July 8, 2024 • 5 mins
17 sleeps away from The Paris Olympics, we chat up with NZOC CEO to see how preparations are going. an also a cracking story about finding NZ first ever Olympic Gold.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Official radio broadcast partner of the Olympic Games, Paris, twenty
twenty four, Go Gold, Gold Sport.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
It's time to talk the Olympic Games here on gold
Sport and we are an official station for the Olympic
Games with all the commentary. Seventeen days to go, and
I know the CEO of New Zealand Olympic Committee, Nicky Nichols,
getting very excited, don't you, Nicky?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I am indeed, in fact, you've.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
You you are farewell? The first team what yesterday?
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Yes, we've got some of the aunt's party heading off
and so they'll be going up to do all the
pre logistics work and then get into the village and
get the village already for the athletes to arrive. Over
the next week and a half.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
We've still got what one or two teams still to
be named. I believe there's a team being named today.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Yes, we've got the judo today and then men's football
is the last main one and then yeah, we'll be
virtually about one hundred and ninety amazing athletes representing New
Zealand with pride.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Well, we'll talk more about that shortly, but I wanted
to on the story that came out last week about
the first gold medal won by a New Zealand representative,
and he had an app name actually Malcolm Champion, and
it was one at the nineteen twelve Stockholm Olympic Games.
And you've been gifted the medal. Tell me a even
about the story and how it came about.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Yes, well, it's a lovely story and I think one
that's got huge significance for us here in New Zealand.
So we're absolutely thrilled that we have been gifted this medal.
And how it transparred was the medal was gifted from
Malcolm's family, his daughter, to a friend of person. It's
gone through a couple of generations, and then as as
one of the descendants of that family was getting older,
(01:41):
she was moving into a retirement home and they found
the medal where they were clearing out of her home.
And so that family then said, look, we really wanted
it to come back to New Zealand. That was always
the intent that they had been told through the generations,
and so they set forth to come and find us
and reached out and of course you know, were obliged
loved receiving it.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
What sort of state was it in Well.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
It's still in great condition. I mean it's quite a
small medal you were, compared to the medals today, but
it was silver and had been dipped in gold and
it's still in great shape. We will get it reviewed
once we bring it back from the Games we are
and attack it up to the caves as an inspiration
for the next generation or the recent generation of athletes.
(02:27):
And you know, Sydney, as we told athletes about it,
that's Sidney been really inspired to know that that's now
back in our customy.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
The story of Malcolm Champions an interesting one really because
he was actually born I believe in Norfolk Island. His
father was a sea captain and the family moved to
Auckland and he was part of the Australasian swim team.
How did that come about?
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, so back in nineteen twelve we were competing for Australasia.
So we had three athletes there, Malcolm Haall and athletics
Anthony Wilden. You've tennis and Malcolm Champion went along in
the sobbing and so he took a couple of individual
events and as we've been doing more research too, the
story also goes that he was sort of feeling a
(03:10):
bit down and he wanted to head home and he
went to see the team manager and the manager was
actually looking for him because one of the Australians had
an ear infection and he said, Malcolm, we really need
you in the relay and he swam his little heart
out and by all accounts to talk the lead on
that second league and stayed ahead at the fast finishing Americans,
which was innchored by amazing Surfa and Summer Duke Karanamco.
(03:31):
So yeah, some really great stories that are coming up.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Absolutely won thirty one national titles, I believe, and when
he did retire he ended up being the custodian of
the Tempered Bars in Auckland.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Yes and no, it's just it's just an incredible story
and there's lots of touch points that people now know
of him as we've gone downe a lot more research
and actually listened to some of the stories of his
wife family and that's been also really special with many
of his great nieces and nephews that was had into
the office last week to really see the medal because
we wanted them to share with it before we made
(04:03):
it public as well.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
So Nikki seventeen days. As I mentioned, to go and
till the Games. You've obviously been to Paris, You've had
a look at the setup. What are your thoughts?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
It will be an exceptional games, and you know Paris
is an iconic city. You know, they're very ambitious to
French and I'm sure it will be a nega sporting
event that we're expecting. If you think of some of
the iconic locations. We'll have beach volleyball under the Eiffel Tower,
we'll have events at the plaster La Concord, a question
of the SI. So it is just going to be
(04:35):
pretty amazing and special. And also for us, you know,
one hundred and ninety athletes have done a huge amount
of work and they're in the peak of the fitness,
ready to give it all for New Zealand. So we
can't be more excited. We've still got a bit of
work to do, but that's our job and we'll keep
doing as much as we can to make sure the
athletes have it all set up ready for when they
arrive in Paris.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
So what's the goal regard Is there a goal for
medals so to speak? Because there's a lot of very
talented ethnic it's out there I think will meddle.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Yeah, there definitely aren't any talented athletes. We hope we'll meddle.
We don't focus on the medal tali per se, because
our job is to create the best environment, So we
leave that up to the athletes and their coaches and
we don't want to put any pressure on them. They
know the potential that they're aiming for and our job
is to make sure that we integrate them into the
team quickly, because this is quite different from a single
(05:24):
world championship. It's like thirty two World championships at once,
and so our job is to integrate them into the team,
makeefull they're really settled, that culture of monarchi that New
Zealand do very very well and hopefully set them up
to do their best performance. So that's our focus, and
everything around that high performance environment is you know what
we'll be focusing on.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Well, NICKI, thank you for joining us today and closer
to the games we'll talk again. Absolutely fantastic with that
inspirational medal there to spur the team on. Thank you
so much.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Thanks Brian take here.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Nicky Nikolwenz CEO
Official radio broadcast partner of the Olympic Games, Paris, twenty
twenty four, Go Gold, Gold Sport.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
It's time to talk the Olympic Games here on gold
Sport and we are an official station for the Olympic
Games with all the commentary. Seventeen days to go, and
I know the CEO of New Zealand Olympic Committee, Nicky Nichols,
getting very excited, don't you, Nicky?
