September 1, 2024 • 9 mins
Kiwi Paralympians Anna Taylor and Nicole Murray both took out medals in the cycling over the weekend. Bk chats to each of them about how the Games are going
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
On the show. Now it is time to talk to
Paris Para Olympics. And when I returned from my holiday
on Friday, first thing I saw on the news was
the smiling face of Anna Taylor putting New Zealand on
the map with a silver medal in the three thousand
meter individual pursuit. She was spent. She will catch up
with her now. We're giving her the weekend to recover. Anna.
(00:20):
Good morning and congratulations.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Oh thank you, Hi, Hi, yeah, thank you.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
It was yeah, good weekend.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
You sort of I watched that interview on Friday, New
Zealand time over here and you gave it your order
and you had nothing left on the track.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Nah, yeah, that was a lot of it spent on
on Friday.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
But yeah, that was good.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
I gave everything ahead and that's that's.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
What it was.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
So the scene, yeah, absolutely, And you were up against
what the world champion as well in Australian who who
you've competed against before, Emily Picture Collar, wasn't it.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Yes, Yeah, you know, made respect for that woman. She's
a Yeah, she's a phenomenal athlete and you know, real
honors actually raced her in the final. So yeah, that
was that was really cool, but a work to do
to catch up to her.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
But can you catch up to her?
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Absolutely?
Speaker 4 (01:20):
I mean that's the goal, being chipping away at it
this whole time. So I think in.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
In Tokyo it was about about over fifteen seconds and
you know now we're down to seven, so you know
we're we're chipping away at it.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Absolutely, So the next Power Olympics you should be ahead
of her, right, yeah, Well that's.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
The goal, you know, keep keep improving.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
I say, have you got did you obviously didn't have
any more in the tank though? Did you? You were spent?
You used every ounce of energy you had in that
in that pursuit.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
I mean yes, I think it's it's a little bit
hard when your reference pointers, you know, someone who's going
out to break the world record. I was still going
at a relatively fast pace. I think I was on
track to go faster.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
That ride in the final than I did in the heat.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
It just didn't look like it when you when you're
comparing yourself to you know, a world record breaker.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Absolutely, you do your training obviously in Cambridge at the
Valodrome there, How does that how does that facility compare
to the one in Paris.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
You know what, the Cambridge Facility is just a fantastic place.
I mean it's you know, it's a real community vibe.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
You know, you've got high performance.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
A community space and you know it's a real it's
a real family vibe there. And saying that the Velodrome
and France was just electric. Was so loud and you know,
sent thory overload with the lights, the crowd adrenaline, just
it was. It was crazy. It was just a once
(03:06):
in a lifetime experience.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Talking about family, your mum and dad were over there
as well, so that must help a lot, That must
mean a lot to you.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Absolutely, you know I had a big, a big family
showing in the crowds. My partner was there, my aunt
and uncle, and my brother and sister in law were
there as well with my parents. So yeah, it was
It's just something so special when you have your family
they're supporting you.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So Anna, what's next for you now?
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Uh, well, I've got the time trial on Wednesday, so
one more race to get done, and then my partner
and I will go on just a short light week
holiday and then head back to head back to Hamilton
an see what happens from there as.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Far as the time trial is concerned, and how's your
form for that? How do you think you'll go?
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Yeah, I bet myself. You know, I've been putting in
a lot of work on the on the road to
build my base, and you know, I've been healthy for
a good few months. So the training has been the
training has been done, and yeah, I look forward to
seeing how that plays out on roaster.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Well, then we wish you the best on Wednesday for
the for the time trial and go very very well.
Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
Cheers, Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
And some more good news for Kiwi Cycling from overnight.
Nicole Murray, the Pride of Oultrahong, has gone one better
to finish in bronze position in the women's C five
three thousand individual pursuit in Parish. He joins us. Now,
I guess is it sunk in yet? Nicole? Congratulations?
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Thank you? No, by bet you know, it's a lot
to take it. And yeah, it's been a very full
day and I'm very happy. Yeah, I'm still sinking in.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Fantastic and you won by a pretty comfortable margine. I
think something like seven seconds over the Italian rider, didn't you.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Yeah, I had her in my sights for probably half
the race or more. I haven't had the chance to
look back at it yet, but yeah, I was tossing
up between maybe just like sending it into a sprint
towards the end there and maybe maybe burning out a
little bit early or just hanging on to my pace
and just seeing it through. So chose the latter, and yeah,
(05:35):
I had her, but it didn't quite catch it.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
It must be great when you're doing an individual pursuit
when you get when you get your opponent in your sights.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Yeah. Yeah, it's a very good character chase, that's for sure.
And you know, from I don't know what it is,
maybe ten meters or something like that, you get a
bit of a draft as well, so there's that that
helps out a little bit too, Not that it's very
noticeable to you at the time at one hundred percent
suffering capacity, but you go smedge faster.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
And you got to a good start, and I guess
that was the key as well, getting off the line quickly.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
M Yeah, definitely get more so in my in my
final because I had my prosthetic, which I stupidly left
in the village for my qualifying, So my start. My
second race was a lot better. Yeah, and the whole
the whole race was just much more smoothly, all of
my And it just didn't feel as after the race either.
