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Let’s see if Olympian Hamish Kerr still holds his primary school record! · Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hamish, Good morning and congratulations.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, thanks for having me on.
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  Speaker 3: Guys, it's great to talk to you. You're on your
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  Speaker 3: way to the closing ceremony right now, is that right?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yep, yep. Doing a little multitask.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, who's surrounded you at the moment? Who's beside you?
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  Speaker 2: How we got we got David Liddy, We've got a
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  Speaker 2: couple of couple of pole volters. Yeah, we've got a
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  Speaker 2: few supports stars, mostly athletics team and yeah, obviously finn
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  Speaker 2: and a couple of sailors as well at the top.
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  Speaker 1: So so, has everyone been near the whole time or
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  Speaker 1: people have come and gone or.
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  Speaker 2: I think they're kind of coming gone, Like obviously Team
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  Speaker 2: Sports have kind of left now, I think, and then
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  Speaker 2: we actually came in quite late, just as athletics is
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  Speaker 2: in the second week. But yeah, I think I think
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  Speaker 2: the swimmers have kind of stayed on. Looks like they've
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  Speaker 2: been having a good time. But yeah, I think I
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  Speaker 2: think for the most part everyone sort of stayed.
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  Speaker 1: Around classic swimmers, swimmers always wanting a good time.
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  Speaker 2: Comment has it so good?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, a gold medal on the world's biggest stage
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  Speaker 3: at the Olympics in the high jump. Has it sunk
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  Speaker 3: in for you?
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  Speaker 1: Oh?
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  Speaker 2: No, no, it hasn't. I mean, look, I mean I'm
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  Speaker 2: obviously amazingly stoked with how I did, and I'm over
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  Speaker 2: the moon with my result last night. But I think
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  Speaker 2: it's going to take a few few weeks to process
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  Speaker 2: what actually truly happened. But yeah, all I know is
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  Speaker 2: that I was just so stoked to be there and
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  Speaker 2: it was just so much fun being out there in
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  Speaker 2: the moment, it was it.
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  Speaker 3: But and you know, you guys, you could have you
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  Speaker 3: could have shared gold. You're in the USA competed it,
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  Speaker 3: but you guys decided to go for a jump off
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  Speaker 3: that seemed like a bit of a risk at the time.
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  Speaker 3: It's still I guess you're back in it now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no, definitely paid off, I think, know, to
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  Speaker 2: be fair, like, obviously the boys shared the golden Tokyo, uh,
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  Speaker 2: and that was something that was so amazing, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: it was such an amazing part of Olympic hisstory. But
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  Speaker 2: I think at the same time, you know, as as
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  Speaker 2: we're competitors and as we all want to win, I
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  Speaker 2: think that you know, all the all the athletes decided
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  Speaker 2: that it would be cool if we did get the
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to to actually see what would happen and play
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  Speaker 2: out the jump off. So yeah, I had no doubt
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  Speaker 2: in my mind when when I knew that was going
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  Speaker 2: to happen, that we both agree to it and get
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  Speaker 2: on with it.
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  Speaker 1: When when you have the conversation, you're like, is it
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  Speaker 1: a jump off? He's like, you had to jump off
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  Speaker 1: to jump off, it's agreed to jump off.
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  Speaker 3: That sounds pretty cool. That's better.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely, we definitely could have drawn out the suspense a
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  Speaker 2: wee bit more. It was pretty much more like me
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  Speaker 2: just looking at him, going let's jump.
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  Speaker 1: That's that's Litz jump.
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  Speaker 3: It's a good There was one there was one moment
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  Speaker 3: and you kind of went viral. But there was there
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  Speaker 3: was one moment that you sort of came up and
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  Speaker 3: you sort of you sort of jumped straight onto the
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  Speaker 3: mat under the bar, and you kind of went viral
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  Speaker 3: as well. People were saying online it was like you
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  Speaker 3: were playing like PlayStation and the controller died or something
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  Speaker 3: like that. What actually happened there was it just you
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  Speaker 3: just didn't feel it and then you decided to bow out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, look, I think I was just pushing a
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  Speaker 2: little bit hard. In the first couple of steps of
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  Speaker 2: my run ups, so you usually can kind of tell
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  Speaker 2: mid curve whether you're in a good position or not,
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  Speaker 2: and very so often those kinds of jumps come out.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, it is quite funny to see the memes
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  Speaker 2: going around with the old the old failed jump. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not sure a lot of the people commenting on them
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  Speaker 2: as well realize that I actually got the one. It
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  Speaker 2: would be nice if we could try and sort of
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  Speaker 2: that as well.
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  Speaker 1: You want us to sway the comments section, do you?
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  Speaker 2: But not only did his controller die, but it actually
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  Speaker 2: turned it back on, and yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly, we all at least you're not a breakdancer for Australia.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, like Hamish cool with us this morning? What
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  Speaker 1: is it like? I mean, you have been training probably
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  Speaker 1: longer than four years for this, but let's just take
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  Speaker 1: this four year period leading into the Olympics and then
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  Speaker 1: you finally stand on that podium the national anthems playing,
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  Speaker 1: talk us through that moment.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, you know, it's just it's just confirmation
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  Speaker 2: that all the secrifice and hard work starting pay off.
