1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:05,560 [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING] 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:11,080 [AUDIENCE CHEERING] 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:20,160 We were a 100% focused to win a gold medal. 6 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,760 We’ve been working as a team for four years for this. 7 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,360 We were at the best level that we’ve ever had. 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,480 I was getting a good rhythm going you know, doing what I loved. 9 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,040 We were in it to fight for a medal. 10 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:38,520 [AUDIENCE CHEERING] 11 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,200 It was kind of a big shock. 12 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,600 We had no idea what was coming at us. 13 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,160 Everyone was just grabbing hurdles and twist balls, 14 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,920 weights, everything to try and do it at home. 15 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:06,040 We have to suddenly go back to Argentina and start this lockdown. 16 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,680 That moment was life changing for all of us. 17 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:14,480 We cannot plan a year ahead. 18 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,680 All of a sudden you’re like I’m useless. 19 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,840 I think everyone thought: "Okay, 15 days". 20 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,960 BROADCASTER: ...case numbers continue to rise. 21 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,520 It is a long way to Tokyo. 22 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,760 Covid changed everything, suddenly the calendar just dropped, 23 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,000 all the competitions completely stopped. 24 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,080 It was scary, 25 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:15,120 but actually it gave me this time that I hadn’t had. 26 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:21,440 An extra year for me to fully be at a 100%. 27 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,520 I just have to be super super careful now, you can’t rush that. 28 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,360 I tore my tendon in 2019. 29 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,160 I can’t pull my leg up on to bed. 30 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,200 They put it back together, put loads of metal stuff around it, 31 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,200 put some nails in my knee. 32 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,840 I couldn’t walk for 6 weeks, then I couldn’t run for 6 months. 33 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,120 I had the whole of 2019 out, so I hadn’t competed in 2 years. 34 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,000 So this is a really significant year for me. 35 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,496 We'll figure how you’re gonna start the run to begin with. 36 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,360 Think about your setup for when you start, okay? 37 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,120 We want everything to be out in front, okay. 38 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,520 Ok, Niamh, in your own time. 39 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,536 NIAMH: I couldn’t run properly I don’t know why. 40 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,760 You’ve spent so much time riding on a bike and being on an elliptical. 41 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,160 When you’re ready 42 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,200 NIAMH: I was 8 years old when I got into athletics. 43 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:44,520 COMMENTATOR: Come on, Niamh. 44 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:49,640 NIAMH: I started jogging, doing 800 meters, then did heptathlon. 45 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,600 Heptathlon is the ultimate sport, 46 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:58,320 you’ve got to be fast, you’ve got to be able to run distance, 47 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,760 you’ve got to throw, jump, you’ve got to do everything. 48 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,880 COMMENTATOR: The World Junior Champion in the Heptathlon outdoors. 49 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:05,880 The Commonwealth Bronze Medalist. 50 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,000 Ultimately, what I'm thriving to achieve 51 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:09,680 is to be the best in the world. 52 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,240 It's everybody's goal, really, in sports, I think. 53 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,160 I could keep running all day but not technically well. 54 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,240 So, on the last one I found it really hard to actually run properly, 55 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,456 You just try and push your hips a little bit further forward. 56 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,200 I still think I’m running quite like this. 57 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,240 COACH: You are a little bit... 58 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:34,816 But I wouldn’t get too worried about that, 59 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:37,040 again, you’ve got plenty of time to tweak these things 60 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,000 NIAMH: The last time I properly competed was 2018. 61 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,160 I was just quite young compared to now, 62 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,000 I think in every sense, in everything I was doing, 63 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,840 and I feel a lot more... I know what I’m doing a bit more now. 64 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,360 I just have to do it. 65 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,440 COACH: Had your timeline, gone ahead last year. 66 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,280 NIAMH: It's been hard. COACH: It was a blessing in disguise. 67 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,920 NIAMH: Massive, massive blessing. 68 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,480 COMMENTATOR: ...professional athletes across the globe are having to adapt 69 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,520 their training schedules in the most unprecedented ways... 70 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,560 WOMAN: Sports stars like most of us are adjusting 71 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,560 to a very different way of life. 72 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,256 When I read the news for the first time on Twitter, 73 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:25,280 that’s when it actually became real. 74 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,840 Crazy, crazy, crazy... 75 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,200 It was pretty tough. 76 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,600 I am complete at home, 77 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,320 which is, I mean, in a way, nice. 78 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,920 It's hard to figure out what to do, what's the next step. 79 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,560 That's your job, that's your life, that's your livelihood. 80 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,040 So, I just basically train here, in the backyard. 81 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,640 Welcome to training session, courtyard edition. 82 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:57,720 [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING] 83 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,480 This is the time you learn a lot about who you are 84 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,720 and what you’re capable of doing. 85 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,480 Don’t get down, get up, and keep it moving. 86 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,280 I’m out of here, 87 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,880 my only session here on the track, warming up a little bit. 88 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:27,720 It's just me out here. 89 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,520 And I love it, it's like meditation. 90 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:37,920 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 91 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,720 The moment the pandemic hit was life changing. 92 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,736 Everything that’s normal for you is out the window, right? 93 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,080 No gym, no fencing, no coaches, no nothing. That’s scary, right? 94 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,080 Not being able to control what you normally can control. 95 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:05,160 So it's like you’ve gotta take a deep breath and do like... 96 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,336 Everybody’s dealing with this too, all right? 97 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,400 We’re all trying to figure this shit out on our own. 98 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,000 When I put on a mask, right, I feel like a super hero. 99 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,000 It's just the best feeling ever. 100 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:19,760 I can have the worst day 101 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,960 and I just put the mask on and that’s the best day in my life. 102 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,320 This is what I wake up in the morning to do 103 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,680 and when it's taken away from you, it's tough. 104 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,120 I am two-time World Champion. 105 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,360 BROADCASTER: First American to have won 106 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,080 the Individual World Championships. 107 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:39,240 MILES: Doing what I love 108 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:40,896 is probably one of the greatest feelings in the world. 109 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:42,880 BROADCASTER: Yes, he is a very successful model. 110 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,240 Thank you. 111 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,920 COMMENTATOR: Wonderful attack. 