1 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,920 Hey guys, welcome to What's the Call the podcast where sports 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,120 meets side eye. We're here to break down the 3 00:00:09,120 --> 00:00:12,040 matches, the meltdowns and the moments that make us pause and 4 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:14,480 say, what was that call? I'm Theo. 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:16,880 I'm Andrea. And we're glad you're here. 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,080 Whether you're sports obsessed or just here for the drama, 7 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,800 there's a seat for you courtside, so let's dive in. 8 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,280 Hi, Andrea. How's it going? 9 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:33,240 It's going well. We had a big week, it was a good 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,360 week. It feels like forever that, 11 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,160 well, it's only been 2 episodes, but it feels like forever that 12 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:40,800 we've just recorded the two of us, so it'll be a nice. 13 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:42,560 I know I was actually thinking that today. 14 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,200 Yeah, I guess the last couple of weeks were exciting ones for the 15 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:50,000 podcast. I mean, guys, if you like that 16 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,160 episode, please continue to listen. 17 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,560 There'll be more where that came from. 18 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,680 And yeah, we appreciate all the support and the positive 19 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:06,520 feedback, so keep it coming. And please also always remember 20 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:13,320 to like and rate US and review us and follow us because that's 21 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:15,520 literally how the show grows. And we want to be able to bring 22 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:20,360 you more and more and more. So yeah, please, the reviews 23 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,520 really matter. Yeah, my mom told me that I 24 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,560 swear too much. So, you know, I'm going to make 25 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:31,480 a really conscious effort for my dear mother to rein in the foul 26 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,080 language. I was like, OK, sorry, mom. 27 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,240 Like, we're reining in. We're reining in going forward. 28 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:38,960 So yeah, keep me honest. Oh, my God. 29 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:39,440 God. Oh, my. 30 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,480 This different person at home. No, I'm kidding. 31 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,840 But yeah, I feel like everyone really enjoyed the people have 32 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,840 spoken. Everyone loved the episode. 33 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,720 Everyone loves the podcast except one. 34 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:59,120 Naomi Osaka. Yes, yes, we got a response. 35 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:03,120 I think it was it was an indirect shot. 36 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,320 An interact but direct but. Direct direct. 37 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:13,680 You want to give some context. So we woke up the day after the 38 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:20,120 episode aired to an Instagram story from Naomi, and I'm just 39 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,920 going to read out exactly what she said, just so everybody 40 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,720 knows, OK? It's a thread that she uploaded 41 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,000 to, like a thread post that she uploaded to her Instagram to 42 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,880 her. Instagram and people were 43 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,400 tagging us in it, so that's how we found out. 44 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,160 Yeah, so she goes. I laugh when people that don't 45 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,760 know anything about tennis start a podcast about tennis. 46 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,040 What do you mean grunting is unsportsmanlike and gives you 47 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,000 the egg? Watch a different sport. 48 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,680 Lol. And then she continues. 49 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,160 She just goes because who gave them a microphone? 50 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,280 Take it away. Take it away with multiple 51 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,840 wives. Burn, burn, burn. 52 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,160 OK, Thoughts. Yeah. 53 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,960 I have many thoughts actually. So she was referring to one an 54 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:13,040 episode where we discussed her match at the Australian Open 55 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:17,920 against Veronica Stayer, which we like released a few weeks ago 56 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:24,000 and we clipped part of it where we speak about her grunting 57 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,600 during points and between first and second serve. 58 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,960 So yeah, anyone who hasn't seen it, you can go back and re watch 59 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:36,080 it on our Instagram. But I don't think what we said 60 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,720 was that bad or unfair. I don't know. 61 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:45,240 No, I don't think we even had a strong opinion about it. 62 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,280 We just raised the point as I think it's something that anyone 63 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,840 who's a fan of tennis or even a tennis player, you know, thinks 64 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:57,080 about as sort of is grunting. Some people have really loud 65 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,320 grunts. And is that a potential 66 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,520 hindrance? All we wanted to do was, yeah, 67 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:07,680 raise it as like a point of discussion. 100% yeah. 68 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,520 And we also, if you go back and actually listen to the episode, 69 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,520 we're actually saying that we're fans of hers. 70 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:20,399 So yeah, you know, maybe look at your sources before going out to 71 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,760 your followers and slagging us off. 72 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,480 And we're defending her too. We're saying that we don't think 73 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,560 that, you know, her sort of yelling, come on, come on. 74 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,680 In between points are where Serrano Cristea lost is, is her 75 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,520 trying to get into her head or, you know, could be considered 76 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,840 hindrance even. We're just like, no, that's just 77 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:44,120 her genuinely like egging herself on in the moment. 78 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:49,920 So. Yeah, Also let it be known that 79 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,920 we never claim to be like technical tennis experts. 80 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,120 We're just fans who love the sport and we want to talk about 81 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:01,400 it and spread the word. Yeah, I think in sports in 82 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,440 general and especially tennis, can be alienated a bit by the 83 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,680 sport because it's so technical, because. 84 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:09,480 It's quite daunting to get into if you don't. 85 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:11,920 Get it? And we're trying to, like, get 86 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,960 more people to follow tennis and make it more accessible, talk 87 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:20,200 about it in like a fun, casual way, right? 