(06:32):
When you executed race smoothly, it doesn't take as much
of a toll on you.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
So Nicole talk us through how you actually ended up
getting into intercycling and ending up at Velodrome and ending
up at a couple of Olympic Games.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (06:48):
So I attended a long time years ago, eight or something,
and there was a guy there called Hedley Pearson, who
I'm sure so knows a lot about.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
He's very involved for me, and he was sort of
like a talent scout and he would get us in
touch with coaches and relevance he thought would be good at.
So he in touch with was head of Para cycling
at the time. And I went down to the valid
had to go. I went into it thinking that it
wouldn't be very interesting to me. It sounded really boring
(07:21):
riding on the road for hours. But yet once I
turned up and actually had a look at what it
was like, I loved it. And it's quite a thriller.
The sides of the track. It doesn't really show on
camera how steep it is. But the one in Cambridge
is forty three degrees, which is quite intimidating to get
up on a bike and not crash. So yeah, I
think the thrill of that got me hooked.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
And what was a thrilled riding in Paris at the
Olympic and the Valordrome there, like is it a similar
track to Cambridge?
Speaker 3 (07:50):
It's actually a faster track. People across all categories are
smashing their personal best times by There's been heaps of
records back and this track more circular than it is oval,
which means that when you're going around it, it's just
much smoother. It's also hotter and things move through air
(08:13):
faster when the air molecules are hot, and there's a
little bit to do with air density as well or
air pressure with like rain or sun. You know, this
is quite This is why we have sports scientists who
help us break down what the conditions are like, and
then that translates into what gear we should put on
our bike before we start the race. Because it's a
(08:33):
fixed gear, no brakes, you can't change. So you've got
to work with all that information and figure out what
is going to be best for you in that race.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
It's a real science, that's for sure. So have you
got any more events lined up? Nicole?
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Yeah, I've got two more. So track's all done now
when we switch offs over to the road, so I
have a time trial and then a road race which
is against everyone at the same time. Start to finish
for the time individual you go for a minute apart
from your competitors do lack of the course.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Fantastic. Well, we wish you the very very best of
luck for that and again congratulations on bronze for the
Kiwi team.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Well done, Nicole, Thank you thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Nicole Murray joining us here on gold Sport in the
Country Sport Breakfast as the Tokyo Para Olympic Games continue.
Bronze for New Zealand
On the show. Now it is time to talk to
Paris Para Olympics. And when I returned from my holiday
on Friday, first thing I saw on the news was
the smiling face of Anna Taylor putting New Zealand on
the map with a silver medal in the three thousand
meter individual pursuit. She was spent. She will catch up
with her now. We're giving her the weekend to recover. Anna.
(00:20):
Good morning and congratulations.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Oh thank you, Hi, Hi, yeah, thank you.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
It was yeah, good weekend.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
You sort of I watched that interview on Friday, New
Zealand time over here and you gave it your order
and you had nothing left on the track.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Nah, yeah, that was a lot of it spent on
on Friday.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
But yeah, that was good.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
I gave everything ahead and that's that's.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
What it was.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
So the scene, yeah, absolutely, And you were up against
what the world champion as well in Australian who who
you've competed against before, Emily Picture Collar, wasn't it.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
Yes, Yeah, you know, made respect for that woman. She's
a Yeah, she's a phenomenal athlete and you know, real
honors actually raced her in the final. So yeah, that
was that was really cool, but a work to do
to catch up to her.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
But can you catch up to her?
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Absolutely?
Speaker 4 (01:20):
I mean that's the goal, being chipping away at it
this whole time. So I think in.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
In Tokyo it was about about over fifteen seconds and
you know now we're down to seven, so you know
we're we're chipping away at it.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Absolutely, So the next Power Olympics you should be ahead
of her, right, yeah, Well that's.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
The goal, you know, keep keep improving.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
I say, have you got did you obviously didn't have
any more in the tank though? Did you? You were spent?
You used every ounce of energy you had in that
in that pursuit.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
I mean yes, I think it's it's a little bit
hard when your reference pointers, you know, someone who's going
out to break the world record. I was still going
at a relatively fast pace. I think I was on
track to go faster.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
That ride in the final than I did in the heat.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
It just didn't look like it when you when you're
comparing yourself to you know, a world record breaker.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Absolutely, you do your training obviously in Cambridge at the
Valodrome there, How does that how does that facility compare
to the one in Paris.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
You know what, the Cambridge Facility is just a fantastic place.