112 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,960 MILES: Being the first ever world champion for the USA, 113 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:51,320 that was when my life changed. 114 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,880 BROADCASTER: There it is, beautiful. 115 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:59,480 America has its first ever Men’s Foil World Champion. 116 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,320 I literally cannot wait 'cause I haven’t touched my potential, 117 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,080 and I know that, and I feel that, I can picture myself on the podium. 118 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:08,880 [AUDIENCE CHEERING] 119 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,736 Wait, what are you doing today? It's so nice out, what you doing? 120 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,200 I know you’re doing something, you’re so cool. 121 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:23,600 I don’t know. 122 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,120 Yo, where you at? 123 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:35,400 All right. 124 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,320 He’s in the valley. He’s just there and I’m just here. 125 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,800 I can’t sit still, that’s my problem, I should be able to chill, 126 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:49,320 but I can’t do that. 127 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,480 I just wanna fence. I am just getting started, 128 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,176 I’m just touching the surface of what I can do. 129 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,320 It just feels so ready to just get out there and fence, 130 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,800 and that’s really what I wanna do, 131 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:02,840 just compete, that’s what I love to do the most. 132 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,360 But obviously we can’t do anything so... 133 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,080 It's kind of madness because nobody knows anything. 134 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,200 So all you can really do is stay positive, or you’ll go nuts. 135 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,080 [PHONE RINGING] 136 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:28,240 [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING] 137 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:35,720 What a view. 138 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:39,040 Peaceful up here. 139 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:50,040 I'm just trying to call my coach. 140 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:54,680 See if he’s up. 141 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,040 [GASPS] 142 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:04,200 Come on, Jay. 143 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:09,480 Pick up. 144 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:14,720 [GASPS] 145 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:22,120 You realise how much you miss something when you can’t have it, 146 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:29,520 It's really odd. Time, not having a schedule. 147 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:31,760 Not knowing when the next competition’s gonna be. 148 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:33,960 [DOG BARKS] 149 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,320 You know, the uncertain is terrifying, right? 150 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,800 BROADCASTER: Well, sports competitions are now being cancelled, 151 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,960 rather than simply postponed. 152 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:46,760 BROADCASTER: With the crisis escalating, 153 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,640 there are fears about the safety of stadium events. 154 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,560 BROADCASTER: No one knows how long it will be 155 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,840 before sports venues can welcome fans back in again. 156 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,760 So Malaysia is gonna be cancelled. 157 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:16,960 That means Singapore is gonna be cancelled. 158 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,680 Strange, confusing, upsetting. 159 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:26,320 It's insane. 160 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:31,360 A lot of people are not... 161 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:36,920 Don’t know how to move or know how to be when things are uncertain. 162 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,880 Covid cancelling so much and postponing so much, 163 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,520 I guess you can’t think about that every day, 164 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:47,160 you know, the what ifs, you’ve gotta stay in the present moment 165 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,000 and just, you know, stay focused on your goals. 166 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,520 You're only allowed to ride within 5 miles of your house, 167 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:19,240 but luckily, that includes some pretty incredible places 168 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,520 I thought we were married. 169 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,400 I think we have like this special connection. 170 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:44,840 You know, when we play volleyball we’re forced to marry each other. 171 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:46,840 We... 172 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,240 We travel around so much that I think we have more time with each other 173 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,160 than we will ever have with our girlfriends. 174 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:58,840 So, that's the way it is. 175 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:01,440 - Don't you feel the same? - Yeah. 176 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,200 Chris is my best friend, my partner. 177 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:35,480 He’s like ice-cold, super sharp. I have more the physique. 178 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:40,000 The chemistry that we have together. I think that’s really special 179 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,880 When I was in the third grade here, he was in his first. 180 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,640 It's hard to think that that’s the same guy I’m playing with now, 181 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,720 because he was such a skinny little boy. 182 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,360 He liked volleyball, that was for sure. 183 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,760 I didn’t think that he would be as good as he is today. 184 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:12,920 COMMENTATOR: And there it is, Norway with a spectacular victory. 185 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,160 COMMENTATOR: Anders Bernstein Mol, arguably the best blocker 186 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,080 that beach volleyball has ever seen. 187 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,680 COMMENTATOR: Christian Soren the best defender on tour. 188 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:25,880 Mission accomplished. The world’s number one team. 189 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:27,400 We won! 190 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:29,800 We want more. 191 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,520 COMMENTATOR:Can anybody stop Norway? 192 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:37,080 We were at the best level that we’ve ever had. 193 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,760 We won the 2018 season, we won the 2019 season 194 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,960 I moved back home. This is where I’ve been staying 195 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,120 since this corona pandemic. 196 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:04,800 Normally we’re out and about and travelling and living in a suitcase. 197 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,560 Now I’ve actually been spending a lot more time here in this room 198 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:12,000 than I would ever want to. 199 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,800 It's been a little difficult to actually be forced to slow down. 200 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,600 I can’t enjoy it because I feel like I’m wasting my time. 201 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:38,000 We were ready to play, fighting for some medals 202 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,880 We have a lot of confidence. We were really on a good flow. 203 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:46,880 The plan is to walk up here to the top, 204 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,040 - bring these boards and... - Race. 205 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:57,200 We were so excited to like finally do it in 2020 but now we have to reset. 206 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,520 It's boring just to sit around and not do anything, 207 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,760 so we try to always try some stuff to do. 208 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,000 We like to compete, so it's important to win. 209 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,840 What's the meaning of doing this without competing? 210 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,720 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 211 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:17,760 [PANTING AND GRUNTING] 212 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,080 [CHUCKLES] 213 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,360 Oh, no. 214 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:44,720 - [Foreign Language] - [Foreign Language] 215 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:50,360 We were 100% focused in all respects 216 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,000 and suddenly 1 more year to go. 217 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,520 It's hard but... 218 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:00,920 my fight is on. 219 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,720 Quitting was not on the table. 