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Katie Woolf spoke with Olympic Swimmer Jacob Hansford on training in Darwin · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf. Join the conversation with Katie Wolf.
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  Speaker 1: You are our eyes and ears in the Territory Mixed
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  Speaker 1: one oh four point nine.
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  Speaker 2: Now you may have heard that we've got some amazing
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  Speaker 2: Olympic swimmers and hopefuls training for the Olympics.
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  Speaker 1: Here in Darwin at the moment, and.
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  Speaker 2: I'm delighted to say that joining me on the line
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  Speaker 2: right now is Jacob Hansford.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning to you.
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  Speaker 3: Jacob, Good morning Katie. How are you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, really well mate, Great to have you on the
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  Speaker 2: show and great to have you guys in the Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 2: You are indeed based in Brisbane from what I can
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  Speaker 2: gather with Saint Peter's Western Swim Club.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, so based in Saint Peter's Western in Brisbane,
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  Speaker 3: and yeah come up here for a two week training
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  Speaker 3: camp in beautiful sunny Darwin. So it's great to be here.
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  Speaker 3: And we've got a great facility down a p rap
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  Speaker 3: great facility also at the Charles Darwin University. They've been
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  Speaker 3: really accommodating for us in great facility.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Jacob, how many of you are here at the moment.
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  Speaker 3: We've got about twelve of us I think, Yeah, so yeah,
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  Speaker 3: all of us will be going to the trials and
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  Speaker 3: hopefully booking a spot on the swimming Olympic team.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon, it's awesome.
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  Speaker 2: I've got little kids and they usually train at the
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  Speaker 2: perhaps swimming pool. I know that training has been moved
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  Speaker 2: a little bit, moved around a bit to accommodate you guys,
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  Speaker 2: which I think is wonderful because it's great for some
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  Speaker 2: of those younger kids to be able to see the
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  Speaker 2: likes of you guys in the pool training hard and
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  Speaker 2: see what it's all about.
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  Speaker 1: When are the trials happening?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so when we get back, it'll be two weeks
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  Speaker 3: until the trials and they're down in Adelaide, So yeah,
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  Speaker 3: we're all really looking forward to it. And after this game,
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  Speaker 3: we're getting a little bit of rest, which is called
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  Speaker 3: tavor time, so sessions get cut down a little bit more,
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  Speaker 3: and yeah, we're all looking forward to that.
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  Speaker 1: And how come the training is actually happening in Darwin.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so great facility at Parratt and also at the Universe,
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  Speaker 3: the great training facility. We wanted to get a little
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  Speaker 3: bit more out of the heat. Yeah, straight into the
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  Speaker 3: heat and out of cold in Brisbane. It can get
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  Speaker 3: a little bit cold of a morning, so it's really
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  Speaker 3: good to get out of there and also get out
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  Speaker 3: of the stay, get out of our sort of normal
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  Speaker 3: routine before we head into a big competition. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I would imagine that that's a fairly important thing to
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  Speaker 2: do as well, to be able to sort of, you know,
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  Speaker 2: get your body used to being into a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of a different routine, particularly ahead of such an important carnival.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, it's a great environment to be in, and
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  Speaker 3: especially when it's got such great weather all the time,
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  Speaker 3: you know, waking up early mornings, it's never really easy,
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  Speaker 3: but it doesn't help when it's cold, so it makes
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  Speaker 3: us set easier now that it's a bit warm when
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  Speaker 3: we get up.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah for sure.
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  Speaker 2: And how how is all the training going into and
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  Speaker 2: are you training morning and afternoon and then doing some
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  Speaker 2: stuff in the gym or how often are you training?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so most days we train double, so that'll be
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  Speaker 3: early morning and then afternoon. Thankfully, Wednesdays and Fridays are
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  Speaker 3: really good days because we get the afternoon off, so
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  Speaker 3: that's really good. But we've got gym on those days
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  Speaker 3: as well, and we'll have a bit of spin bike
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  Speaker 3: at the University. Yeah, Saturday morning we have training and
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  Speaker 3: usually that's a bit of a faster one where we
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  Speaker 3: put on our supersuits and do a little bit more
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  Speaker 3: racing stuff.
