Time |
Person Speaking |
Dialogue |
00:00:52 |
Text on poster |
Azzedine Nouiri |
00:01:00 |
Text on poster |
Azzedine Nouiri – Paralympic Champion |
00:01:04 |
Crowd |
Azzedine, Azzedine, Azzedine. |
00:01:13 |
Crowd |
Azzedine, Azzedine |
00:01:24 |
Female radio Presenter (O.S.) |
To Sports now, where Azzedine Nouiri offered Morocco its very first medal at the Rio Paralympic Games by winning first place in shot put in F34 category. |
00:01:38 |
Female Radio Presenter (O.S.) |
The London 2012 Olympic Champion and World record holder maintained his title with a throw of 11.28m. |
00:01:53 |
Interviewer |
Azzedine, welcome home and congratulations. Radio MFM is here with you today. Where are you from? |
00:01:58 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
I grew up in Safi. It’s my city. |
00:02:01 |
Interviewer |
Any words for the fans? |
00:02:02 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Thank you for your support. God bless you. It’s all thanks to you. |
00:02:08 |
Interviewer (O.S.) |
How old are you? |
00:02:09 |
Azzedine Nouiri (O.S.) |
I’m 30. |
00:02:11 |
Interviewer (O.S.) |
So we can hope for another medal then? |
00:02:13 |
Azzedine Nouiri (O.S.) |
Yes! God willing. |
00:02:14 |
Interviewer (O.S.) |
You know the road to the gold medal. |
00:02:15 |
Azzedine Nouiri (O.S.) |
Yes, I do and I won’t ever get less. |
00:02:19 |
Interviewer (O.S.) |
Tell us more about the medal. |
00:02:21 |
Azzedine Nouiri (O.S.) |
It wasn’t easy. |
00:02:22 |
Azzedine Nouiri (O.S.) |
You may see me laughing now, but I spent four years training hard for it. |
00:03:10 |
Child |
This is our story. This is how we live. And this is how we’ll die. In this arena, we chant la vida otra, vamos vamos. From the beginning, the game is rigged. And in this long road we are lost. Life is worthless and your |
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mind is narrow. But it’s all ok because I live with faith. |
00:03:51 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Being disabled may seem like a curse. It’s something nobody wishes upon themselves. Especially in the neighbourhood I grew up in, full of crime. If I wasn’t disabled, I wouldn’t be an athlete. I would 100% be a drug addict. There is a high chance that I would have taken the wrong path in that environment. |
00:05:10 |
Athlete |
We need access to the stadium, we really do. We have a brand new stadium, but we can’t train in it. I tried to get in the other day but I was kicked out. I don’t know why he decided to stop me from getting in. They should be helping us, not stopping us. |
00:05:32 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
If it’s so hard to train, forget about trying to work in this country. |
00:05:37 |
Athlete |
We are not going to steal or smoke. We just want to train, but nobody is helping. I don’t know why they enjoy breaking us down all the time. |
00:05:49 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
The city prefers to keep us here in the thorns. |
00:05:58 |
Unknown |
I heard they will build a marina here. Imagine yachts here. |
00:06:03 |
Azzedine Noiuri |
It would look nice there. |
00:06:05 |
Unknown |
We’d be lucky to see it in 2023. |
00:06:08 |
Unknown |
Or when your children’s children are born. |
00:06:09 |
Unknown |
That’s Morocco for you. That’s Safi. |
00:06:14 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
At least life is cheap for us here. |
00:06:17 |
Azzedine’s Friend 1 |
That decision is made by both the business and by the watch commander at the particular time. |
00:06:19 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
No jobs, but no one is dying from hunger. |
00:06:23 |
Unknown |
People have all sorts of degrees here, but they can’t find work. |
00:06:30 |
Azzedine’s friend 2 |
Do you have a degree Azzedine? |
00:06:32 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
I have two. One in mechanical engineering and one in IT. |
00:06:39 |
Azzedine’s friend 3 |
A degree in mechanical engineering and you’re not working? |
00:06:42 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
I don’t think about it anymore. |
00:06:55 |
Azzedine Nouiri (O.S.) |
The first time I tried shot put, I felt it could be my thing. I was coring numbers that were close to international qualifiers, but I would never get selected by the National team. The problem was that I play using a chair, so the Federation didn’t want to bother with people like me because I would be more costly to them. But thankfully, I could take support myself. That’s why they eventually let me in, and I could start my career in sports. I take care of myself and of another guy who has an even heavier disability than myself. |
00:07:48 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
That’s it. |
00:07:50 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Should I throw here? |
00:07:52 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Look there. See my shadow? See my head? That’s where. |
00:07:55 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Your head? |
00:07:55 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Yes, that’s your target. |