220 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,160 We, as a team, started thinking: 221 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:13,480 "From now on, we just have to keep going, doing our best, 222 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:15,720 until the end." 223 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:18,800 COMMENTATOR: Legendary duo Santiago Lange 224 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,440 and Cecilia Saroli current reigning gold medalists 225 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:26,240 with an impressive 8 Olympic campaigns between them. 226 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,120 We go together. It's the coolest thing ever. 227 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,160 COMMENTATOR: All the money is to be made on the Argentinians. 228 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:34,920 CECILIA: Santi is the one steering and driving 229 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:37,440 and I am the one accelerating. 230 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:42,080 It's really important, the coordination between us. 231 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,320 SANTIAGO: 2016 wouldn’t have happened without Ceci. 232 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,560 I know that very well. 233 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,960 Ah, very strange, we all know about this lake, 234 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:00,240 anything could happen, 235 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,920 so we have to be open minded for everything. 236 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:04,920 I'm just hoping we can race. 237 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,360 Since the pandemic started, we've been training alone. 238 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:14,960 Now finally coming here, getting to race, it feels great. 239 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:34,000 Racing is a special thing. You just have to dance. 240 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:37,920 COMMENTATOR: Argentina leading the Nacras 241 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,040 as the reigning Olympic Champions. 242 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:42,320 Now it's getting busy round the bar. 243 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,040 There's the Swiss boat. 244 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,040 Argentina are going to capsize. 245 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,360 Are they going to save it? They just about saved it. 246 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,800 We didn't have the speed, so not very happy. 247 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:10,400 You always want to sail in the level that you think you are 248 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:14,520 and when you can't, it's horrible 249 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,960 but it's part of the game. 250 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:18,520 Problems. 251 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:28,120 COMMENTATOR: And winner of the Europeans 2020, 252 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:30,680 Italy 26. 253 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,000 I think I need to work on a lot in my tiredness, 254 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:55,240 maybe it's not that conscious that we perform worse 255 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,000 at the end of the regatta, 256 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,480 some mistakes that I shouldn't have done 257 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,280 and maybe I was tired. 258 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,760 Now we have one year. One more year 259 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:11,320 to prepare ourselves and try to choose the best option 260 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,640 between the little options that the covid give us. 261 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:20,080 It's a lot of work to be done and now it's time to keep pushing hard. 262 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:25,280 The extra year is a big deal. 263 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,920 It's like you're running a marathon 264 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,880 and when you are about to finish, 265 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:37,160 they suddenly tell you: "OK, you have to run 20 more kilometres". 266 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,160 [Foreign Language] 267 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,120 I'm talking with my lady. 268 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:51,680 She sometime stays at night watching my racing. 269 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,480 - [Foreign Language] - [Foreign Language] 270 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:20,800 I normally can go back home frequently, but now with Covid, 271 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,280 that's not an option, so... 272 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,240 Will you wait for me? 273 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:35,400 [CHUCKLES] 274 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:43,400 I have to go. 275 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,120 We need to pack. 276 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,880 COMMENTATOR: In what was turning out to be a year like no other, 277 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,160 millions are now working from home. 278 00:21:58,800 --> 00:21:59,960 Come on, papa. 279 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:01,456 COMMENTATOR: While some people are spending 280 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,200 more time together than ever before... 281 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:05,600 COMMENTATOR: What impact is this new work life balance 282 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:07,120 having on elite athletes? 283 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:08,800 [Foreign Language] 284 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,520 [LAUGHING] 285 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,120 I'm riding my bike again 286 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,400 - How was the practice today? - I won. 287 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,480 You won? I tell you how was the practice not the match. 288 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,320 My butt? 289 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,160 I feel like having that positive support, 290 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,520 having someone who believes in you, 291 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,760 that you can learn and get better. That's important. 292 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,360 Yes, yes, yes. Man, that's the family y'all. 293 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,760 - That's my mum. - Hi! 294 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,960 - What's up, man? - What is going on there? 295 00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:09,000 Yeah, it's gonna be a good day today, I can already feel it. 296 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,560 You know, I love my parents and they're my coaches also, 297 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,480 so, you know, it's a good way of staying on top of the training. 298 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,880 Living in lockdown with mum and dad, 299 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,680 is not something I'd expect to be doing again. 300 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,360 It feels like I'm in high school again. 301 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,920 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 302 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,280 I'm gonna get ready for training. 303 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,680 It's been a while since I've been able to fence so it feels so good, 304 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,440 this is a smile you can't buy. 305 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:14,000 When you walk into the gym, and this is the best. 306 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:19,080 Just gonna pack my bag, gonna look for my shoes, oh shoot. 307 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,080 I better have shoes here. 308 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,800 Got a mask, please let me have shoes in here. 309 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,040 Wow, well here's fencing stuff. 310 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:33,880 Yes! 311 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,320 We're going to go blue today, yes. 312 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,720 I'm very lucky I have a lot of foils. 313 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,360 The other part is picking which ones I wanna destroy people with today. 314 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,040 I normally fence six times a week at least, 315 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,080 so it's really been weird not waking up with a regime. 316 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:53,480 I don’t like that. 317 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,080 People who know me know I'm the most ADHD, like, 318 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,320 constant sort of person, so my mind is races like anything. 319 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,760 Having ADHD is like you just have a different way of thinking, right? 320 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,960 But if I wasn't ADHD, I would never have become who I am. 321 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:13,600 There we go. 322 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:30,160 Game time. 323 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,160 Wow! 324 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:44,640 Wow! 325 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,760 Being ADHD is like everything under the sun. 326 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,960 Finding fencing is what changed my life. 327 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:52,400 Woah! 328 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:58,520 And it was an after school, kind of help out kids 329 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:02,640 who needed extra time, and I was like: "I love this." 330 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,040 Wow! 331 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,520 That moment I was like "this is it," 332 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,680 I'm not doing anything else with my life. 333 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:14,680 It's good. 334 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,120 Lot of things to work on, well done, very happy. 