Olympics to Split Family's Volleyball Loyalty

Jon Uriarte says it's a "celebration" for his family that the Australian team he coaches will face his son Nicolas and native Argentina in their opening volleyball pool match at the London Olympics.

Published

11 months ago

Categories

Sports, Olympic Sports

Topics

Olympic Sports

Places

Australia, Argentina, London

Transcript

SHOTLIST: CANBERRA, JUNE 29, 2012, SOURCE: AFPTV - Jon Uriarte with Australian volleyball team BUENOS AIRES, JULY 11, 2012, SOURCE: AFP - Nicholas Uriarte with Argentinian volleyball team CANBERRA, JUNE 29, 2012, SOURCE: AFPTV SOUNDBITE 1 Jon Uriarte, Australian volleyball team coach (English, 18 sec): "We are both there! We got both there for our own merit, you know, nobody gave that to us. It's some kind of celebration, the whole family will be there enjoying a lot this moment." CANBERRA, JUNE 29, 2012, SOURCE: AFPTV - VAR Jon Uriarte with Australian volleyball team BUENOS AIRES, JULY 11, 2012, SOURCE: AFP - Volleyballs in training session of Argentinian football team CANBERRA, JUNE 29, 2012, SOURCE: AFPTV SOUNDBITE 2 Jon Uriarte, Australian volleyball team coach talking about his son (English, 24 sec): "He has started to learn volleyball training at the age of a year and a half, he enjoyed a lot playing with me volleyball with a balloon. We put a chair in the middle and we spent some time doing that. And then, already at the age of three, four, we did one against one... He was really good!" BUENOS AIRES, JULY 11, 2012, SOURCE: AFP - Nicholas Uriarte with Argentinian volleyball team CANBERRA, JUNE 29, 2012, SOURCE: AFPTV SOUNDBITE 3 Jon Uriarte, Australian volleyball team coach (English, 24 sec): "Nicolas is an outstanding player. Honestly, in many areas, sometimes I get the feeling that I learn from him a lot, because as a coach, we speak a lot, we explain how things must be done, but he does!" CANBERRA, JUNE 29, 2012, SOURCE: AFPTV - VAR Jon Uriarte with Australian volleyball team BUENOS AIRES, JULY 11, 2012, SOURCE: AFP - VAR Nicholas Uriarte with Argentinian volleyball team -Team play the ball to teammates smash it