00:08:09 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Where’s your head? |
00:08:11 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
There. Easy, easy. Just like that. |
00:08:24 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Focus only on your fingers. Take it and throw it. Don’t spend ages. You are just training now, not competing. Grab it, throw it. Don’t lean on your back. Our goal is to improve the speed of your throw. Leave that alone. |
00:08:48 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
One second... |
00:08:50 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
What the hell? Stay in the same position you throw in. why are you inventing a new position to annoy me? Place your hand here. Throw. You can do it. Don’t worry about distance. We’re working on technique now. Come on, Youssef. It’s not your first time shot putting. That’s right. Your throw is still too heavy, though. You need to learn to throw as if you’re about to suddenly slap someone. |
00:09:21 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
You have strength. It’s technique you lack. Take a short break now. You do that ok. |
00:09:38 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Are you tired? |
00:09:40 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Yes, a little. |
00:09:41 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
That’s the key. |
00:09:47 |
Text on sign |
The Disabled People’s Association of Southern Morocco – Safi. |
00:09:54 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Moulay Ahmed, we need to write a letter asking why Youssef wasn’t invited to training camp. |
00:10:00 |
Moulay Ahmed |
To the president of the Royal Moroccan Federation... |
00:10:05 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
What will you put in the subject, sir? |
00:10:09 |
Moulay Ahmed |
Explanation. |
00:10:11 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Explanation, that’s it? |
00:10:13 |
Moulay Ahmed |
Explanation for excluding the athlete Youssef Ouaddali. |
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00:10:23 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Can you add his last result? He made the qualifying distance. Ask why they didn’t put him on the team when his performance ranks him second in the world in his category. |
00:10:39 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
The boy worked very |
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hard for it. |
00:10:42 |
Moulay Ahmed |
I know he trains almost every day. |
00:10:45 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
He trains every day. Not almost. |
00:11:00 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Youssef and I grew up together in the NGO. Because of Youssef’s disability, he needs to have an assistant in order to be part of the National Team and play professionally. I used to help him when he started when his disability was heavier than it is now. |
00:11:27 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
So when the Sports Federation saw that I could take care of him, they were ok to call him in the team because they didn’t have to get him an assistant. |
00:11:40 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
But he’s made his mark now. He has always worked very |
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hard. |
00:12:35 |
TV Actress - woman |
On the table there is a big, big cake. Have you seen it? |
00:12:42 |
TV Actress - child |
No, mamma. |
00:12:44 |
TV Advert |
If you are looking for love, call me on this number any time any day. |
00:13:00 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Go, Azzedine! You’re great! |
00:13:08 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Go, Azzedine. |
00:13:10 |
Athlete 2 |
Isn’t Azzedine amazing? |
00:13:13 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Yes, he’s great. |
00:13:18 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Do you need my help? |
00:13:34 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Great, Azzedine. |
00:13:38 |
Shot put official |
9.92. |
00:13:38 |
Athlete 2 |
It’s good, it’s good. |
00:13:48 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
No, it’s not enough. He normally throws farther. |
00:13:48 |
Athlete 3 |
The referee told him not to wear sandals. |
00:13:51 |
Azzedine Nouiri (O.S.) |
I feel good in these sandals. |
00:13:53 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Do you want trainers so you can play? |
Time |
Person Speaking, |
Dialogue |
00:13:57 |
Athlete 2 |
Trainers. Yes. |
00:13:58 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
There you go. |
00:14:03 |
Athlete 2 |
I don’t think they’re my size. |
00:14:04 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Just try them on. |
00:14:11 |
Shot put official 2 (O.S.) |
Youssef Ouaddali or Addali or whatever. |
00:14:13 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Present! |
00:14:27 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Youssef! |
00:14:33 |
Shot put official 1 (O.S.) |
6.47. |
00:14:48 |
Shot put official 1 (O.S.) |
6.73. |
00:14:58 |
Azzedine Nouiri (V.O.)