335 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,000 See you, my man. 336 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,921 I was a little bit nervous to see how my endurance will be considering 337 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,440 we went into it full force today, 338 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:26,880 but heart still beating, feeling fantastic, 339 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,280 so it was a great first day, I'm very pleased with myself, so. 340 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:31,920 Success. 341 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,760 Wow! What a day! 342 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:46,080 BROADCASTER:As of today, 343 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,040 several countries are reopening their borders. 344 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,320 BROADCASTER: Some countries are relaxing regulations 345 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:52,880 after months of being in lockdown. 346 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,200 BROADCASTER: For many athletes this is a welcome return 347 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:56,880 to their regular training programs. 348 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,160 JO: I'm at the airport about to fly to Sydney. 349 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,760 We're doing a test run, so it should be interesting. 350 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:12,360 to finally get on the water. 351 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,080 It's been an interesting couple of months. 352 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,080 I've had some big time with my family, 353 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,960 but at the same time, I'm eagerly looking forward 354 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:22,560 to getting back on court. 355 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:23,880 Let's go. 356 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,480 So I'm back. 357 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,680 I've missed a lot of training. 358 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,520 Yeah, back to work, man. 359 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:48,040 COACH: Good, keep pushing. 360 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:13,880 NIAMH: Hey, hey. 361 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,280 GORDON: There's the tension, feel it? NIAMH: Yes. 362 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,560 GORDON: Good, how does that feel? NIAMH: Good. 363 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,040 Yeah, you feel that little bit? 364 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,280 So we're just gonna feel that joint and just override it. 365 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,120 Good. You okay? 366 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:31,520 Sorry about this. 367 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,320 GORDON: That's good then. 368 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,680 I'll use that phrase, I am cautiously optimistic, non-committal. 369 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,200 No, I mean, her body is in a much better place 370 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,160 always round, but there's still a ways to go. 371 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,000 This next couple of weeks she's gonna step up her training again 372 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,200 and she has to step up to the next level. 373 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,720 Once she's transitioned through to the level, 374 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,680 then the chance of injury reduces massively unless she's an idiot. 375 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:06,440 So for Dubai, now the training's moved up, 376 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,560 staying ahead of the game is critical, 377 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,800 'cause we can't afford to go backwards. 378 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,720 So we've just checked in our bags, and we're way over, 379 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,960 but we managed to get through. Woo-hoo! 380 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:33,680 Landed in Dubai. 381 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:41,040 Dubai is just so extra. I think it's just madness, 382 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,520 the skyline is crazy. 383 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,080 We're training at NAS which is a sporting center, 384 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,360 and British Athletics have rented it out. 385 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,640 It's great to be in a really warm climate, your muscles are warmer, 386 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,320 you will recover quicker, it benefits training a lot. 387 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:04,720 [GRUNTS] 388 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,360 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 389 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,000 I can't run. I can't do anything, 390 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:31,560 because I strained my hamstring. 391 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,920 It's quite frustrating because I just keep getting injured. 392 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:44,800 [MACHINE BEEPS] 393 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,280 [GROANS] 394 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:56,320 I was doing the hurdles session and I felt my hamstring a tiny bit, 395 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,200 like the tiniest little stretch and I was like 396 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:01,360 that feels weird, 397 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,640 but I carried on hurdling and, like, running and didn't tell David. 398 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,680 I had my scan and it was a 15 centimeter tear. 399 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:13,560 And 15 centimeters is a lot like, nearly my whole hamstring. 400 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,080 I didn't stop when I first felt it which is so annoying 401 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:19,696 because it could have been a 3-day thing. 402 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:25,320 It's just because I'm so desperate to get 3 weeks of training done. 403 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,480 It's easy to have the role as a coach than a father. 404 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:28,720 You are always a coach so to have time to be a father is, 405 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,640 is not the first ah, or not so easy 406 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:37,120 to prioritize this, so... 407 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,880 That's why we have mum, so she can be the mum for us. 408 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:44,320 Yeah, yeah. 409 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,720 She can bring some female values. 410 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:49,760 I think it's important. 411 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:55,120 So what you say that ah, I'm a bad dad and an okay coach, 412 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,280 but to coach your kids is hard 413 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,360 because your kids, if they don't perform, 414 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,160 then you have to... 415 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:08,760 I don't look forward to 416 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,280 when I'm gonna kick them out of the team for instance. 417 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:23,600 [GROANS] 418 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,560 So, I have a problem with my hip. 419 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,400 I have small, like, micro fractures in both my legs. 420 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:44,200 It's like overuse injury so it's... it's gotten worse over time. 421 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,840 My bone is kind of eating itself up 422 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,200 and the doctor is, like, scratching their head, 423 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,560 because they didn't know what it was and they've never seen 424 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,080 a stretcher like this before. 425 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:14,320 I'm not in the group anymore, it's not so cool. 426 00:34:18,720 --> 00:34:21,360 ANDERS: The future looks like kind of unknown. 427 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:27,640 The worse-case scenario, we will not be able to qualify for the Games. 428 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,400 That will be really sad, 429 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:34,920 it's been our goal since we were small kids. 430 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:37,800 It's really difficult to be trouble 431 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,760 because you are depending so much on the other guy. 432 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,320 It's like the worst nightmare I think. 433 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:50,960 [WHISTLE BLOWS] 434 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,920 We have decided not to have Anders in the tournament. 435 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:38,600 We just want to... 436 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:45,160 have him a 100% without injuries, and... 437 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:48,560 Svein is coming in, 438 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:52,040 Christian will play this tournament without Anders. 439 00:36:58,080 --> 00:36:59,760 It was a big disappointment. 440 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,440 It's hard for me to sit here and see this game 441 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,000 because I'm, I'm going crazy. 442 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:24,880 Of course it will not be the same not having Anders on the court. 443 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:28,160 Me and Svein we will do our best 444 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,400 but we will not be able to play on the same level 445 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,440 and it's kind of sad. 446 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,800 We just have to do the best we can right now. 447 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,816 BROADCASTER: As more and more travel corridors continue to open up 448 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,120 people are realizing that moving around the world 449 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,800 is not what it used to be. 450 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,320 Long periods of quarantine and regular Covid tests are now the norm 451 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:30,560 Strange, it's so strange, oh my God. 452 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:34,280 Look at these infectious linen. 