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for more on the legacy of the tokyo games i've been speaking to matt carroll, chief executive officer olympic committee and he told me what the games had meant for his country had a particularly successful time. it has been a great games for the australian team. we equalled the high mark achieved in athens with 17 gold medals, 46 medals across 20 disciplines, 15 sports, but it served to be a great time for australians who were in lockdown in some of our cities, the inspiration of the games, notjust the medals but the people who came sixth, seventh, eighth, the sportsmanship that we saw. all of those things that we hold dear to the olympic sentiment in sport. i was going to ask you what you felt you learned from the games, given that they had been different but you called it mateship, the athletes depending on each other more than ever before, they didn't have any other support that they would have normally expected. that's right, the athletes from whichever country arriving in tokyo airport into the olympic village, to the training venues, competition venues, and then within 48 hours,