88 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,920 Everyone's entitled to their opinions and that was ours. 89 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,600 Exactly. And I think also again, fans 90 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,160 drive the sport as well. So I don't, I don't think it's 91 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,880 very nice to, you know, shit on fans. 92 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,800 Not nice. And also, yeah, it was just like 93 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,720 kind of rude as well. Like we're entitled to our 94 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,440 opinion. Yeah, a response. 95 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,240 Like take it away. Her microphone Like no one, No 96 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,160 one's you know, no one's forcing you to watch or listen. 97 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:50,240 You're fueling us. I mean, yeah, all in good humor, 98 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,600 but that is the whole point of this podcast. 99 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,120 So like, everyone needs to chill out. 100 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,840 Yeah, and not take things so seriously. 101 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:03,040 Exactly. OK, So bottom line is that we 102 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,080 may not be doing it the way other tennis podcasts are doing 103 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:07,840 it. This is our take. 104 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,920 We're trying to make it light and fun, accessible, as you 105 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:15,200 said, Andrea, so you know what, if you like it, you like it. 106 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:16,920 If you don't, you don't. So. 107 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,120 What? Can I say exactly when with 108 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,600 that, we're going to move into this week's Tennis News. 109 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:34,600 So in Tennis News, Destiny Ayeva, the Australian tennis 110 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:39,200 player, announced that she's retiring at the age of 25, very 111 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,600 young for tennis. It's super young. 112 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,080 She put out a post over the weekend announcing her 113 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:50,520 retirement where she calls tennis her toxic boyfriend, and 114 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,200 I'm going to read a part of her post. 115 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,920 It's very long. I'll read a part of it. 116 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,600 I want to say ginormous. Fuck you to everyone in the 117 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,400 tennis community who's ever made me feel less than. 118 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,560 Fuck you to every single gambler who sent me hate or death 119 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,400 threats. Fuck you to the people who sit 120 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:14,680 behind screens on social media. Yes, Destiny, Fuck you to the 121 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:18,360 people who sit behind screens on social media commenting on my 122 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:22,600 body, my career or whatever the fuck they want to nitpick. 123 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:27,960 And fuck you to a sport that hides behind so-called class and 124 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,440 gentlemanly values. Behind the white outfits and the 125 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:36,280 traditions is a culture that's racist, misogynistic, homophobic 126 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,640 and hostile to anyone who doesn't fit in its mold. 127 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,480 So yeah, well, we'll start next episode. 128 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,400 Less curses, but OK, back to the main subject here. 129 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,040 That's pretty damning statement for the. 130 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,600 School. Yeah, right. 131 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,720 Yeah, definitely. I mean, it's pretty heavy. 132 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,480 It's heavy. I feel for her. 133 00:07:58,480 --> 00:07:59,920 It's sad. Really sad. 134 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,720 And I think it's something we've we've spoken about it, but as 135 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:07,440 well, I think in a way tennis is, you know, all about 136 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,680 tradition and I don't know, like legacy and all these things. 137 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,680 Very, yeah, like what she said, gentlemanly sport. 138 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:20,280 But, and we've experienced this on a very small scale, but the 139 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:24,240 amount of hate that you get from yeah, like keyboard warriors. 140 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,320 And trolls, Totally. Yeah. 141 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,760 I mean, I can't even imagine. We can't imagine, Yeah, the 142 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,920 amount of hate that one gets, Yeah. 143 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,440 And it's like you're playing a sport, but are you opening 144 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:39,240 yourself up to all of this like hatred and vitriol? 145 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,720 It's it's, I don't think it's fair like someone who's just an 146 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,680 athlete at the end of the day. I know and also their kids when 147 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:45,520 they start. Out. 148 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,680 Which is like, makes it even worse. 149 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,040 I mean, yeah, I guess she's stepping away, but. 150 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,840 Good for her for choosing herself and knowing the right 151 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:00,240 time to walk away from something. 100% but I think 152 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,200 yeah, it also, yeah, it just shows that there's a lot more 153 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,680 work to sort of be done in the sport. 154 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,480 And clearly things have to change or, you know, there's an 155 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:15,640 argument to make for yeah, tennis as a culture changing and 156 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,920 allowing more people into the fold. 157 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:23,320 And you know, tennis I feel like is in a way, I don't want to say 158 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,920 an elitist sport, but I. Think that's definitely the 159 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:29,920 reputation it has as well. Yeah. 160 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:34,120 Yeah, it definitely has that reputation, which, you know, 161 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,160 yeah, it'd be great if we can move away from that because it 162 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,200 doesn't need to be that way, I don't think. 163 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,080 Yeah, definitely. So obviously a lot of what we 164 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:49,720 talk about is quite light hearted and humorous and jokes 165 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,800 and we like to keep things positive and light. 166 00:09:53,800 --> 00:10:00,000 But we also definitely want to comment on these kinds of news 167 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,720 stories in the sport as well because they're really 168 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,240 important. And we also hope that even 169 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:11,000 though this has meant destiny, I ever had to like step away from 170 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,080 the sport, that it sort of maybe may nudge things in a more 171 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,160 positive and inclusive direction going forward, right? 