453 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:36,360 Biohazard waste. 454 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:42,040 I just got done with my Covid antigen test. 455 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:47,480 I'm supposed to be in the room for the next 2 days at least, 456 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,000 minimum, until we get the results. 457 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:52,360 At the end of the day, 458 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,120 I guess this is how things are gonna be for a while. 459 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:05,160 As far as this new norm, I feel like I'm adapting to it. 460 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,920 I feel like, you know, we have no choice. 461 00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:15,840 [CHUCKLES] 462 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,200 SANTIAGO: We just cannot fly back to our country. 463 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,360 CECILIA: If it hadn't been for the pandemic, 464 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:58,520 I would have gone back to Argentina, but now we just can't. 465 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:03,120 We have to do our quarantine there and then a quarantine here in Europe 466 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:07,480 and that means that, 30 days without sailing. 467 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,320 We cannot stop sailing for a month. 468 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,160 This is typical Ceci, you know, 469 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,160 she brings stuff that I always load 470 00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,440 and she never puts everything together, you know. 471 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,840 There's always things coming late that should be at the beginning. 472 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,360 That's typical Ceci. 473 00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:49,160 You know, when you work with a person that is really anxious 474 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,880 and he wants to start loading before everything is ready... 475 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,200 No, no, no, I, no, that's not true. 476 00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,920 I ask bring me all the stuff that I load. 477 00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:03,240 Everything is ready, then when I am finishing loading 478 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,640 they bring 3 bags and a bicycle. 479 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:08,240 For example. 480 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,640 Every time the same, not a single. 481 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,480 It's impossible to work with these little kids. 482 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,280 CECILIA: We are not going through an easy moment now, 483 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:29,160 relationship, communication, everything is difficult. 484 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:31,640 It's hard, yes. 485 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,520 [Foreign Language] 486 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:55,120 We were expecting the container from Japan 487 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,520 and our next training block is in Sicily 488 00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:04,120 and unfortunately in the Customs, the container got on hold. 489 00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:06,120 It's all related to the Covid, 490 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:10,720 this all, this equipment was in Japan for nothing, for 4 months there. 491 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:12,320 Facing this 492 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,680 problem and this big thing, 493 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:19,520 it will make us stronger, 494 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:24,160 I feel we are coming back in a better shape 495 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:26,920 than we were before the Covid. 496 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:33,360 I heard that answer from you before, but I disagree, well, personally, 497 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:39,080 in my case, I agree with Ceci, we are getting better which is a... 498 00:42:39,240 --> 00:42:41,800 As a team, you know, I feel as a team. 499 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:47,520 100% we are getting better but I was so confident about our plan 500 00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:50,920 that I would have picked the games to be in time. 501 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,960 Now I have been away from home for many months, 502 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,720 you have a little bit of time to think 503 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:18,040 and you realize you miss a little bit your house, your home, your people. 504 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:23,560 Let's talk 505 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:31,600 There are some days of the campaign that you feel a little bit... 506 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,800 that you need your family, yeah. 507 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,960 Like, we are here right now talking because... 508 00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,000 of this one extra year 509 00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,680 and if it was not 510 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:50,800 because of this one extra year 511 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:57,400 Mica and I had beautiful personal plans together. 512 00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:03,640 Suddenly, I disappear for 6 months 513 00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:07,480 so it's a little bit hard, but... 514 00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:10,920 I think we are doing a great job. 515 00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:13,640 We are trying to... 516 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:18,880 yeah, to accept the reality and... 517 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:23,720 we are trying to do our best to be okay. 518 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,800 Of course an athlete I will always be, I love doing sports, 519 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,640 like I would love to continue, I would love to. 520 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:38,680 But we will also love to be mothers. 521 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:44,200 Our sport takes a lot of time 522 00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:50,840 I'm always trying to think I should find a way of doing it 523 00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:54,320 but still have time 524 00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:58,200 to be a mum and to have a family. 525 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:04,720 I don't know if I am going to find that, that way. 526 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:10,680 I say you that I sometimes think after this I will just 527 00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:16,120 put a coffee bar and sleep in my house 528 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,640 every day, I don't care, 529 00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:24,080 I will do whatever, but I want to be with my family every day. 530 00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,640 And then I think, what I am thinking is stupid. 531 00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:35,560 [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING] 532 00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:41,360 The idea of pushing hard for one more year 533 00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:45,680 is unbelievable, difficult and hard. 534 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:50,320 To not be with my sons more often. 535 00:45:51,720 --> 00:45:54,360 It's not that I want to have my family apart, 536 00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:56,800 I wish I could do both things together, 537 00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:01,720 but if we want to achieve our dream, this is what it takes at this stage. 538 00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:08,360 You have to pay a price if your dreams are to win a medal. 539 00:46:34,720 --> 00:46:36,240 [GROANS] 540 00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:43,440 [Foreign Language] 541 00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:56,080 Watching Christian and Svein getting knocked out of the tournament 542 00:46:56,240 --> 00:46:58,920 was of course frustrating, and also 543 00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:02,360 disappointment, I was really hoping 544 00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:05,560 that my injury was gonna be over and it's not. 545 00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:10,080 Injuries are shit always. 546 00:47:10,240 --> 00:47:12,360 You never want to have an injury, 547 00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:14,240 especially not the one that I have 548 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,200 where you don't really know when you get back. 549 00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:18,560 It's really, really frustrating. 550 00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:23,280 BROADCASTER: Covid-19 continues to impact sports 551 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,280 in ways that you might not think. 552 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,080 BROADCASTER: Doctors have seen a rise in athletes getting injured. 553 00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:30,120 BROADCASTER: So many athletes lost conditioning 554 00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:31,880 when Spring sports were cancelled, 555 00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:34,080 leaving them more or less sedentary in lockdown, 556 00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:37,840 while others had been overtraining suffering from... 557 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:41,120 BROADCASTER: The Pandemic is certainly a contributing factor... 558 00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:43,520 I hurt my calf, mum. 559 00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,600 I just can't believe it's happened again. 