Neil Adams
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376 appearances
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first heard Apr 2024
last heard Apr 2024
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I think some of the Paris tournaments. are amazing because the crowd, they're there. You know, they're on the mat. They're all judoka. They're well-educated to the sport. Every time somebody twitches, you know, they're very biased towards their own, which is kind of what you expect. But, you know, sometimes I haven't been able to hear myself speak. And that's very unusual.
You know, you've got headphones on and you're blocked out, you know, like sometimes Teddy Renner has been walking out there and the crowd are going crazy and they're on their feet, you know, when somebody twitches and, you know, and then you get the crowd silences. We had one of those last week. Everybody's cheering their man, and then bang, their man goes over.
And of course, we were commentating. We were going, that was a bit of a crowd silencer. But yeah, that happens.
And there's always surprises. Paris is great. In Japan, for the Olympic Games, the biggest surprise was Ono getting beaten in the team event. Now, Ono's the greatest judo man, pound for pound, probably one of the best. And he won the Olympic title. And then they went into the team event against France.
And Ono lost to a, he's not run-of-the-mill German, but the German, you know, it wasn't certainly Olympic title-esque. And beat Ono.
Yeah, it's fascinating.
And they'll be the team to beat, French team, because they have the best balance of the weight categories. They have the best balance with their people that are world and Olympic champions and qualified men and women. So three men, three women. They have the best balance out of anybody.
Educated audience, home ground.
It's going to be mad. It's going to be super fun. It will be super fun.
Yeah.
I get nervous. I get nervous.
Played over and over.
And I find that, you know, with mine, I'm now a little bit more careful, you know, so I'll celebrate a massive throw and then have empathy to the one that's been thrown, you know, because it's not the best feeling in the world. Yeah. Especially in Olympic finals. Yeah. Can you imagine that? Yeah. Must be terrible.
Just reflecting. So, no, I have a bit of empathy there. And I just, I try and say the right things because they always do come up to me and say, you commentated my fights.
No pressure.
Thank you for having me. And it's just been an honor to be here with you.
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