172 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,600 Yeah, definitely. I hope this serves as a bit of 173 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,200 an eye opener for tennis in general. 174 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:27,040 We want it to change and as you said, like be more inclusive. 175 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:34,320 Absolutely. OK, so now back to what we're 176 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:38,760 good at, the jokes. We're going to start with our 177 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,240 favorite character on the ATP tour, Daniel Medvedev. 178 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,960 He never fails to disappoint, even though I am slightly 179 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,280 disappointed in him this week because I was proud of him. 180 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:52,400 As much as I love the jokes, I was proud of him and towards the 181 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:56,560 end of last season he was, you know, not having these absolute. 182 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:58,320 Meltdowns. Meltdowns. 183 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:01,200 Breakdowns. Whenever he was losing a match, 184 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,480 he was trying to find a reason why and like, not taking 185 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,080 ownership, he was just probably having a bad day or playing 186 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,320 terribly. But no, we're back to classic 187 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:14,960 denial Medvedev, because in his match against Hugo Umber in 188 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:20,720 Rotterdam, he started having an absolute breakout and meltdown 189 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,400 about the balls. So yeah, Andrea, what was he 190 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,560 saying? Honestly, you and I have been 191 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:29,120 pissing ourselves about this for the last five days. 192 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:34,120 The videos of him like the clips of him complaining and having a 193 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,040 complete freak out conniption over and over again. 194 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:42,440 It's so funny. OK, so he took issue with the 195 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,440 head tennis balls which apparently are very different to 196 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,960 other balls on tour. According to him, they're not 197 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:49,600 round, they're square. They're not round. 198 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,120 He doesn't think they're round, he goes. 199 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,000 Are they round head balls? Are they round? 200 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:01,320 Are you sure? Because I see it not round and 201 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,000 then it continues. It goes. 202 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,400 It's a bit strange. So I think maybe we should 203 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,240 consider not playing with head balls. 204 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:14,000 The Head Tour XT ball is not round, so we should not be 205 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,920 playing with it. Nobody should be buying it. 206 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,560 We should not be promoting a tennis ball that is not round. 207 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,480 The problem is when you touch it with the racket, it does not 208 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,120 react the same way on your shots. 209 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:26,920 So how do you want us to play tennis? 210 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:33,280 So that was the first bit then? He freaked out even more. 211 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,640 Yeah, I think that that is pretty. 212 00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:38,000 You know, I feel like he was restrained. 213 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:38,720 He was. Restrained. 214 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,520 Then he goes. These balls are horrible. 215 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,280 Please delete these fucking balls from this fucking life. 216 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,040 I'm like, you're so dramatic. And the best is like the last 217 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:49,920 bit. Yeah, the best is this. 218 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,840 Go ahead. These balls are made for people 219 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,320 who love to please, people who love to please with a little bit 220 00:12:56,320 --> 00:13:02,240 of you, said saliva. Which I don't know what that 221 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:03,480 even. Means me neither. 222 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,520 It's unclear. Oh, to know what goes on in 223 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:07,440 Danielle. 'S head. 224 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,560 He also then went to proceed to like karate kick the backboard 225 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,520 of the court, like the LED screens. 226 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,960 And I'm like, what is going on? It's just the funniest thing 227 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:26,040 I've ever seen. Like I can't, but sorry, go 228 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,040 ahead. No, I just think he needs to get 229 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:29,840 it together. Like he has together. 230 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:34,360 Yeah, he apparently he does have a point because Demenor also 231 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:35,600 apparently complained about the balls. 232 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,520 A lot of players were complaining about the balls. 233 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:43,120 And again, we are not here to comment on like are these balls 234 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:48,640 correct or not but. My my my only thought is both 235 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,560 players are playing with these. Balls. 236 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,920 Yeah, right. So trick, it's a level playing 237 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:55,440 field. It's a level playing field. 238 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:00,960 I mean, I'm curious to see maybe this is enough to get these 239 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:05,800 balls like, deleted off the tour, as he says, deleted from 240 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,600 this fucking life. Yeah, this really isn't the 241 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:12,680 episode to stop swearing. But anyways, yeah, I mean, 242 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:15,200 again, he's brought us great content. 243 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,400 We can try and clip the backboard kick. 244 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,760 It's fucking jokes. But yeah, thanks for providing 245 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,200 us quality entertainment as always. 246 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,920 Yeah, as always, never change, but also change. 247 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:29,960 Change for your own good, but never change. 248 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:34,440 Change for your own sanity. Yeah, he and also proceeded to 249 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,320 losing relatively early on. So I think whenever he gets in 250 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:39,800 these headspaces, it's just not good. 251 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,400 Yeah, but I don't think it's a bad loss for him, like losing 252 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:48,520 against Zoomberg and indoor like hard court match, but also take 253 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,960 responsibility, you know? Yeah. 254 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,120 That would be some growth and maturity. 255 00:14:53,720 --> 00:15:02,360 Exactly so Yannick Sinners outfits are just the gifts that 256 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,440 keep on giving. He really are. 257 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:10,320 He debuted a new collection with Nike, Yeah, which apparently is 258 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:11,960 not going to be sold to the public. 259 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,480 Yeah. I don't fully understand. 