560 00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:51,000 Day 2 of concussion recovery, 561 00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:55,280 a little bit of a walk and bought myself a sunflower. 562 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:59,960 AJLA: You have a bad ab. 563 00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:04,040 -Yep. AJLA: Looks good from here though. 564 00:48:08,280 --> 00:48:12,320 WILL: I had an Achilles injury, it's a serious situation. 565 00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:16,960 This extra year, it's not easy. 566 00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:24,880 You must always remember the objective. 567 00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:30,040 I know the mind, so many emotions can stop you, hinder you, 568 00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:34,320 deter you, I can't afford that, I just can't. 569 00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:47,720 It takes a lot of mental strength to be a great athlete. 570 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:56,160 You're constantly torn between crazy highs of competing 571 00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:01,400 and then super low lows of when you're injured. 572 00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,520 You don't realize how tough it actually is 573 00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:06,400 until you actually go through it. 574 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,560 Sport can just be really cruel sometimes. 575 00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:13,680 [PHONE RINGS] 576 00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:22,840 Ten seconds, yeah. 577 00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:30,680 I'll just have to do millions, it's so big. 578 00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,840 If I didn't do this, obviously I'd lose my muscle really quickly. 579 00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:42,120 So ah, it is a setback definitely, 580 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:44,720 having gone backwards, I will not go backwards. 581 00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:48,200 But I'm also not necessarily going forwards. 582 00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:52,696 DAVID: At this point in time, yeah, we are little bit limited 583 00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:54,960 we can still throw to some degree, 584 00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:57,960 but anything involving running, we are a little bit restricted. 585 00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:00,240 In terms of where we start this summer season, 586 00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:04,240 we just have to knock that back another 5 or 5 or 6 weeks or so. 587 00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:06,200 All right, physio. 588 00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:15,920 Relax. 589 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:27,400 So we have to reign Niamh like 590 00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:30,160 in a really good way, not a bad way, in a very good way, 591 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:33,600 like she's the epitome of what you want like she's eager to, 592 00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:35,336 to do the session, she really wants to do it 593 00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:36,536 and she'll put all her effort into it. 594 00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:40,120 It's the real fine balances of like managing that, 595 00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:43,000 that will kind of make you the champion that you're gonna be. 596 00:51:21,400 --> 00:51:23,440 DAVID: Take up speed, final run. 597 00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:32,840 NIAMH: Giving up is not an option for me. 598 00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:37,320 If you turn up fit on the day, great. 599 00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:39,560 NIAMH: How long? DAVID: 15 to go. 600 00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:44,520 NIAMH: If you turn up injured, game over. 601 00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:17,160 I've come to Canada because 602 00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:19,520 America isn't the best place right now. 603 00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:23,360 All the clubs have been closed, the gyms been closed for a while 604 00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:27,400 and I figured I'd come out here and train and kind of refocus. 605 00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:30,880 To be like mentally and physically ready 606 00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:32,760 is the most important thing 607 00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:35,480 and when the time's ready, I'll be ready. 608 00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,400 IGOR: Hit the floor now. 609 00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:50,040 A year ago today, all these guys were gearing up to go to a World Cup 610 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:54,120 and a week before the World Cup, they all get a letter or call saying 611 00:52:54,280 --> 00:52:57,240 cancel your trip, we're all going into quarantine, 612 00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,040 the whole world shuts down. 613 00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:04,400 Athletes love routine, athletes hate when there's a bump in the road, 614 00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:10,040 but if you can't handle here, you're not gonna go very far. 615 00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:30,680 Miles, he's always 110%. 616 00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:35,120 Just look at him, like, he's like, this is it. 617 00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:39,920 So everything that Miles does is a coach's nightmare for kids, 618 00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:42,840 he's like, kids look up to him. 619 00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:44,680 He is like a, an idol, 620 00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:50,120 but everything he is doing, you yell at your kids don't do that 621 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:56,920 His strength and his weakness is the same thing. 622 00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:58,440 It's his passion. 623 00:53:58,600 --> 00:54:01,080 And when you're way too crazy, 624 00:54:01,240 --> 00:54:04,960 it sometimes bites him in the derrière, 625 00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:07,360 however, that's what makes him 626 00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:10,480 and once he knows when to turn it on at the right time 627 00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:14,360 and usually that is every time, he is unstoppable. 628 00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:28,240 I feel really good, I give him... I attacked him a lot, 629 00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:30,640 some pointers. 630 00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,080 It's good sorting the kids out, I love it. 631 00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:38,680 You can see how he is with kids, he fancies a match, 632 00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:41,960 he's working on whatever he needs to work on 633 00:54:42,120 --> 00:54:44,680 and right away giving pointers to the kids. 634 00:54:44,840 --> 00:54:50,040 That is a testament to Miles, he will give back to our community. 635 00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:03,800 I was mad little baby hooligan as a kid. 636 00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:06,880 I got kicked out of like every school. 637 00:55:07,960 --> 00:55:09,360 I was a pain in the ass. 638 00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:13,080 I was a cunt at school, I didn't wanna learn what X was. 639 00:55:13,240 --> 00:55:15,880 I mean, that's why fencing made me sit, 640 00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:17,576 if it wasn't, if I didn't get in trouble 641 00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:20,680 I would never have found the sport that got me out of trouble. 642 00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:24,360 So if I see a kid that wants, you know, a picture 643 00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:26,376 or wants to talk to me about fencing or whatever it might be, 644 00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:27,960 I always do my best 645 00:55:28,640 --> 00:55:32,160 to be a role model to them, 'cause I never had anybody growing up so... 646 00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:37,640 Honestly my dad, I don't really have that many memories of him, 647 00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:39,840 like, maybe I was like 4 he was around. 648 00:55:41,640 --> 00:55:45,520 My mum had like 4 jobs, I know it was stressful for her for sure, 649 00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:47,120 but she never showed us that. 650 00:55:48,360 --> 00:55:50,400 I haven't talked to my dad in 15 years, right, 651 00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:53,800 but that's great because I know exactly... 652 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:58,680 I know exactly the dad I won't be, right, so everything's for a reason. 653 00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:02,760 If I had a father who was there, I probably wouldn't be this driven, 654 00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:06,400 so it's a blessing and a curse. Double sided sword as they say. 655 00:56:08,320 --> 00:56:11,160 I see my plan in front of me, he's got the perfect life, 656 00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:13,800 he's got nothing to fight for really. 657 00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:16,400 I've got everything you know, people to prove, 658 00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:19,560 I've got so much more in my tank than them. 659 00:56:24,680 --> 00:56:27,360 COACH: Good. Fastly, fastly, fastly. 660 00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:30,680 Good. Along... Good. 661 00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:33,200 Other direction, fast feet, stay balanced... 662 00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:38,040 As you get tired. Quick feet, stay balanced. Good. 663 00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:44,080 Nice. 664 00:56:44,240 --> 00:56:45,840 MILES: Competition coming up in Qatar 665 00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:49,200 is our first competition since the pandemic happened. 666 00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:51,880 COACH: Good. And back up. Good. 667 00:56:52,040 --> 00:56:56,240 I'm taking this as a massive life jacket 668 00:56:56,880 --> 00:57:00,400 and I just wanna compete, get to do what I love. 669 00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:06,496 It's been a long time coming and it's going to be a little bit weird 670 00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:08,376 because most people haven't been training as much 671 00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:10,120 or having competitions but 672 00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:12,560 I think we're going to see who's been ready, 673 00:57:12,600 --> 00:57:14,720 who hasn't been ready, it's going to be interesting. 