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Youssef is part of my life now. I’ve grown used to having him around. I feel like his presence makes me more focused. |
00:15:10 |
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Other athletes tell me I should focus more on my own game, but I don’t see why. I feel much more rewarded because I matter to him. It’s only a question of organisation anyway, and I don’t feel that he is exhausting me. |
00:15:33 |
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He helps me too, by the way. We complete each other. |
00:15:52 |
TV Presenter |
Hello and welcome to Mubacharatan Maakum Program. Tomorrow is the 3rd of December. It is the International Day of Disabled Persons, and to discuss this topic we welcome our guests. Mr Azzedine Nouiri, welcome. The audience might recognise you as a Paralympic champion, you won the gold medal and world record at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. You may have a different perspective on this topic and its legal framework in our country. |
00:16:31 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Disabled people have yet to receive anything of what is written in law. Let’s begin with basics first. Schools don’t have ramps. When you are in a wheelchair, you don’t have access to classrooms. Mosques also don’t have access for us. It has happened to me, I couldn’t get inside the mosque so I prayed outside. When I finished praying they threw coins at me, thinking that I was a beggar. That’s when you feel really disabled. |
00:17:14 |
Azzedine Nouiri (V.O.) |
The Paralympic Games is the only chance for me and my friends to change our lives. We wait for it every four years because it’s the only competition with a monetary prize if we win a medal. It’s a chance for disabled people to have an income so we can support our families. Our ambition is to receive an income. |
00:17:48 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Abdelhadi, we have to go see the stadium’s manager. |
00:17:53 |
Abdelhadi |
Sure let’s go. |
00:17:54 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
You managed to get access. We didn’t. |
00:17:56 |
Abdelhadi |
Yes, he lets me in now. |
00:18:01 |
Athlete 4 |
He let you in because you made the request through the running club for the non-disabled. |
00:18:08 |
Abdelhadi |
Let’s call him and make an appointment. |
00:18:11 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
I’d better go with you and talk to him directly |
00:18:14 |
Abdelhadi |
Alright. |
00:18:16 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
We really need to solve this problem. |
00:18:33 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
I’d like to ask, sir, if we could have a group of five people who come fives times a week? The beginners would come in once a week to train in the empty space so that the ball doesn’t damage anything. |
00:18:54 |
Stadium manager
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We have your letter asking for permission and we discussed it. But we can’t let all of you in. |
00:19:03 |
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We’ll only let people in like you who have big competitions coming up. |
00:19:08 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
All the guys are preparing for national competitions. |
00:19:16 |
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It would really help us if we could train in a real stadium. It’ll make us feel like athletes, even if we train just outside the stadium. |
00:19:31 |
Stadium manager |
You guys have weird chairs though. |
00:19:34 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
They just need to be fixed to the floor. |
00:19:38 |
Man beside stadium manager |
We can fix it with nails. If there’s a cement platform we can use, it’s easier. |
00:19:44 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Do you have equipment here? Like weights and javelins? |
00:19:51 |
Stadium manager |
We do, but we only lend it to clubs. |
00:19:55 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
We can put in a request from our association’s club. |
00:19:59 |
Stadium manager |
Put in a new request, and then we’ll see. |
00:20:03 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Thanks for meeting with me, sir. |
00:20:05 |
That’s fine. |
After is too, after my life is completely ruined. |
00:20:25 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
They didn’t want to give us access to the stadium unless the Federation asks for permission on our behalf. Maybe you could write to the Federation’s president, Mr. Aouni. He can intervene on our behalf. |
00:20:48 |
Moulay Ahmed |
He said he would talk to the sports director about it. |
00:20:53 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
It would be great if we could get access. They have equipment there. |
00:20:58 |
Moulay Ahmed |
To the president... |
00:21:04 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
...Of the Royal Moroccan Federation of Athletics. |
00:21:09 |
Moulay Ahmed |
It is my honour to ask Your Excellency to grant permission to members of the club of the disabled people’s association of Safi to train in the stadium to prepare for national and international competitions. As you know, our NGO has given eight champions to the National Athletics Team in various sports. Please accept my highest respects. Yours sincerely. |
00:21:39 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
It’s great. I hope they will answer soon. |
00:21:52 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
That’s the stadium. See how it is. |
00:21:54 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
I’ve never been here. |
00:21:58 |
Azzedine Nouiri
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I’ve been inside. One day, we’ll train here too. God willing. |
00:22:05 |
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They’ll give us access one day. See how nice the grass is inside. It makes you want to be there. |