260 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,680 I don't know the like marketing behind something like that, but 261 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:18,880 it's. Basically, they're like bringing 262 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:22,720 back, or maybe not bringing back like a new that, sorry, an old 263 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:27,000 line that they used to have called ACG, which is like high 264 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,640 sort of winter sports clothing, I believe. 265 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,160 Yeah. So Nike has this line called 266 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,200 ACG, which is all conditions gear. 267 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:40,280 And for those of you who don't know, Yannick Sinner was also or 268 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:44,320 is a really good skier as well. And I think ultimately, when he 269 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,400 was choosing which route to take, it was between tennis and 270 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:48,880 skiing. Obviously he chose tennis. 271 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:54,200 But to be quite honest, in terms of the outfits, I think skiing 272 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,120 would have been the better choice because he looks way 273 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,640 better in ski gear. So in tennis gear. 274 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:04,800 So yeah, he's debuted this past week this new ACG collection, 275 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,480 and I think he looked actually pretty good as opposed to cool 276 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,040 his mattress, right? Yeah, yeah. 277 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:15,960 He said that he was more involved in this process than 278 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,720 with other brands. Oh, so was he like slagging off? 279 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:24,360 I think he was kind of indirectly slagging off his 280 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:29,000 previous, so he can't say like, yeah, match kits, he said. 281 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,560 There were a lot of conversations about what could 282 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,360 be better, what wasn't right, what worked well. 283 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,040 So, OK, he's very subtle. A subtle dig. 284 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:40,000 But yeah, I think that's his indirect way of saying my 285 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,400 Australian Open match kit was not good. 286 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,520 That's his way of saying it. So he agrees with us, basically. 287 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:48,800 He agrees with us. He agrees with us. 288 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:50,280 First he changes shorts to white. 289 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,640 Now he's agreeing with us. What can I say, Anik? 290 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,640 The influence is crazy. I'm kidding. 291 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:56,960 OK. So, yeah. 292 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,680 Well, to be fair, he's doing pretty well on the tennis thing, 293 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,360 despite the outfit. So he probably did make the 294 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,200 right choice between tennis and skiing. 295 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,400 Yeah, but to be fair, he's. He could probably do both 296 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:08,640 Skiing. Just a bit dangerous. 297 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,880 I'm sure, I'm sure, yeah. He's a man of many talents. 298 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:16,720 We love to see it. OK, so enough about the fit 299 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:21,040 checks. We now have actually some crazy 300 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,760 news to talk about and I am so here for it. 301 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,560 And that is Serena Williams potential return to tennis. 302 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:36,240 Let's fucking go. I'm so excited because obviously 303 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,000 there's no smoke without fire. I think everyone's probably 304 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:44,680 heard by now that she has like appeared on wanting to get back 305 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,680 on like the WADA anti doping list. 306 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,080 And you need to clear yourself in order to go back to 307 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,720 competing. There's like a whole process and 308 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,160 I think it can take months and obviously it's hard to keep that 309 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,360 private because it's like public information. 310 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:04,600 And so apparently she keeps, like, progressing in that 311 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,560 process, which, I mean, I feel like you don't get on that list 312 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:12,840 if there's no intent, like, unless you've signaled intent. 313 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,720 I think. Yeah, I think she's definitely 314 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,720 plotting A comeback. I mean, maybe that's also just 315 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,480 me saying that because I really want it to be true. 316 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,400 And I think, yeah, caveat, it could be singles, it could be 317 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,960 double S, it could be it, whatever, but it doesn't matter. 318 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:29,440 It doesn't matter. I would love to see her play 319 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,800 double s with her sister. And her sister still hasn't 320 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,880 retired, so we spoke. About how she's kind of like, 321 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:39,120 still very capable, right? Yeah, still very capable and it 322 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:43,520 must be hard also retiring from tennis for however many years 323 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,440 her life was torn and travelling it. 324 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,640 Must be. So yeah, it must leave like a 325 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:53,240 huge void, like, no matter how much you have going on. 326 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,720 I mean, she's Serena Williams. She's got her two kids, a lovely 327 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,360 husband, a great life like all her like. 328 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,720 And so many other like business ventures. 329 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:07,360 But I think ultimately, when you've grown up and like for so 330 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:11,480 many years, focused on one thing so intensely, it must be so hard 331 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:15,360 to just let it go, especially when you're her and your older 332 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:17,360 sister's still doing it, right. Yeah. 333 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:20,480 And I think, you know, what probably sets her apart from 334 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:24,600 other players is like, the reason she's done so well, she's 335 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,440 succeeded. She's probably the greatest, you 336 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,240 know, female or just, yeah, one of the greatest tennis players 337 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,040 of all time is, you know, her passion and love for the sport 338 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,720 100%. I also feel like I feel like 339 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,440 she's probably looking around and she's like, damn, I could 340 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,160 probably still take it to these these girls. 341 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,920 Like I think she really wants to like have another cracker that 342 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,160 record. I mean, I would absolutely die. 343 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,200 I know, I know. This is like all of our 344 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:54,320 nostalgic prayers answered like one of the Ogs potentially back. 345 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:58,040 Honestly, they've been coming through for us in 2026. 