Latest / Early Edition with Ryan Bridge / Andrew Alderson: Paralympics 2024 - Peter Cowan paddles to va’a VL3 200m bronze medal in Paris

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Andrew Alderson: Paralympics 2024 - Peter Cowan paddles to va’a VL3 200m bronze medal in Paris · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Andrew Ellison's head was for good morning.
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  Speaker 2: Greetings Ryan. Nothing like self praise, no praise, is it?
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  Speaker 1: You know? Hey the all But can we start with
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  Speaker 1: the All Blacks the lost? Yes? Can? How are we feeling?
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  Speaker 1: And how did you think Razor did with the press afterwards?
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  Speaker 2: Oh look, I'm always yeah, welcome to Razors generally pre open,
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  Speaker 2: et cetera. I think he's probably feeling some pressure. You know,
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  Speaker 2: seven games in, he's got seven games to go in
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  Speaker 2: his opening season, He's four wins, three losses. I think
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  Speaker 2: that's an all position to be. Although the South African
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  Speaker 2: team is one of the best South African teams. I
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  Speaker 2: think history has seen and see the World champions for
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  Speaker 2: a reason I had, I must I was a bit
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  Speaker 2: nervous earlier in the week, and I thought skeptical because
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  Speaker 2: when you see them relaxing like Russi Arrasthmus did in
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  Speaker 2: the build up, laughing away, et cetera, didn't suggest that
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  Speaker 2: they are under a great deal of pressure. And I
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  Speaker 2: think New Zealand and the All Blacks have a lot
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  Speaker 2: of work to do to earn that parody. They'rere far
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  Speaker 2: away in the eighteen twelve and you have the penalty
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  Speaker 2: from McKenzie, but that's not going to win the game,
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  Speaker 2: given they still scored after that South Africa. But I
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  Speaker 2: think yes, it's it's face shaping up to be a
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  Speaker 2: real challenge for that New Zealand team to go from
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  Speaker 2: there and if they win them letters lay Cup retain
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  Speaker 2: that for another year and then they go on to
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  Speaker 2: succeed on the end of year tour. I think that
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  Speaker 2: will get back some confidence at least for the New
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  Speaker 2: Zealand side, but it'll still be, as they say, the
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  Speaker 2: rock under the beach towel at the end of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely the Paralympics overnight we've had bronze from Peter Cowen
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  Speaker 1: and the two hundred meter canoe sprint we.
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  Speaker 2: Have and that's wrapped the campaign for New Zealand. I
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  Speaker 2: think fifty first on the medal table, not that that
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  Speaker 2: really matters a great deal here. I mean star of
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  Speaker 2: the show Anna Grimaldi with the tur and meter victory,
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  Speaker 2: not winning in the I guess favorite event, the long jump,
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  Speaker 2: but going on to deliver and get New Zealand that
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  Speaker 2: gold medal, four silver and four bronze as well to
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  Speaker 2: go with that. I think what I take from those
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  Speaker 2: games I ryan is just some of the moments you
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  Speaker 2: see people the achievement overcoming adversity. For me, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: just you know, a guy holding a table tennis bat
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  Speaker 2: in his in his mouth and and you know, and
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  Speaker 2: actually playing ping pong in that regard. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: a seventeen year old Indian girl with the putting the
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  Speaker 2: arrow into her bow with her foot. I saw that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, holding in her mouth, and I'm thinking, man,
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  Speaker 2: that is just some serious commitment. That's you know, just
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  Speaker 2: perseverance and overcoming adversities. Saying that, those are the stories
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  Speaker 2: that I enjoy about the Paralympic Games.
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  Speaker 1: The US Men's tennis finals starts, as the US Open
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  Speaker 1: starts in well half an hour, you'll be.
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  Speaker 2: Able to churn in after your shift, you know, just
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  Speaker 2: Yarleck center up against Taylor Fritz to complete the US
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  Speaker 2: Open campaign for me and for women. But yes, looking
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  Speaker 2: to I guess back up from his Australian Open victory
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  Speaker 2: earlier on the year, Fritz into his first Grand Slam final.
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  Speaker 2: But I think also for Sinner, I mean, obviously he's
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  Speaker 2: been that pressure on him over those are drugs tests
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  Speaker 2: and the failure of those union of course, you got
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  Speaker 2: the dispensation as a result of that, so there's been
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  Speaker 2: pressure on him throughout so whether he can deliver and
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  Speaker 2: then get a second Grand Slay, we'll wait and see.
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  Speaker 2: He's the number one in the world.
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  Speaker 1: Brilliant. Thank you so much for the Andrew see as always,
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Ortison as zi'd be Sport.
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