674 00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:19,040 COACH: Drive, drive, drive... Chest up. Drive. 675 00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:20,600 My goal is obviously to put it all, 676 00:57:20,760 --> 00:57:22,536 things I've done to the test you know, I've been training 677 00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:25,720 and working, I really hope that things that I'm doing 678 00:57:25,880 --> 00:57:28,440 are going to surprise people. 679 00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:31,000 And ultimately get the result that I want. 680 00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:32,800 I want to smash everybody, 681 00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:35,280 I don't just want to win, I want to smash everybody. 682 00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:52,920 I've started training in Sheffield, 683 00:57:54,440 --> 00:57:56,280 I've changed my set up, 684 00:57:57,360 --> 00:57:59,920 changed like physios, changed everything really. 685 00:58:00,560 --> 00:58:02,760 In Dubai, when I kind of tore my hamstring 686 00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:04,120 it was like a bit of a moment 687 00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:05,920 where I kind of like reflected and thought 688 00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:08,760 well, I don't think things are quite right. 689 00:58:16,600 --> 00:58:20,640 It's super tough getting back up when you keep getting caught, 690 00:58:21,120 --> 00:58:25,280 but every single day we're trying to progress and move forward. 691 00:58:26,040 --> 00:58:29,360 So now I need to train super hard. 692 00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:50,080 I feel so sick. 693 00:58:51,680 --> 00:58:54,080 I haven't felt like this in a long long time, 694 00:58:54,240 --> 00:59:00,040 I haven't done that fast and that long in ages. 695 00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:03,120 So I feel a bit, yeah. 696 00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:05,600 Forgot how painful it is. 697 00:59:15,560 --> 00:59:18,960 It's not glamorous one bit, it's literally blood sweat and tears. 698 00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:25,280 You have to have focus points in the most mundane tedious things 699 00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:28,000 because otherwise you won't do anything. 700 00:59:30,200 --> 00:59:33,040 There's no emotions, you just have to be very robotic, 701 00:59:33,200 --> 00:59:35,160 and I think I'm quite good at that. 702 01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:47,520 ANDERS: This training camp is 703 01:00:47,680 --> 01:00:49,880 the preparation for tournaments in Mexico. 704 01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:55,280 We're here with 2 really big teams to practice with Switzerland and Czech. 705 01:00:57,440 --> 01:01:00,720 I'm not sure if my hip is gonna get better or worse, 706 01:01:01,360 --> 01:01:05,920 just want to have that feeling that "okay, it's going to be fine". 707 01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:09,160 I want to have some more confidence than what we have right now. 708 01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:12,640 Good to see you, man! 709 01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:16,760 So hot! 710 01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:23,680 CHRISTIAN: First of all is to test Anders hip to see if he can jump 711 01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:25,560 as much as we need him to do. 712 01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:28,400 It's really important for us to find a rhythm 713 01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:31,760 and find the confidence that we know that we had before. 714 01:01:33,600 --> 01:01:35,240 Of course, I'm a little bit anxious. 715 01:01:36,040 --> 01:01:38,400 I'm crossing my fingers that he will be ready. 716 01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:08,920 ANDERS: Working on defense 717 01:02:09,080 --> 01:02:11,800 the things that we are normally good at 718 01:02:11,960 --> 01:02:15,200 is still there and that's good to feel. 719 01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:22,320 The hip is also feeling good and that's the most important thing. 720 01:02:26,840 --> 01:02:28,440 It felt like we were back on track. 721 01:02:28,600 --> 01:02:30,400 The chemistry is on point, 722 01:02:30,560 --> 01:02:33,480 You can see it in his eyes that he is really hungry 723 01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:35,880 to play beach volleyball and that's, that's a great sign. 724 01:02:41,280 --> 01:02:43,040 We only get one week so, 725 01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:45,800 I'm really not sure how we're gonna go. 726 01:02:47,880 --> 01:02:49,720 I don't know where our level is at, 727 01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:52,400 and where the level of the rest of the world is. 728 01:02:53,680 --> 01:02:55,360 I want to see if we can have the level 729 01:02:55,520 --> 01:02:58,040 that we still had before the pandemic hit. 730 01:02:58,680 --> 01:03:00,560 It's a really important event. 731 01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:07,136 BROADCASTER: In many parts of the world 732 01:03:07,160 --> 01:03:10,200 some sports competitions are finally able to resume 733 01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:15,480 Time to go to World Championships. 734 01:03:16,600 --> 01:03:19,360 Off to the stadium we go 735 01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:24,400 BROADCASTER: In New South Wales, project restart is go 736 01:03:24,560 --> 01:03:27,880 as the Sprint Kayak season resumes. 737 01:03:28,040 --> 01:03:31,040 To think that we haven't raced for a whole 12 months 738 01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:33,560 until now is pretty crazy 739 01:03:57,960 --> 01:03:59,640 Being injured sucks. 740 01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:02,680 I feel a lot of guilt and punishment. 741 01:04:08,120 --> 01:04:09,480 Really weird to be back. 742 01:04:11,840 --> 01:04:14,640 Got hit directly in the knee caps, 743 01:04:14,800 --> 01:04:18,200 I got severe blunt trauma knee cap. Somebody hit a foil to my knee, 744 01:04:19,400 --> 01:04:25,120 which ultimately is a one month to two month recovery. 745 01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:27,600 I didn't break the knee cap but it's pretty close. 746 01:04:29,640 --> 01:04:34,160 So put things into perspective right and now I'm here just chilling 747 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:38,680 and just gonna do my best to get better every day. 748 01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:47,840 It teaches you a lot of patience, this sport, 749 01:04:48,640 --> 01:04:50,600 so I just keep getting stronger. 750 01:04:51,640 --> 01:04:56,400 I'll see my coach, my friends, my girl, I'll be good. 751 01:04:57,200 --> 01:04:58,440 It's all mental. 752 01:04:59,920 --> 01:05:02,120 And if you realize that it's something you can't control 753 01:05:02,200 --> 01:05:03,840 then it's easier to process, so. 754 01:05:06,440 --> 01:05:08,721 Something good's going to happen, you've got to just stay, 755 01:05:09,160 --> 01:05:11,280 stay focused, that's all. 756 01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:37,400 NIAMH: Hiya. I'm alright. WOMAN: Are you OK? 757 01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:49,880 It was Sunday morning training, I was running round the track 758 01:05:50,360 --> 01:05:52,960 and I finished my rep and I just couldn't walk. 759 01:05:54,160 --> 01:05:56,400 It got stiffer and stiffer and stiffer 760 01:05:56,560 --> 01:05:58,040 and it was kind of like super sore, 761 01:05:58,200 --> 01:06:00,480 so it was just one little training session 762 01:06:00,640 --> 01:06:03,000 and it just dawned on me, I was like my whole season's done. 763 01:06:06,160 --> 01:06:08,440 I couldn't quite believe it, 764 01:06:09,600 --> 01:06:11,880 suddenly the calendar just drops, 765 01:06:12,040 --> 01:06:15,440 there's no competitions, there was nothing. 766 01:06:15,600 --> 01:06:18,920 It's crazy how different life is than I had planned. 767 01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:30,120 Now I need to get back on track to have a long career. 768 01:06:37,560 --> 01:06:39,400 The positive that does come out of it 769 01:06:39,560 --> 01:06:43,440 is I will be stronger mentally physically, 770 01:06:43,600 --> 01:06:45,480 I will be a stronger athlete. 771 01:06:47,120 --> 01:06:49,960 I know that when I finish my career, 772 01:06:50,120 --> 01:06:53,720 when I'm at 30 and look back, I'll think thank god that happened 773 01:06:53,880 --> 01:06:58,840 because I had 3 years out but then I could just restart 774 01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:03,600 and then the year 2022 was so much better. 775 01:07:32,200 --> 01:07:36,200 I made it. Was a long trip but I'm here. 776 01:07:38,880 --> 01:07:42,880 After almost, what four months, right? 777 01:07:43,040 --> 01:07:46,360 When you always dream you're in the airport 778 01:07:46,520 --> 01:07:48,160 and you're like "hi" and music sounds 779 01:07:48,320 --> 01:07:51,400 and the camera swerves around you, well, no. 780 01:07:51,560 --> 01:07:57,320 It was just like "hi" wait, alcohol, "hi" and we shook hands. 781 01:07:57,480 --> 01:07:59,920 It was kind of strange in this new world 782 01:08:00,080 --> 01:08:01,120 that we are living, 783 01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:04,560 but still it was beautiful 784 01:08:13,200 --> 01:08:17,600 Within our philosophies, it's not allowed to be someone else here. 785 01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:24,920 I know it would be hard for Ceci to keep the two balls in the air. 786 01:08:25,880 --> 01:08:26,880 But... 787 01:08:29,680 --> 01:08:34,320 Santi will have his point of view about it 788 01:08:34,480 --> 01:08:36,160 and I will have my point of view. 789 01:08:36,720 --> 01:08:41,200 For me, getting to have Mica here will help me now 790 01:08:41,760 --> 01:08:45,640 to be a better sailor in this last part of the year 791 01:08:45,800 --> 01:08:48,600 and it's helping me to push harder. 792 01:08:50,160 --> 01:08:54,040 For him, there's no excuses, there are no excuses. 793 01:08:57,160 --> 01:08:59,280 But I feel I am human 794 01:08:59,440 --> 01:09:03,320 and I want to be a human, more human every day. 795 01:10:15,880 --> 01:10:17,040 Obsessive 796 01:10:18,840 --> 01:10:21,280 like Santi the best example. 797 01:10:23,160 --> 01:10:27,320 It is a big challenge to work with someone like that because 798 01:10:28,960 --> 01:10:35,200 I am one that wants to balance a little bit her life, 799 01:10:35,360 --> 01:10:38,400 of course I understand that 800 01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:45,200 to achieve what we want to achieve, you need to be obsessive, obsessive 801 01:10:45,360 --> 01:10:49,120 but he's in another level of obsession. 