346 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,080 Yeah, like often they can sort of really hang in the shadows. 347 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,560 But we've had Roger out in Australia, rough out in 348 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:08,600 Australia, Andre Agones see out in Australia, and now Serena 349 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,560 might actually come back. How cool would that be? 350 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:12,840 We love it. We love to see. 351 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:18,360 It so yeah, Serena, if you if you see this or if you hear 352 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:22,760 this, everyone would die. I'm sure you know that. 353 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:27,000 But just to further confirm, please be amazing, yes? 354 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,680 So we also can't not talk about the Winter Olympics. 355 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:38,200 Has to be done. It's only every four years, 356 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,840 after all. And I have loved the Winter 357 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,200 Olympics. It's been so, so fun to watch. 358 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:49,400 So fun and it gives us the opportunity to watch sports that 359 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:53,600 you never really think of at another time and which? 360 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,720 Did I think I'd be watching curling on a Friday night? 361 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:01,160 No, No and. These and it gives us the 362 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,200 opportunity to really appreciate like these athletes that work so 363 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:09,040 hard 24/7 and only really like get the platform every four 364 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,400 years for like the mainstream platform, the mainstream. 365 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,240 Platform. Yeah, Mainstream platform. 366 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,600 And there's been some really funny things going on there as 367 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,720 well as like some big, big stories as well. 368 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,440 So should we start with the with the joke stories? 369 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,680 The condom story. I mean, what are they doing in 370 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,080 the Olympic Village? I mean, we know what they're 371 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,760 doing in the Olympic Village, but that's kind of insane. 372 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:36,640 It was, I think. Yeah, they. 373 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,120 Ran out of condoms a few days in. 374 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:43,080 Day three or something or I don't want to don't call me on 375 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:44,480 day three, but it was something crazy. 376 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:49,440 And like I heard like one of the guys like in charge like of the 377 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,000 IO at the IOC being like, yeah, there was 10,000 condoms and 378 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,400 it's 2800 athletes. So do the math. 379 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,120 Go figure. That is kind of crazy, I think. 380 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,200 Wild. That is wild. 381 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,240 But I guess it also makes sense, right? 382 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,480 Like lot of testosterone? There's a lot of testosterone, 383 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,040 but I don't even keep it in. I don't know. 384 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,760 Clearly, you know, good for them. 385 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,880 They that's probably a good way to, I don't know, like release. 386 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,640 Stream as well. Well, yeah, they're clearly 387 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,720 going at it. I mean, yeah, it's not 388 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,480 dissimilar to the the tennis tour. 389 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,640 No, I guess not. Yeah, and I'm talking about the 390 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,640 tennis tour and, like, juniors and, like, challengers. 391 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,440 Yeah, but I feel like everyone's just getting with each other, 392 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,600 like what's going on. It's literally like being in 393 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,120 camp. I mean, I think they've 394 00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:40,520 replenished the stocks now, so I think it's all good. 395 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,200 OK, good. They were trying to find like, 396 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,640 sponsors. That's actually good, good 397 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:48,320 opportunity. Yeah, I saw a quote from some 398 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:52,400 athlete being like, they promised us more, we'll arrive, 399 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,800 but we don't know when. I'm like why are they acting 400 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,640 like that's like food shortage at the war or something? 401 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,840 Yeah, they're rationing condom. They're rationing. 402 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:01,720 That's what it sounds like anyway. 403 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:03,400 Yeah. Everyone needs to control 404 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,720 themselves. Focus on competition, kids. 405 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:15,720 OK, Cheating scandal. The cheating scandal, Wow, that 406 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,480 really went viral. That went like zero to 100 407 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,920 viral. I mean, I would be mortified if 408 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:26,080 I was the ex-girlfriend. Yeah, she spoke anonymously to 409 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,440 Norwegian newspaper and she was just like, it's going to be 410 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:32,840 really hard to forgive him. And she was very nice. 411 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:34,880 But yeah, that she didn't ask for any of this. 412 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:37,680 She doesn't want her name to be public. 413 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:41,760 Apparently, the Norwegian newspaper has gotten requests 414 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:43,800 they want. They like people are like, we'll 415 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,040 buy her name or other news sources or by her name. 416 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,040 Yeah, like by her name. So she's not anonymous anymore 417 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,080 so that they know who she. Is Oh, she's anonymous. 418 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,200 Yeah, yeah. No one knows. 419 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:58,000 I mean no one in the public. House has no one tipped her off? 420 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,880 I don't know. That's crazy. 421 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:05,080 OK, well, she's got a solid. Group around her OK? 422 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,480 That's interesting. But honestly, yeah, I mean, I 423 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,200 feel like everyone will have heard about this, but do we want 424 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,120 to just give a quick rundown of what happened? 425 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:22,000 So the Norwegian biathlete Sterla Holm Legrid, apologies if 426 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,240 I've butchered his name on winning bronze medal in the 427 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,080 biathlon, announced that he'd made the biggest mistake of his 428 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:35,720 life three months ago and cheated on his girlfriend. 