00:22:08 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Yes, it does! |
00:22:15 |
Azzedine Nouiri
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If they give us the permission to train here before Rio, it will help us a lot. |
00:22:23 |
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You may have qualified but you still have to pass the test to guarantee your place. When the ball is in your hand, make every throw count. You have to see your future in each throw. Always remember the suffering you have endured. The second you sit on that chair, you have to become unbeatable. I tell myself I have to conquer them all. I have to show them I am here. Whatever you do to me, I’m still here. I picture my future in that throw. You see the humiliations. |
00:23:02 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
You see the humiliations. |
00:23:04 |
Azzedine Nouiri
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Yes, exactly. But you try to overcome it. You have to turn that pain into strength, not weakness. |
00:23:14 |
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Be a man now. |
00:23:18 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Rachid. Can you write Brazil for me? |
00:23:42 |
Rachid |
It looks like a hot country. |
00:23:44 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Yes. |
00:24:15 |
Azzedine Nouiri (V.O.) |
Hi, darling, how are you? |
00:24:15 |
Woman on phone |
Is everything okay with you? |
00:24:19 |
Azzedine Nouiri (V.O.) |
How is mum doing? |
00:24:22 |
Woman on phone |
Your mum has been a little sick. |
00:24:24 |
Azzedine Nouiri (V.O.) |
But she is all right now? |
Time |
Person Speaking, |
Dialogue |
00:24:2 6 |
Woman on phone |
We took her to the doctor. |
00:24:3 1 |
Azzedine Nouiri ( V.O.) |
Why? Wasn’t she feeling well? |
00:24:3 4 |
Woman on phone |
The doctor said she had kidney failure. We had to take her to Marrakech urgently for her operation. |
00:25:0 1 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
How are you, Mummy? How did you cope with...? |
00:25:0 6 |
Azzedine’s mother |
To God we are grateful. I wished you’d been by my side. But please, if you love me, never let them put me in an ambulance again. |
00:25:1 8 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Is it uncomfortable? |
00:25:1 9 |
Azzedine’s mother |
You have no idea. I had to go all the way to Casablanca in the ambulance. We had to spend so much money. |
00:25:3 0 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Money is nothing. Mum, your health is more important. And they said you should go twice a week? |
00:25:3 9 |
Azzedine’s mother |
Twice a week at $160 a week. That’s excluding medicine and medical tests. So a month will cost $1000. You won’t be able to afford this for very long. What’ll you do when your money is gone? Sell this house? And then what? It’s a lot of money. |
00:26:0 1 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
You mean a lot more to me than money. |
00:26:0 6 |
Azzedine’s mother |
Thank God you’re all old enough now and that this didn’t happen to me when you were young. |
00:26:5 2 |
Azzedine Noui ri |
Youssef. |
00:26:5 3 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Yes. |
00:26:5 4 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Listen. You are not like the other guys. You and I have to train more than the others. |
00:27:0 2 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
More, yes. |
00:27:0 3 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
You need to train twice as much as everyone else. At the gym and here too. I can’t be with you now. I have stuff to do in Rabat. You mustn’t stop training. You pick up a stone or whatever, and you start counting your steps. 1... 2... Got it? Like that until you reach 9 metres. Big steps. Put the stone as a marker. And throw like you are competing. Always hit 9 or more so you can guarantee your place on the national team. Don’t forget to do this when you coach the others. You show them everything. When you throw, sit straight, look up. You should feel taller. Push the ball and scream. Don’t sit like this. Put this in your head: if I see you hunching, you’ll see what I’ll do to you. Can I count on you? Be a man. |
00:28:0 7 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Yes, you can. |
00:28:0 8 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Today is my last session with you, but I might come back in two weeks. |
00:28:26 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
When I came back to Morocco from the London Paralympic Games in 2012, the minister of sports had promised that we would get an income just like all the athletes before us. We were so happy to hear that. But every time we went there, they would send us back to get administrative papers. For two years, we spent all our money going back and forth to the ministry. I had to borrow money to pay for trips to the ministry. But nothing came out of it. So I suggested all we champions do a sit-in in front of the minstry.
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00:29:37 |
Azzedine Nouiri (O.S.) |
This should be our ultimate sit-in.
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00:29:40 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
They either give us the money we’re owed, or they give us a lump sum. Or they find us a job in the public sector or national enterprises. |
00:30:19 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
We are at a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. We demand that we are given our constitutional rights to an income as athletes. Since the last Paralympic Games 2012 we were promised that we will get an income, but we didn’t get anything. We need this job in order to make a living. It’s a shame that in a country like Morocco we have to sleep in the street to obtain our rights.
