending champ and yeah, just enjoy what would
be the last three years of my career. And it's
been exactly that. It's been a real joy, all right.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
So that is it now.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Yeah, I'm saying it's a last on flat water, but
yeah it's I mean, I've learned in the past and
never say never, but I can pretty safely say that
the single skull, I've achieved all that I want to
a netboat class.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
For sure, it's been incredible and as far as the
New Zealand team is concerned that this regatta again is
just absolute stand out. Had the pleasure of speaking to
Lucy Spores yesterday on the radio and what a delight
she is. What a terrific regatta for the New Zealand
team mate.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
Yeahlus is actually sitting right next to me now and
she's giving me grief for saying that it's only the
single that I'm done in. But yeah, I'm absolutely so
proud of our whole team, especially the woman's double and
what they did and how they did it. So yeah,
it's just I think, you know, of the five games
I've been to, this team is super tight and everyone's
just excited for each other and achieving so well, and
(05:04):
it's yeah, it's pretty unique really, and there's some memories
from this last tour that will stick with me for
a very long time.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Is she trying to get you into a crew boat?
Speaker 4 (05:13):
Well, she's whispering in my year, But Judith that our
high performance director is also having a little giggle in
the front too, so.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Well, I'll leave those discussions to you guys and the celebrations.
Great to get the chance to chat Emma, huge congratulations
everybody back here. Just totally delighted. Thank you so much,
thank you for joining us. I'm Emma Twig, silver medallist
in the women's single skulls to go with the goal
that she won three years ago. Yeah, what a story
that is. Fourth in London twenty twelve, fourth at Rio
twenty sixteen, and just decided, look, I can't do this anymore.
(05:43):
I can't keep doing this if it's going to come
up short of the podium. But clearly some thinking done
after Rio. Back in the boat golden Tokyo silver here
and who knows? Who knows? I mean they you know?
No more the what do you call it? Flatwater meaning?
I guess you know, there's not a lot of not
a lot of splash from the single skulls, but maybe
(06:04):
a crew boat who knows. Lucy Spores seem to be
getting an arrear. So to the high performance coach, So
a terrific regatta for our rowers again, they've led the way.
We've got seven medals, they've got four of them gold
in the women's double skulls, silver for Emma Twig and
for the men's four, bronze for the women's four. It's
(06:24):
again a great return and historically I think rowing would
probably be the highest deliverer of Olympic medals in our history.
I can't think of another sport that's delivered more medals
at Olympic level than rowing. Would have to be it,
wouldn't it.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, Listen live
to news Talk said B weekends from midday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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