429 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,320 Of six months. So three months into a 430 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,040 relationship, he cheated on the love of his life, apparently the 431 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:46,000 most beautiful woman in the world, and that was his response 432 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,680 to winning the bronze medal. Yeah, I was going to say, wow. 433 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,480 I feel like he was implying like the bronze medal kind of means 434 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,280 nothing if she's not by his side. 435 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,880 Exactly like. Jesus Christ, dude, like you're 436 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,120 with her for six months? I mean, listen, no one knows how 437 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:02,560 he's feeling, but if I was the girl I'd be pissed. 438 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,400 No, it's, it's, it's insane. I mean, she definitely didn't 439 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,280 ask for this. And he's like, I'm committing 440 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:12,000 social suicide for you. No, I I'm sure you thought like, 441 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,560 oh, this is a grand gesture that's gonna win her back. 442 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,440 Like so romantic. I'm sorry, but people are just, 443 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,640 yeah, I mean, I kind of feel bad for him now, 'cause. 444 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,840 I know it's it's just. Also, the response has been, 445 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,520 yeah, everyone's just ripping it off and. 446 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,480 She responded anonymously, right? 447 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:34,880 Yes, yes. So she responded anonymously via 448 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,040 a Norwegian, I don't know, like gossip site or newspaper and 449 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,440 just basically said like, it's going to be really hard to 450 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,040 forgive him. And she didn't ask for this. 451 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:48,480 So I feel for her. Like, I don't know, I definitely 452 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,440 feel for her. I don't know why why I just said 453 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:52,400 that with hesitation. I definitely feel for her but he 454 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,800 just gives me the creepers. I don't know. 455 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,360 I know apparently I think I would understand it more if it 456 00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:01,640 was a spur of the moment thing where he was just like he wins 457 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,840 this medal and he's like, Oh my God, I have to, you know, I'm 458 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,200 just thinking about my girlfriend or my ex-girlfriend 459 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,320 who I, you know, cheated on, whatever. 460 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,320 But apparently he planned it. That's something. 461 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:15,560 Weirder. You planned it, yeah. 462 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,200 OK, Yeah. No, yeah. 463 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,640 I mean, I just, I don't even know like what else to say on 464 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,320 this. I'm just like dude, I don't 465 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,760 know, go home and like think about your actions. 466 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,200 I like don't cheat on your girlfriend if she means so much. 467 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,120 I don't know. And also when I first read the 468 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:34,160 headline, I was like, OK, surely they've been together for 469 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,280 however many years. Not that I'm saying that like 470 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,960 cheating after eight years is worse than or is better than 471 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,040 cheating after three months. But I'm like, OK, you cheat on 472 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,960 your girlfriend 3 months into a very new relationship like that 473 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,880 is that's a lot, you know? Yeah. 474 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:49,680 And then to make such a thing I mean. 475 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,600 To make such a thing. Also I read that a year ago, I 476 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,880 think it was the World Cup or something at some tournament. 477 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,280 He was also competing obviously in the biathlon and he had a 478 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:05,600 different girlfriend at the time and he refused to see her in the 479 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,320 weeks leading up to the tournament because he didn't 480 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,920 want to get sick. OK, he's. 481 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,120 He's with, like, crucial distance from his. 482 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:13,960 Yeah, he sounds a little office rocker. 483 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,080 Yeah, honestly. And yeah, a little manipulative 484 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,560 and maybe, I mean, most definitely not, not a good 485 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,080 boyfriend. So yeah, we don't approve. 486 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:28,880 And he took the spotlight from his Norwegian teammate, who won 487 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:29,920 the goal. See. 488 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,480 That's not cool. That's another thing that I, I, 489 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:36,760 I don't, I don't love that. And no, I mean, last episode we 490 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,200 said no publicity is bad publicity, but I don't love this 491 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,480 publicity for him. And also, apparently another one 492 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:46,600 of their Norwegian teammates died in December in a really 493 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,240 tragic accident. And yeah, and that's not, you 494 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,320 know, and this was. Not receiving nearly as much. 495 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,360 No, no, no, no, no. And someone who was one of his 496 00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:58,320 best friends. OK. 497 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,760 I think final call here is back in your box and just like. 498 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:04,600 Yeah, yeah, I know. It's I'm trying to. 499 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,280 Steal the limelight with your relationship drama. 500 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:15,120 OK, so enough of the drama and like the silliness. 501 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:20,240 We also would love to just touch on a few of the biggest 502 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:24,160 storylines that have interested us over these last 10 days or so 503 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,120 at the Winter Olympics. Sort of three storylines that 504 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:33,920 have interested us the most on the ice slash snow at the Winter 505 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,440 Olympics. So I think we should start with 506 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:42,600 Lindsey Vonn. So tragic, so sad how she 507 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:46,360 obviously crashed like pretty much not the first turn, but 508 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,720 like the third turn in the downhill on like day two of the 509 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:54,240 entire competition, which is really sad. 510 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,800 And obviously she is on the older side. 511 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:00,240 I'm guessing it would have been her last shot at an Olympic 512 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:01,240 medal. I don't know. 513 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:02,920 She did really well in qualifying. 