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00:31:13 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
3...4...5...6... I need 9.
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00:31:35 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Azzedine wants you to train, just like he wanted me to be a champion. One day you can be come a champion too.
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00:31:47 |
Zakaria |
God wiilling
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00:31:50 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
But you need to suffer. Okay?
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00:32:55 |
Zakaria |
God willing.
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00:31:56 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
So that in the future, you can become my successor. And you’ll become very good. We didn’t have a coach, but I’ll be your coach. You’ll be my successor, and you’ll also travel aboard, okay?
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00:32:29 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Wait, Zakaria, let me do it.
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00:32:42 |
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Go on.
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00:32:52 |
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No. You are throwing it the wrong way.
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00:32:58 |
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Come here. Like this. Get it? You’ll stop doing that soon enough. |
00:33:18 |
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Go on.
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00:33:23 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Hello... how are you, darling? Are you still alive? How is mother? How did her visit to the doctor go? Did she get her medical results?
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00:33:46 |
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Okay. I’ll check. No, nobody came to check on us.
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00:34:02 |
Moulay Ahmed |
Hello, Azzedine. What’s going on? How are you, son? |
00:34:06 |
Azzedine Nouiri (on phone) |
How are you? How’s work? |
00:34:10 |
Moulay Ahmed |
I haven’t seen you in a while.
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00:34:13 |
Azzedine Nouiri (on phone) |
I just wanted to ask if anybody has replied to our letter.
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00:34:16 |
Moulay Ahmed |
No, nobody has, |
00:34:18 |
Azzedine Nouiri (on phone) |
Really? So, no proper training for us then.
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00:34:22 |
Moulay Ahmed |
No, I am afraid not. The children are also getting impatient, but there’s nothing we can do.
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00:34:26 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
The children are also getting impatient, but there’s nothing we can do. There’s no other stadium we can use either. |
00:34:33 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
There’s no other stadium we can use either. Remember that other stadium we used to train in years ago in 2000? They turned that one into a car park. |
00:35:13 |
Azzedine Nouiri (O.S.) |
All good, Youssef? |
00:35:15 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
All good. |
00:35:16 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
You ready? |
00:35:17 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Ready. |
00:35:18 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Training camp will be longer this time. Six or seven months, There’ll be a test after the camp. |
00:35:27 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Really? |
00:35:28 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
It’s for the Olympics. So be a man. The test is to qualify. We’ll get paid $5 a day to be in camp. I heard that the ministry might add a bonus to those who qualify, You understand? It could be a good sum of money. |
00:35:52 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
That’s great. I am planning to spend it on the house. |
00:36:01 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
But you should still aim for the medal regardless of the bonus. |
00:36:48 |
Man with crutches |
Good morning, everyone. |
00:36:53 |
Training camp member 1 |
Shall we go inside? |
00:36:54 |
Training camp member 2 |
Of course. |
00:37:03 |
Mr Lamrini |
Please put your phone on silent or vibrate. If anybody has a call that is more important than this meeting, go outside. |
00:37:18 |
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The doctor is calling me. Hello, good morning. Doctor, I’m here with the athletes. If it’s not urgent, can we speak later? |
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The preparations have started now. We hope that we can provide training continuously until the paralympics. For those who are good enough to participate. And for those who are not, well, this is sports. It’s possible here that some of you do not perform to the standards that the coaches and the Federation expect and thus they’ll be removed from the team. We are not a travel agent. I hope it’s clear. We are not a tourist office. We are in a Paralympian year, and our goal is not only to participate in the paralympics. Morocco does not just participate. It wins medals. So both I and you have a big responsibility here. Does anybody |
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have something to add? |
00:38:50 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
The shot putters do not have enough equipment, sir. |
00:38:54 |
Mr Lamrini |
What’s not enough? |
00:41:45 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Not even a quarter of a kilo each. |
00:41:52 |
Unknown |
Ask the girls for paracetamol. |
00:41:54 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Nobody has any. |
00:41:57 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
So do you want to go to the doctor’s? |
00:42:02 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