802 01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:52,600 We have a friendship relationship 803 01:10:52,760 --> 01:10:58,240 but a very clear cut and then professional relationship 804 01:10:58,920 --> 01:11:03,200 and that relationship sometimes is not easy. 805 01:11:05,960 --> 01:11:11,520 And, yeah, that's like any other team. 806 01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:17,160 You are working to improve that relationship and you get better. 807 01:11:17,320 --> 01:11:19,400 It's my job to understand 808 01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:23,840 I am going to be a better sailor tomorrow 809 01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:26,840 if today I go for one hour 810 01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:30,360 and do whatever I want to do for an hour 811 01:11:30,920 --> 01:11:32,040 or not 812 01:11:32,200 --> 01:11:34,960 and I have to do what is better for me 813 01:11:35,120 --> 01:11:37,160 to be able to sailor tomorrow in a boat. 814 01:11:56,400 --> 01:11:58,160 MILES: I'm finally gonna meet Ramala 815 01:11:58,320 --> 01:12:00,320 to finally get the foundation stuff off the ground. 816 01:12:00,840 --> 01:12:03,920 She's in charge of my foundation, she's incredible, 817 01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:05,456 she's the one that puts everything together 818 01:12:05,480 --> 01:12:06,960 and kind of creates this deck for me. 819 01:12:08,200 --> 01:12:10,120 - Ramala. - What's up? 820 01:12:10,280 --> 01:12:11,640 - How are you? - Good, how are you? 821 01:12:11,760 --> 01:12:13,200 It's been a bloody year. 822 01:12:13,920 --> 01:12:15,320 Where are we at? 823 01:12:16,080 --> 01:12:19,160 This time has given me real clarity on my vision. 824 01:12:19,720 --> 01:12:21,640 I had one of those, not existential crisis. 825 01:12:21,800 --> 01:12:24,920 I was like sitting in quarantine, I was like what's my purpose. 826 01:12:26,120 --> 01:12:27,560 And then I was like, 827 01:12:27,720 --> 01:12:30,120 my purpose is to give kids opportunity that I never had right 828 01:12:30,280 --> 01:12:32,096 'cause I was lucky enough to slip through the cracks 829 01:12:32,120 --> 01:12:35,120 and be successful, but it wasn't easy. 830 01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:37,360 And I want to create a full on institution 831 01:12:37,520 --> 01:12:41,080 where kids from all walks of life can feel comfortable. 832 01:12:41,560 --> 01:12:44,000 I love that... I think that's very compelling, 833 01:12:44,160 --> 01:12:46,560 I think you have a very clear vision with it. 834 01:12:48,160 --> 01:12:51,320 I think it was 2 years ago I was like reading my DMs 835 01:12:51,480 --> 01:12:54,160 and this mother messaged me, a mixed-race kid, 836 01:12:54,840 --> 01:12:57,176 she was like my son was getting bullied at school for fencing, 837 01:12:57,200 --> 01:12:58,656 people were making fun of him and then he showed them 838 01:12:58,680 --> 01:13:00,760 a picture of you and that changed the next day. 839 01:13:00,920 --> 01:13:03,360 And I cried I'm not going to lie. 840 01:13:04,120 --> 01:13:08,760 I was like, woah, this is bigger than any medal you could win. 841 01:13:09,240 --> 01:13:13,400 You're literally giving a kid hope right 842 01:13:13,560 --> 01:13:18,000 and I was like that's it and then that's what we're going to do. 843 01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:19,640 We're going to give these kids hope. 844 01:13:19,800 --> 01:13:22,400 I think this could be something that's going to change kid's lives 845 01:13:22,520 --> 01:13:25,960 and that's what I think is bigger than just me. 846 01:13:28,240 --> 01:13:31,120 BROADCASTER: In some parts of the world professional sport 847 01:13:31,280 --> 01:13:33,680 is finally on its way back 848 01:13:33,840 --> 01:13:36,360 A few lucky fans returning to stadiums, 849 01:13:36,520 --> 01:13:39,760 a chink of light after an extraordinary year. 850 01:13:40,920 --> 01:13:44,080 BROADCASTER: Something to lift our spirits, something to rally round, 851 01:13:44,240 --> 01:13:47,360 sports is what does that for millions of people... 852 01:13:49,160 --> 01:13:53,640 ASHWINI: Right now I'm excited and energetic and looking forward. 853 01:13:57,120 --> 01:13:59,960 POLE: Right now were about 3 months out from the Games, 854 01:14:00,120 --> 01:14:02,400 honestly I'm not trying to do anything too crazy 855 01:14:02,560 --> 01:14:05,960 you know I know what I am I know what I'm capable of 856 01:14:06,640 --> 01:14:08,680 I'm just gonna go out there and seize the moment and 857 01:14:08,720 --> 01:14:10,720 try to put on a show. 858 01:14:11,680 --> 01:14:14,560 I feel like this is one of the most amazing summers. 859 01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:17,240 I think it doesn't get any better than being able 860 01:14:17,400 --> 01:14:20,760 to inspire people and just go out there and shine. 861 01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:26,056 COMMENTATOR: It comes down to the final two 862 01:14:26,080 --> 01:14:29,040 to see who will take the gold medal. 863 01:14:29,200 --> 01:14:31,600 Competitors from Norway. 864 01:14:35,480 --> 01:14:37,560 This is the first outing on the world tour 865 01:14:37,720 --> 01:14:40,440 since the tour finals in Rome, 2019. 866 01:14:42,040 --> 01:14:44,080 ANDERS: We went there and didn't expect too much, 867 01:14:44,240 --> 01:14:49,240 just hoping that our level was okay and honestly it was good. 868 01:14:50,160 --> 01:14:53,560 Standing there together with him, it's a really good feeling. 869 01:14:53,720 --> 01:14:59,680 I was watching his face if something is okay or is he in some pain. 870 01:15:08,560 --> 01:15:10,880 We play really good from the beginning. 871 01:15:11,040 --> 01:15:16,400 We won match after match, we were on fire and we were ready 872 01:15:20,520 --> 01:15:23,520 It's just really amazing to be back on the court with Anders. 873 01:15:24,800 --> 01:15:28,360 COMMENTATOR: And finally after an epic battle, 874 01:15:28,520 --> 01:15:34,200 it's Norway that take win Number 11 here in Cancun. 875 01:15:35,600 --> 01:15:40,720 This off season through the pandemic has been so tough. 876 01:15:40,880 --> 01:15:45,040 Hip injury to Anders Mol, it's been a battle through recovery, 877 01:15:45,200 --> 01:15:49,160 they really are at the top of this sport. 878 01:15:49,960 --> 01:15:52,440 We are leaving Mexico with two wins. 879 01:15:52,600 --> 01:15:55,200 COMMENTATOR: It's a straight sets win for Norway, 880 01:15:55,360 --> 01:15:59,000 another gold medal for this remarkable duo. 881 01:15:59,160 --> 01:16:03,480 The Vikings are back playing our best volleyball that we have ever played. 882 01:16:04,040 --> 01:16:08,000 I've had this dream of being the best player of the world 883 01:16:08,160 --> 01:16:11,600 for so long now, and now I'm living the dream. 884 01:16:13,600 --> 01:16:15,440 CHRISTIAN: It's been a really difficult year 885 01:16:15,600 --> 01:16:18,960 to be back on the level we are today in Mexico, 886 01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:22,600 it was just like a fairy tale with a happy ending. 887 01:16:22,760 --> 01:16:24,840 MAN: Congrats, guys! ANDERS: Thank you, thank you. 888 01:16:48,320 --> 01:16:52,440 CECILIA: Whenever you decide you want to be on a campaign, 889 01:16:53,600 --> 01:16:59,360 there's no opportunities to doubt, if you doubt, you're out of the game 890 01:17:03,280 --> 01:17:06,000 SANTIAGO: I don't think there would be many women out there 891 01:17:06,160 --> 01:17:11,680 that can be from June to December without seeing her girlfriend 892 01:17:11,840 --> 01:17:14,120 when they were dreaming about having a baby. 893 01:17:15,560 --> 01:17:17,280 I don't think I could find any other partner 894 01:17:17,320 --> 01:17:19,160 that are willing to do that 895 01:17:19,680 --> 01:17:22,200 and I know I am special 896 01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:25,440 and to find another crazy one 897 01:17:25,600 --> 01:17:28,760 to to understand what we are playing 898 01:17:28,920 --> 01:17:30,720 is just amazing. 899 01:17:33,040 --> 01:17:35,400 CECILIA: Always in life when you make a decision, 900 01:17:35,560 --> 01:17:38,200 you gain and you lose. 901 01:17:39,040 --> 01:17:41,880 But after making the decision, 902 01:17:42,800 --> 01:17:46,320 the important thing is to stop thinking about what you lose 903 01:17:46,840 --> 01:17:48,680 and start thinking about what you gain. 904 01:18:53,040 --> 01:18:55,520 Sailing is a very special sport. 905 01:18:56,680 --> 01:18:59,320 When the water hits the hull, 906 01:19:00,280 --> 01:19:02,560 when you feel the wind in your face, 907 01:19:03,120 --> 01:19:05,000 when you have to adapt yourself, 908 01:19:05,480 --> 01:19:09,040 face those big storms out there, 909 01:19:09,840 --> 01:19:13,440 it's like when you have to adapt yourself 910 01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:16,200 to what's happening in life. 911 01:19:18,040 --> 01:19:22,480 And at the end of the storm, we feel stronger. 912 01:19:27,440 --> 01:19:31,360 I am optimistic for what comes ahead 913 01:19:33,280 --> 01:19:35,240 because I believe in us. 914 01:20:03,440 --> 01:20:05,560 SANTIAGO: You have your ups and downs, you know. 915 01:20:06,520 --> 01:20:09,360 But it's a learning experience. 916 01:20:10,760 --> 01:20:13,680 You have different feelings about different things. 917 01:20:14,600 --> 01:20:18,080 I don't know, she may be mad. 918 01:20:19,440 --> 01:20:22,680 There are many ways to win a medal, 919 01:20:22,840 --> 01:20:26,880 there is no one way, there are lots of ways. 920 01:20:31,160 --> 01:20:34,800 We are dreaming for the highest we can get in our sport 921 01:20:35,720 --> 01:20:41,680 and I really believe in our team and I really believe in Ceci. 922 01:20:54,680 --> 01:20:56,120 MILES: So my summer season is over 923 01:20:56,280 --> 01:20:58,760 but this year has made me stronger than I've ever been. 924 01:21:01,880 --> 01:21:04,920 Lockdown has brought back the passion that I have for the game. 925 01:21:05,680 --> 01:21:08,360 I think I appreciate there's other things in life, 926 01:21:08,520 --> 01:21:10,640 not only standing on top of the podium 927 01:21:10,800 --> 01:21:14,440 with the trophy above your head but also like the small things. 928 01:21:15,760 --> 01:21:18,360 I put the work in, I'm ready. 929 01:21:26,760 --> 01:21:29,280 You know this year has taught me in a lot of ways 930 01:21:29,440 --> 01:21:31,000 of how resilient I am. 931 01:21:31,160 --> 01:21:33,240 I'm completely rebuilding, completely restarting 932 01:21:33,400 --> 01:21:34,840 and obviously that's super exciting. 933 01:21:41,400 --> 01:21:45,080 Didn't realize how lucky we were just to be out there competing. 934 01:21:45,240 --> 01:21:50,000 To have some negative experiences then you for sure appreciate 935 01:21:50,160 --> 01:21:51,720 the positive things a lot more. 936 01:21:51,880 --> 01:21:55,560 It's been a long road, the biggest thing I've taken from this 937 01:21:55,720 --> 01:21:57,200 is that nothing can break me. 938 01:21:57,360 --> 01:21:59,080 Today I feel very privileged 939 01:21:59,240 --> 01:22:03,000 to do what I'm doing and I'm sure the next step will be great as well 940 01:22:03,840 --> 01:22:09,280 CECILIA: We will never know if it was good for us or not this postponement. 941 01:22:09,440 --> 01:22:13,400 I think personally that it made us stronger.