I mean it's you know, it's a real community vibe.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
You know, you've got high performance.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
A community space and you know it's a real it's
a real family vibe there. And saying that the Velodrome
and France was just electric. Was so loud and you know,
sent thory overload with the lights, the crowd adrenaline, just
it was. It was crazy. It was just a once
(03:06):
in a lifetime experience.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Talking about family, your mum and dad were over there
as well, so that must help a lot, That must
mean a lot to you.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Absolutely, you know I had a big, a big family
showing in the crowds. My partner was there, my aunt
and uncle, and my brother and sister in law were
there as well with my parents. So yeah, it was
It's just something so special when you have your family
they're supporting you.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So Anna, what's next for you now?
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Uh, well, I've got the time trial on Wednesday, so
one more race to get done, and then my partner
and I will go on just a short light week
holiday and then head back to head back to Hamilton
an see what happens from there as.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Far as the time trial is concerned, and how's your
form for that? How do you think you'll go?
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Yeah, I bet myself. You know, I've been putting in
a lot of work on the on the road to
build my base, and you know, I've been healthy for
a good few months. So the training has been the
training has been done, and yeah, I look forward to
seeing how that plays out on roaster.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Well, then we wish you the best on Wednesday for
the for the time trial and go very very well.
Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
Cheers, Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
And some more good news for Kiwi Cycling from overnight.
Nicole Murray, the Pride of Oultrahong, has gone one better
to finish in bronze position in the women's C five
three thousand individual pursuit in Parish. He joins us. Now,
I guess is it sunk in yet? Nicole? Congratulations?
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Thank you? No, by bet you know, it's a lot
to take it. And yeah, it's been a very full
day and I'm very happy. Yeah, I'm still sinking in.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Fantastic and you won by a pretty comfortable margine. I
think something like seven seconds over the Italian rider, didn't you.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Yeah, I had her in my sights for probably half
the race or more. I haven't had the chance to
look back at it yet, but yeah, I was tossing
up between maybe just like sending it into a sprint
towards the end there and maybe maybe burning out a
little bit early or just hanging on to my pace
and just seeing it through. So chose the latter, and yeah,
(05:35):
I had her, but it didn't quite catch it.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
It must be great when you're doing an individual pursuit
when you get when you get your opponent in your sights.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Yeah. Yeah, it's a very good character chase, that's for sure.
And you know, from I don't know what it is,
maybe ten meters or something like that, you get a
bit of a draft as well, so there's that that
helps out a little bit too, Not that it's very
noticeable to you at the time at one hundred percent
suffering capacity, but you go smedge faster.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
And you got to a good start, and I guess
that was the key as well, getting off the line quickly.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
M Yeah, definitely get more so in my in my
final because I had my prosthetic, which I stupidly left
in the village for my qualifying, So my start. My
second race was a lot better. Yeah, and the whole
the whole race was just much more smoothly, all of
my And it just didn't feel as after the race either.
(06:32):
When you executed race smoothly, it doesn't take as much
of a toll on you.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
So Nicole talk us through how you actually ended up
getting into intercycling and ending up at Velodrome and ending
up at a couple of Olympic Games.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (06:48):
So I attended a long time years ago, eight or something,
and there was a guy there called Hedley Pearson, who
I'm sure so knows a lot about.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
He's very involved for me, and he was sort of
like a talent scout and he would get us in
touch with coaches and relevance he thought would be good at.
So he in touch with was head of Para cycling
at the time. And I went down to the valid
had to go. I went into it thinking that it
wouldn't be very interesting to me. It sounded really boring
(07:21):
riding on the road for hours. But yet once I
turned up and actually had a look at what it
was like, I loved it. And it's quite a thriller.
The sides of the track. It doesn't really show on
camera how steep it is. But the one in Cambridge
is forty three degrees, which is quite intimidating to get
up on a bike and not crash. So yeah, I
think the thrill of that got me hooked.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
And what was a thrilled riding in Paris at the
Olympic and the Valordrome there, like is it a similar
track to Cambridge?
Speaker 3 (07:50):
It's actually a faster track. People across all categories are
smashing their personal best times by There's been heaps of
records back and this track more circular than it is oval,
which means that when you're going around it, it's just
much smoother. It's also hotter and things move through air
(08:13):
faster when the air molecules are hot, and there's a
little bit to do with air density as well or
air pressure with like rain or sun. You know, this
is quite This is why we have sports scientists who
help us break down what the conditions are like, and
then that translates into what gear we should put on
our bike before we start the race. Because it's a
(08:33):
fixed gear, no brakes, you can't change. So you've got
to work with all that information and figure out what
is going to be best for you in that race.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
It's a real science, that's for sure. So have you
got any more events lined up? Nicole?
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Yeah, I've got two more. So track's all done now
when we switch offs over to the road, so I
have a time trial and then a road race which
is against everyone at the same time. Start to finish
for the time individual you go for a minute apart
from your competitors do lack of the course.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Fantastic. Well, we wish you the very very best of
luck for that and again congratulations on bronze for the
Kiwi team.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Well done, Nicole, Thank you thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Nicole Murray joining us here on gold Sport in the
Country Sport Breakfast as the Tokyo Para Olympic Games continue.
Bronze for New Zealand
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