514 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,360 She was, yeah. She was also a favorite for the 515 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:12,520 medal and she crashed early on in the downhill and it was hard 516 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:13,680 to watch. I couldn't watch it. 517 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,760 Really tough to watch. And obviously she started 518 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,080 already knowing that she had an ACL injury, right? 519 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:21,600 But this had nothing to do with that. 520 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:25,440 I think she just got really unlucky and her pole hit one of 521 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,600 the gates and she just completely. 522 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,640 Yeah, insane. Poor woman. 523 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:34,600 Well, obviously now we know she's she got airlifted out and 524 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,520 is got flown to like Innsbruck, which is kind of crazy as well, 525 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,560 like, you know, to a specialist clinic and has had all the 526 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,760 surgeries and now I think she has like a complete tibia break, 527 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,880 which is insane. Yeah, I just I don't know how 528 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,040 you wake up in the morning and are like, yeah, let's become a 529 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,840 downhill skiers scary. It's. 530 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:53,960 So scary, any of these. Sports. 531 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,720 Like any of these sports, yeah. When you watch them go down, 532 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,560 they reach speeds of like 90 miles an hour. 533 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,920 Crazy women. It's just, it's insane. 534 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,600 It's insane. And the way that they jump, I'm 535 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:06,240 like, this is the most treacherous thing. 536 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:10,280 It's hard to watch because you're kind of expecting them 537 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,240 to, like, eat shit, you know, always. 538 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,320 It's like, how do they? And I feel like you have to be a 539 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,000 little bit. Yeah, you have to be very brave 540 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,480 to get into that. So brave. 541 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,240 I mean, yeah, you have to be cut from a very specific type of 542 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:21,600 clothes. Yeah. 543 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,640 I think any Olympic, winter Olympic sport, apart from 544 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:31,120 curling, it's chilling. Curling is like, yeah, so like 545 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,320 it's literally like you have every like life threatening 546 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:37,520 sport and curling and curling Anyway, we obviously wish her 547 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:41,920 the speedest of recoveries and she's a GOAT, so yeah. 548 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:47,200 Ilya Malinin, the quad God, the favorite for the Gold in figures 549 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:51,840 game. He crashed twice in his 550 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:56,480 freestyle routine. It was also a really hard watch. 551 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,080 Yeah, it was honestly pretty devastating. 552 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:05,560 I was devastated for him. He has a gold in the team event. 553 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,960 I don't know, it's it was just so sad for him. 554 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,640 There's been so much build up, so much anticipation. 555 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:15,240 So much hype. He coined his own nickname of 556 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:20,160 Quad God because he's the first figure skater to land a 557 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:24,280 quadruple axle ever in a competition. 558 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,840 So OK, so he didn't walk away empty handed. 559 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,800 We love that for him at least. But obviously this hit him 560 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:34,040 really hard and it was clearly a big choke mentally. 561 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,440 It was a massive choke, right? He ended 8th. 562 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:40,360 After being the favorite, yeah. He was going to, yeah, win by a 563 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,520 lot. He was going to gold by a lot in 564 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,240 the lead up tournaments, World Cup, everything, you know, he'd 565 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:50,480 won gold. So it was a massive choke on his 566 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,400 end and poor guy. Poor guy. 567 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,560 He's only 21. It's his first Olympics. 568 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:58,440 OK, fine, he has some other shots. 569 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,280 He has some other shots. Figure skating. 570 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,560 Yeah, figure skating. There's not much longevity. 571 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,040 Or no, not at all. People are retire very, very 572 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,160 young. So I think there's one figure 573 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:15,720 skater who's 26, and she's like, I'm the grandma of, you know, of 574 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,920 the Olympics basically in figure skating because, yeah, by 26, 575 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,880 most, most Figure skaters have retired. 576 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,280 Crazy. OK, well, sorry for him. 577 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:25,840 That's really sad. Poor guy. 578 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:30,600 I know, I feel, I know. It shows like the mental side of 579 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,680 sport again. Yeah, how brutal it is, Yeah. 580 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,880 When you put so much, when there's so much pressure on you 581 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,400 and so much self-imposed pressure as well. 582 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,720 Yeah, I feel he just couldn't do it. 583 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:46,280 And the response has been, yeah, for the most part, very 584 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,360 supportive of him. So hopefully he can come back 585 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,000 next Olympics even stronger and get the gold. 586 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,520 We're rooting for you. Here we go, Team USA. 587 00:32:54,800 --> 00:33:00,360 Scotty James, the two time Olympic medalist, also had a 588 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,720 really tough snowboard in in snowboarding. 589 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:08,480 Huffpipe Australian, Australian most decorated Australian Winter 590 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:12,720 Olympian. He was going for the gold a few 591 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,680 days ago in the halfpipe final. He yeah, has a bronze medal and 592 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,280 a silver medal. And it was, he said that his 593 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,360 North Star was the gold medal basically like leading up to it. 594 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:23,920 That's all. That's this is all he wanted, 595 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:31,760 his first in qualifying and fell just short of a gold medal. 596 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:37,640 He, in his third run, did a new trick, a really complicated 597 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,720 jump, and if he'd landed it, he would have gotten gold. 598 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:44,920 And he just missed it and had to settle for silver. 599 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:46,320 But it was also a really hard watch. 