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I am indeed, in fact, you've.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
You you are farewell? The first team what yesterday?
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Yes, we've got some of the aunt's party heading off
and so they'll be going up to do all the
pre logistics work and then get into the village and
get the village already for the athletes to arrive. Over
the next week and a half.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
We've still got what one or two teams still to
be named. I believe there's a team being named today.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Yes, we've got the judo today and then men's football
is the last main one and then yeah, we'll be
virtually about one hundred and ninety amazing athletes representing New
Zealand with pride.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Well, we'll talk more about that shortly, but I wanted
to on the story that came out last week about
the first gold medal won by a New Zealand representative,
and he had an app name actually Malcolm Champion, and
it was one at the nineteen twelve Stockholm Olympic Games.
And you've been gifted the medal. Tell me a even
about the story and how it came about.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Yes, well, it's a lovely story and I think one
that's got huge significance for us here in New Zealand.
So we're absolutely thrilled that we have been gifted this medal.
And how it transparred was the medal was gifted from
Malcolm's family, his daughter, to a friend of person. It's
gone through a couple of generations, and then as as
one of the descendants of that family was getting older,
(01:41):
she was moving into a retirement home and they found
the medal where they were clearing out of her home.
And so that family then said, look, we really wanted
it to come back to New Zealand. That was always
the intent that they had been told through the generations,
and so they set forth to come and find us
and reached out and of course you know, were obliged
loved receiving it.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
What sort of state was it in Well.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
It's still in great condition. I mean it's quite a
small medal you were, compared to the medals today, but
it was silver and had been dipped in gold and
it's still in great shape. We will get it reviewed
once we bring it back from the Games we are
and attack it up to the caves as an inspiration
for the next generation or the recent generation of athletes.
(02:27):
And you know, Sydney, as we told athletes about it,
that's Sidney been really inspired to know that that's now
back in our customy.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
The story of Malcolm Champions an interesting one really because
he was actually born I believe in Norfolk Island. His
father was a sea captain and the family moved to
Auckland and he was part of the Australasian swim team.
How did that come about?
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, so back in nineteen twelve we were competing for Australasia.
So we had three athletes there, Malcolm Haall and athletics
Anthony Wilden. You've tennis and Malcolm Champion went along in
the sobbing and so he took a couple of individual
events and as we've been doing more research too, the
story also goes that he was sort of feeling a
(03:10):
bit down and he wanted to head home and he
went to see the team manager and the manager was
actually looking for him because one of the Australians had
an ear infection and he said, Malcolm, we really need
you in the relay and he swam his little heart
out and by all accounts to talk the lead on
that second league and stayed ahead at the fast finishing Americans,
which was innchored by amazing Surfa and Summer Duke Karanamco.
(03:31):
So yeah, some really great stories that are coming up.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Absolutely won thirty one national titles, I believe, and when
he did retire he ended up being the custodian of
the Tempered Bars in Auckland.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Yes and no, it's just it's just an incredible story
and there's lots of touch points that people now know
of him as we've gone downe a lot more research
and actually listened to some of the stories of his
wife family and that's been also really special with many
of his great nieces and nephews that was had into
the office last week to really see the medal because
we wanted them to share with it before we made
(04:03):
it public as well.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
So Nikki seventeen days. As I mentioned, to go and
till the Games. You've obviously been to Paris, You've had
a look at the setup. What are your thoughts?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
It will be an exceptional games, and you know Paris
is an iconic city. You know, they're very ambitious to
French and I'm sure it will be a nega sporting
event that we're expecting. If you think of some of
the iconic locations. We'll have beach volleyball under the Eiffel Tower,
we'll have events at the plaster La Concord, a question
of the SI. So it is just going to be
(04:35):
pretty amazing and special. And also for us, you know,
one hundred and ninety athletes have done a huge amount
of work and they're in the peak of the fitness,
ready to give it all for New Zealand. So we
can't be more excited. We've still got a bit of
work to do, but that's our job and we'll keep
doing as much as we can to make sure the
athletes have it all set up ready for when they
arrive in Paris.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
So what's the goal regard Is there a goal for
medals so to speak? Because there's a lot of very
talented ethnic it's out there I think will meddle.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Yeah, there definitely aren't any talented athletes. We hope we'll meddle.
We don't focus on the medal tali per se, because
our job is to create the best environment, So we
leave that up to the athletes and their coaches and
we don't want to put any pressure on them. They
know the potential that they're aiming for and our job
is to make sure that we integrate them into the
team quickly, because this is quite different from a single
(05:24):
world championship. It's like thirty two World championships at once,
and so our job is to integrate them into the team,
makeefull they're really settled, that culture of monarchi that New
Zealand do very very well and hopefully set them up
to do their best performance. So that's our focus, and
everything around that high performance environment is you know what
we'll be focusing on.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Well, NICKI, thank you for joining us today and closer
to the games we'll talk again. Absolutely fantastic with that
inspirational medal there to spur the team on. Thank you
so much.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Thanks Brian take here.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Nicky Nikolwenz CEO
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