Goodbye to the Games
The Christian O’Connell Show
GOLD and iHeart Australia
4.7 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The Games have come to a close, and as promised, Georgie and Abbey are back with a special bonus episode. The closing ceremony featured some French and not so French themes, as Paris handed the baton over to Los Angeles for 2028. Plus, some honourable mentions for some the quirkier stories from the past two weeks.
Look out for a full episode tomorrow, wrapping up the final medals for team Australia and our favourite Games moments from Paris.
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| 0:00.0 | GELME, we're starting this very special bonus episode of two good sports at the end because it's the end of the games. |
| 0:10.5 | The closing ceremony has literally just wrapped up at the time of record. |
| 0:14.8 | I can't believe. |
| 0:15.6 | And we will mention it is half time because we do have the para games coming up and we cannot wait. |
| 0:20.8 | So we get two weeks to get our sleeping schedule back on track because I'm not. it is half time because we do have the para games coming up and we cannot wait. |
| 0:26.4 | So we get two weeks to get our sleeping schedule back on track because I am tired. |
| 0:30.7 | Did someone set the alarm on Saturday morning thinking Jess Hull was running at 4 a.m. then and wonder why we're watching the 400 relay? |
| 0:33.2 | Sure. |
| 0:34.0 | Did I wake up this morning to watch the entirety of the closing ceremony because I knew that we were talking about it? |
| 0:39.5 | Absolutely. So let's take you through. We're literally in pajamas. Are they the athlete's pajamas? Yes, they are. Yes, they are. Yes, they are. We have somehow got our hands on some very comfortable PJs, just in honour of our athletes, eventually touching back down on our shores. |
| 0:55.0 | Sponsored by roving enterprises, but let us have a look. What did you think of the closing |
| 1:00.4 | ceremony? First and foremost, just like all of the gold medal predictions, did we or did we |
| 1:06.8 | not tell you as a fun fact that Tom Cruise would be involved? We told you it was a potential fact, confirmation fact fact. |
| 1:14.2 | It's a fact fact and did we say potentially that he would be repelling down from the stud |
| 1:20.1 | de France? |
| 1:20.9 | Aha! |
| 1:21.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:22.2 | Did that happen? |
| 1:23.2 | Aha. |
| 1:23.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:24.6 | We are, once again, psychic geniuses. |
| 1:27.3 | But before we get to Tom Cruise, Jelmy, I have to admit I was in and out. |
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