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  Speaker 2: I think that that's what's what's so cool is you
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  Speaker 2: know I've worked so hard for this, I've you know,
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  Speaker 2: I've I've put some some pretty hard conversations with some
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  Speaker 2: some you know, loved ones. You know, I've had to
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  Speaker 2: do that. I've had to change around my coaching team.
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  Speaker 2: I've had to you know, change some technical stuff and
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  Speaker 2: really look at myself and be honest with with what
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  Speaker 2: my what I am capable of doing. And so I
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  Speaker 2: think that you know, to know that I've done all
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  Speaker 2: that hard stuff and then you know, get such an
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  Speaker 2: amazing result from it, it's just it's just dream come true.
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  Speaker 1: Well, because you're my wife went to a breakfast that
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  Speaker 1: you spoke at and and you did say that you
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  Speaker 1: had to change the team around you, like your your
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  Speaker 1: dietitian and your coach.
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  Speaker 3: You even setting up formal meetings. I think, you know, see,
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  Speaker 3: everyone was held accountable. It was like take to someone's
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  Speaker 3: saying in the minutes and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, look, I mean I think that's just you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's just increased professionalism. And I think that's the thing
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  Speaker 2: is I love the sport and I definitely see it
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  Speaker 2: as something that I love and have a lot of
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  Speaker 2: fun doing, but it's also it's also a job, and
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  Speaker 2: it's also something that I want to make sure I'm
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  Speaker 2: doing the best at so I think that in the
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  Speaker 2: last couple of years, I've really had to look at
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  Speaker 2: myself and and how I've sort of worked and probably
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  Speaker 2: been a little bit casual at times. And so it
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  Speaker 2: was just around about just being really really conscious on
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  Speaker 2: being as professional as possible and getting the right result
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  Speaker 2: from that.
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  Speaker 1: Is anyone going to lose their job now you've got
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  Speaker 1: the gold? Oh, Dietes should mate, you've been dragging the chain?
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  Speaker 1: Anyone like that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we haven't had that conversation yet. That's more of
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  Speaker 2: a post thing. But now don't tell anyone. I think
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  Speaker 2: they're probably pretty safe. They want to do it again,
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  Speaker 2: It's probably more up to the end, to be honest.
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  Speaker 1: Loop us in on the minutes and it was incredible.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so many great moments, but I managed a big
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  Speaker 3: part of the Olympics have been incredible. I mean there
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  Speaker 3: was that moment where the freach pole Volda has sort
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  Speaker 3: of bits and pieces hit the pole and knocked it off.
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  Speaker 3: Were ever worried about that could be an option for you?
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  Speaker 3: And the high jump that your your you're junk could
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  Speaker 3: actually knock off the bar.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we go over backwards, So not really an interis
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  Speaker 2: for me unless unless I've got it. You know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: doing really really well for myself.
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  Speaker 1: We ever tail or something in the closing ceremony, which
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  Speaker 1: you're just walking into. Now, what are we looking forward to?
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  Speaker 1: We had that that unusual gentleman painted like an Avatar
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  Speaker 1: character with as goolies on the opening ceremony. What can
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  Speaker 1: we expect?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I mean hopefully not too much more religious slander,
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  Speaker 2: but we will see. I think, yeah, I think, I
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  Speaker 2: think the big rumor around us as who's going to
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  Speaker 2: be performing. It seems like it's potentially Snoop Dogg he
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  Speaker 2: is in town. But but yeah, also maybe Taylor Swift.
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  Speaker 2: There's there's just so many people saying so many different things.
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  Speaker 2: So wow, go out there and actually see who's out there.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, we'll see.
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  Speaker 1: So it's a genuine surprise. No one knows.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. To be fair, I probably haven't
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  Speaker 2: been paint too much kinch last week for hours. We
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  Speaker 2: will see.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty sure someone would know someone someone is to know.
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  Speaker 2: I think the person performing probably knows.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, good, hope, I was so good to Jet. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: we're New Zealand is so proud it was such an
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  Speaker 3: effect moment. It's been such an epic game. So congratulations Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks, it's been awesome to have news you on
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  Speaker 2: behind us as well.
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  Speaker 1: Can I just say too, we've called you on your
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  Speaker 1: number here and your profile picture is you playing golf?
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  Speaker 1: Do you think do you think you might want to
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  Speaker 1: change there? Nah?
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  Speaker 2: Mate, got to keep it casual, okay.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe you high jumping or something. I don't know, just.
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  Speaker 2: Part time high jumper, I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: Also, if you google yourself in the last twenty four hours,
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  Speaker 3: but if you google yourself, it comes up with a
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  Speaker 3: little gold medal emblem as well, and you can click
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  Speaker 3: on it. Years.
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  Speaker 2: Actually yeah, Seamus plug, I did actually google myself.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you'd better be.
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  Speaker 1: Googling yourself, mate, What a day to be googling yourself aimus. Congratulations,
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  Speaker 1: so proud. You deserve all the success and I hope
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  Speaker 1: you enjoyed the rest period too, mate.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks heaps, guys, lovely to talk