No, I just want to rest. |
00:42:12 |
Unknown |
Uncle, how are we doing here? Youssef is 9th, you are 2nd, and I am 4th. |
00:42:22 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
2nd? Who came 1st? |
00:42:26 |
Unknown |
All I know is that you’re 2nd. |
00:42:30 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Check again, please. |
00:42:38 |
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This is new informaiton. |
00:42:44 |
Unknown |
The Chinese guy is in 1st place now. |
00:42:46 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Who? |
00:42:48 |
Unknown |
The Chinese. |
00:42:49 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
In the javelin throw? |
00:42:50 |
Unknown |
No, man, shot put. |
00:42:51 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Shot put! |
00:42:54 |
Unknown |
11.07. |
00:42:56 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Really? What’s his name? Yang? Yang Zho? |
00:43:01 |
Unknown |
Wong Yang. He came out of the blue. |
00:43:03 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
He came out of the blue. |
00:43:06 |
Unknown |
He came 1st on the 24th April, 2016. |
00:43:14 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
He improved a lot, this Chinese guy. |
00:43:26 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
5...6...7... |
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12...13...14... |
00:44:09 |
Woman on phone |
How are you, my son? Congratulations, my son, you just had a baby girl. Just this morning. She’s so beautiful. Try to come at least for a day to see her. |
00:44:30 |
Mr Lamrini |
The Federation’s decision is final. You are all ambassadors of your country. And if we had the possibility of taking you all, we would. But we can only take nine + five athletes in total. We made the decision that there’ll be a qualifying test. The test will take place next Saturday, God willing, and is voluntary. The test should only be taken if you think you can improve your performance, and thus your international ranking. |
00:45:19 |
Person in yellow T-shirt and cap |
When we get injured, we become garbage, Mr Lamrini, right? |
00:45:25 |
Mr Lamrini |
Look, many like you got injured in the past and did not participate. If you were injured as part of the team, we would have taken care of you. |
00:45:36 |
Person in yellow T-shirt and cap |
I was injured here! Everyone saw it. And you threw me out! Guys, help me out. Was I, or was I not, injured here? |
00:45:47 |
People in the background |
You were, yes, you were! |
00:45:49 |
Mr Lamrini |
Sit down and listen quietly. I’ll answer. You were an excellent member of the team, but you had family problems. |
00:45:57 |
Person in yellow T-shirt and cap |
I’m talking about my injury! |
00:45:59 |
Mr Lamrini |
Stay quiet please. Stay quiet. Let’s bring in the coach to testify. |
00:46:04 |
Person in yellow T-shirt and cap |
The coach doesn’t know anything! |
00:46:08 |
Mr Lamrini |
Stay quiet or get out! I’m kicking you out of the team! |
00:46:19 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
I’ll not bring my chair. I’ll not take the test. |
00:46:22 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
I knew you wouldn’t. |
00:46:25 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
You know me. |
00:46:28 |
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Are you ready? |
00:46:30 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Always. |
00:46:32 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Ready, ready? You can’t go below 9. |
00:46:35 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
God willing. |
00:46:38 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
9 metres, and your place is safe. It should be easy for you, you’ve done it already. Just relax. Are you listening? |
00:46:55 |
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Did you see the present that Saida got me? It’s a big present. |
00:47:01 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Really? |
00:47:09 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
What’s funny? They’re of good quality. Pick up the shoe. Pick it up. It’s my daughter’s. |
00:47:18 |
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You want them? |
00:47:20 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
No, no. |
00:47:22 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Why not? |
00:47:23 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
When I’ll have mine. |
00:47:27 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Your own children? |
00:47:28 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Yes. Start with the shoes, then the children will follow. |
00:47:34 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Start with the shoes, dude. When your mother sees these shoes, she’ll understand that you are ready and she’ll start looking for a wife for you. But if you keep your head down, nothing will ever happen. |
00:47:52 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
You’re so... |
00:47:54 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
I’m so evil? |
00:48:05 |
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Youssef, my Youssef. |
00:48:08 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Azzedine, my Azzedine. |
00:48:20 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
My child! |
00:48:24 |
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Do you want to play this game? |
00:48:25 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
No, no no no! |
00:48:30 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Lay back, just lay back. As if you are a rich man who doesn’t need anything. |
00:48:42 |
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Relax and move your hands like this. |
00:48:48 |
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Slowly. Relax. Look up into the sky. |
00:49:01 |
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Wipe your mouth. |
00:49:11 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Do a thorough warm up. |
00:49:14 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
I’ll go for a jog... |
00:49:17 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