600 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:50,080 He was crying. It was devastating for him. 601 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,760 It would have been such a great story. 602 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:56,000 He has a great documentary on Netflix, sports documentary. 603 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,320 So yeah. Check it out, it's called pipe. 604 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,320 Dream. Yeah, Yeah. 605 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,920 Yeah, I love that. But I also, I I love him because 606 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,680 he's just, he's jokes. He's jokes. 607 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,040 We love humour on this podcast. And I mean, his tick tock is 608 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:12,440 hilarious. I love his bromance with Daniel 609 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,679 Ricardo, the F1 driver. Who introduced him to his wife? 610 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:16,960 Exactly. Yeah, Yeah. 611 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,760 So. Yeah, we love him, but he's such 612 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,400 a good sport. He was really positive about in 613 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,239 the end, he was like, I'm going to take a few days, I'll 614 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,040 probably cry, but you know, I'll get back. 615 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,360 And he kind of alluded to the fact that he'll probably be back 616 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,679 next Winter Olympics. Yeah, let's hope so. 617 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:35,920 So, so I think ultimately what this shows is that in these like 618 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,199 types of, I mean, I'm going to call them extreme sports because 619 00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:39,960 to me, they're extreme. Yeah. 620 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:44,760 It all comes down to like a split second, really. 621 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:46,679 Yeah. I mean, you're kind of, I don't 622 00:34:46,679 --> 00:34:49,159 want to say you're battling the elements, but you kind of are. 623 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:50,880 Yeah. I don't know. 624 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:52,960 So intense you're out there in the. 625 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,159 Cold. Cold. 626 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,320 Like these brutal conditions. Snow, Yeah. 627 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:01,120 Yeah, it's the Winter Olympics to me. 628 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:05,560 I watch them like, yeah, in such awe of the athletes. 629 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,800 It's incredible. And they're really like 630 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:13,920 dangerous, high stakes sports. Like, one wrong move and you 631 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:15,960 know you're out. Yeah, you're out. 632 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,760 I mean, it's been fun to have them on. 633 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,560 It's been a good like, I mean, we've been really lucky. 634 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:26,480 Like it's really helped us sort of deal with our Post Australian 635 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:30,160 Open Blues. Well, right, Well, I feel like 636 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,480 there's plenty to come. This year there was plenty to 637 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,680 come. I love the Olympics so much and 638 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,120 I especially the Winter Olympics. 639 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:38,800 Yeah, and I. Love, fun to watch like. 640 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,360 I mean, I guess for both of us, Germany is doing pretty well, 641 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:47,320 but Greece and Spain, it's not really our best moment for our 642 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,200 country. But that's why I love the 643 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,080 Olympics, is to like, you know, get that, like national spirit 644 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:53,400 going. It's great. 645 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:55,720 I love it. So yeah, we're big fans of the 646 00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:57,560 Olympics. On what's it called? 647 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:07,080 So with that, should we do one final call to end the episode? 648 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:09,360 Let's do it. Let's do it. 649 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,800 I'm going to pose the question. So when careers are decided by 650 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:19,240 split seconds and single points, how much of elite sport is a 651 00:36:19,240 --> 00:36:22,000 skill and how much is surviving the moment? 652 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,560 We need to weigh in on this. It's a deep question. 653 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,200 It's a deep question. So it might not be that quick of 654 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,240 a call, but still a final call. Let's go. 655 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:37,680 I would say 5050 like you have to have oh, you. 656 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,400 Need to have the talent and the skill and the. 657 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:45,920 Athletic ability and the Yeah. But I think what really makes 658 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,200 like champions is the mentality of it. 659 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,960 Like, you can have so much talent and natural ability and 660 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:55,400 you can put in so much work, but if in those moments you can't 661 00:36:56,240 --> 00:37:01,000 perform, yeah. I think you've pretty much 662 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:06,360 summed it up, but I I also think that you can give yourself an 663 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:09,400 edge if you really work on like your the mental. 664 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:15,120 Yeah, I think it's really worth the investment on the mental 665 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:18,640 side, like getting a sports psychologist, like really 666 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:25,400 unpicking your brain almost. And like I use visualization for 667 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:31,760 like my normal ass day job to like think ahead through 668 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,000 presentations or whatever. But I think that it can really 669 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:38,560 make a massive difference in professional sports generally, 670 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:44,440 be it these crazy winter sports or tennis or anything else. 671 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,800 I think that I think that you can get yourself an edge if you 672 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,960 work on that. Yeah, absolutely. 673 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:55,200 Yeah, OK, Well, that hard hitting take. 674 00:37:55,960 --> 00:38:00,200 Athletes, listen up, invest in your mental capacity. 675 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:02,120 It'll help you. And you can thank us later. 676 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,680 You know, we're just trying to wrap up an episode here on a on 677 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:13,040 a high note and a hopeful note. There is hope, but yeah, we will 678 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,400 be back with another interview next week. 679 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:20,280 So TuneIn, it'll be a fun one. We're very excited for it. 680 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:26,440 And until then, enjoy your week and we will see you then. 681 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,600 Thanks for listening. That's it from us this week. 682 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:36,640 If you enjoyed the episode, make the call, follow rate and share 683 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,080 it with someone who loves the drama as much as the sports. 684 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,600 Send us your voice notes, hot takes, and soft launch sightings 685 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:46,040 at What's the Call Pod. Until next time, what's the 686 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:46,520 call?