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  Speaker 2: And Jacob, have you had any time to do a
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  Speaker 2: bit of sight seeing or go and see much around
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  Speaker 2: the Northern Territory while you're here?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, So just last weekend we went to the
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  Speaker 3: Crocosaurus Cove and that was really really good to get
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  Speaker 3: up and close to those and all the reptiles and stuff.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, next weekend we're leaving on Saturday, so
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  Speaker 3: unfortunately we won't be able to get around too much.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, there's so much to see here. And unfortunately
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  Speaker 3: we're only here for about two weeks. So maybe next
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  Speaker 3: year we'll have a long air camp we'll be able
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  Speaker 3: to see a little bit more.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon, it's fantastic.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's wonderful to see you guys here, to
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  Speaker 2: see the swimming squad here, but also you know, when
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  Speaker 2: you look across the board at some of the other
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  Speaker 2: sports that we're seeing in the territory, it's wonderful for
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  Speaker 2: us all to be able to see it in action. Now, Jacob,
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  Speaker 2: this is all part of getting ready for the Olympics.
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  Speaker 2: I know that there's still quite a bit of uncertainty
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  Speaker 2: at this point in time due to COVID, but you
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  Speaker 2: are training as if it's all going ahead, aren't you.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely. I mean, we can't really have a doubt
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  Speaker 3: in our mind when it comes to preparing for Olympics
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  Speaker 3: and stuff, so we just kind of let that stuff
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  Speaker 3: go on in the background, and you know, if it
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  Speaker 3: happens to be canceled and so be like out of
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  Speaker 3: our control. But you know, we've got to really make
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  Speaker 3: sure that we keep the things in our control. And
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  Speaker 3: you do this right to really pare and make the
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  Speaker 3: best of it.
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  Speaker 2: Now, you did actually compete at the real Olympic Games
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  Speaker 2: as well, didn't you.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, Solgi in the men's four by two hundred
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  Speaker 3: pree Sole really so yeah to go around again with
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  Speaker 3: be an absolut early amazing achievement. For me, it's been
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  Speaker 3: a long term goal ever since making Rio, so yeah,
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  Speaker 3: looking forward to the trials and my preparation this summerund
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  Speaker 3: has been a lot better than last time, so hopefully
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  Speaker 3: that's a good time.
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  Speaker 2: Oh mate, I think it's fantastic and I wish you
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  Speaker 2: all the best. I wish everybody that's here training at
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  Speaker 2: the moment all the best. I just think it's wonderful
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  Speaker 2: to see so many young people, young elite athletes like
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  Speaker 2: yourself there at the Perhaps swimming Pool. It's great for
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  Speaker 2: the community to see and particularly great for young Territorians
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  Speaker 2: that are down there swimming as well.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no worries at all, And yeah we've had quite
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  Speaker 3: a few locals come down and watch us train and
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  Speaker 3: that's really motivating for us as well. So you know,
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  Speaker 3: if you have a little bit of time and you'd
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  Speaker 3: like to come down and watch us train, you're more
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  Speaker 3: than welcome to come.
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  Speaker 1: Oh good on you, Jacob. Lovely to talk to you
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  Speaker 1: this morning.
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  Speaker 2: All the best, mate, and all the best for not
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  Speaker 2: only your trials, but we hope to be able to
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  Speaker 2: cheer you on at the Olympics.
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  Speaker 3: No worries, Thanks, thanks for having.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Jacob Hansford.
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  Speaker 2: There are Olympic well, Olympic hopeful and as I say,
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  Speaker 2: it is fantastic to see them all training there at
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  Speaker 2: the Perhaps swimming Pool, but really hoping that they are
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  Speaker 2: able to travel away. I know it's going to be
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  Speaker 2: difficult in terms of those Olympics happening in the way
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  Speaker 2: that they usually would. But I think that they'll be
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  Speaker 2: able to get them under way, and maybe there's just
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  Speaker 2: going to be a situation where people are only going
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  Speaker 2: to be able to attend their specific sports. It'll be
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  Speaker 2: interesting to see whether they're able to have family and
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  Speaker 2: friends go across to watch them as well. But I'll
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  Speaker 2: tell you what, if you've been training, like you said,
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  Speaker 2: you know, training since the Real Olympics and wanting to
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  Speaker 2: get back in there, wanting to be part of that
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  Speaker 2: four x two hundred meter real A team again, it's
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  Speaker 2: such a long period of time to train for and
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  Speaker 2: for those athletes, you really hope that the Olympics are
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  Speaker 2: able to happen and all this training is well and
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  Speaker 2: truly worth it.