And don’t throw below 9 metres. |
00:49:32 |
Guy in red cap |
God is the greatest. |
00:49:49 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Hello. |
00:49:51 |
Unknown |
Go, Youssef! |
00:49:58 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Go down, up and throw. You know what to do. |
00:50:15 |
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Is the chair in the right direction? |
00:50:27 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Can you move a little? |
00:50:46 |
Referee |
Ball out! |
00:50:48 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Youssef. Take it easy. Let it know you’re the boss. Fingers! Fingers! |
00:51:08 |
Referee |
8.39. |
00:51:16 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Don’t waste time when you’re down. |
00:51:34 |
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Out, out. Youssef, take a deep breath. Tighten it again. Youssef, shall I move your buckle to the side so it doesn’t hurt you? |
00:51:50 |
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Youssef, throw it right. |
00:51:51 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Alright. |
00:52:20 |
Referee |
9.53. |
00:52:31 |
Unknown |
No more. |
00:52:34 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Give me five. |
00:52:44 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
That belt trick worked. Remember it next time, you dumb fool. |
00:52:54 |
Man in orange T-shirt |
Come, catch me. Well done, you. I am proud of you, son. You did well. We’ll continue working, and you’ll do better. |
00:53:05 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Thank you, sir, thank you, sir. |
00:53:16 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Give me a smile. |
00:53:24 |
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Why do you have that piece of paper? |
00:53:26 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
So you can write Rio for me. |
00:53:28 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Rio, huh? Are you planning on posting it on Facebook? |
00:53:45 |
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Daddy, daddy. Daddy, daddy. You’re smiling.... You’re smiling... I’m here now... Daddy... Daddy... |
00:54:22 |
Azzedine Nouiri (V.O.) |
I won’t be able to compete at this level forever. If I don’t recover from my injury? How will I play again? I’m going to disappoint everyone. Why do you even protest and lose your dignity by sleeping in the street? How will I provide for my family? What will I live on? |
00:54:58 |
Zakaria |
Where are we going to sit? |
00:55:00 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Over there. There. You’ll see it’s nice there. |
00:55:11 |
Zakaria |
Tell me, Youssef... |
00:55:13 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Yes, bro. |
00:55:14 |
Zakaria |
Did you ever love a woman? |
00:55:18 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
No. |
00:55:19 |
Zakaria |
Don’t lie. |
00:55:21 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
I tried many times, but they all reject me. |
00:55:28 |
Zakaria |
How do they reject you? |
00:55:31 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
I try to get closer to them, then they reject me. They don’t want to. |
00:55:34 |
Zakaria |
They go away? |
00:55:36 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Yes. Maybe because I look like a monster. |
00:55:42 |
Zakaria |
What are your dreams? |
00:55:47 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
For me, Zakaria, brother, all I want is a nice home so I can get married and have children. I want her to be kind. She could be ugly or even super ugly. I just want her to be kind. Got it? |
00:56:12 |
Zakaria |
Yes, I get it. Carry on. |
00:56:16 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
I don’t care about how she looks, you know. As long as she’s nice to my parents. |
00:56:23 |
Zakaria |
Nice to your parents and to you too. |
00:56:27 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Nice to me? It’s not mandatory. |
00:56:29 |
Zakaria |
You must get along. |
00:56:36 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
One metre. Two,,, Three... Four... Five... Six... |
00:56:49 |
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Two... Three... Four... |
00:56:58 |
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Three... Four... |
00:57:03 |
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One... Two... |
00:57:14 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
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How much is this one? |
00:57:15 |
Saleswoman |
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This one is also $6. |
00:57:20 |
Man on beach 1 |
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Will you go sightseeing in Rio? |
00:57:23 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
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Yes, all sorts of things. |
00:57:27 |
Man on beach 1 |
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Take pictures in front of the famous sights in Rio and send them to us. |
00:57:31 |
Man on beach 2 |
Take a swim in Copacabana for us. |
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00:57:35 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
At least I’ll see bikinis there. |
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00:57:53 |
Youssef’s mother |
God help you succeed. Safe travels, my son. God bless you, my son. Goodbye, son, and God bless you. |
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00:58:01 |
Azzedine’s mother |
My son. God bless you. God is with you. |
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00:58:02 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Stop it mum. Enough, enough. |
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00:58:07 |
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Be good and take your medicine. |
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00:58:11 |
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Mum! Take your medicine. |
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00:58:14 |
Azzedine’s mother |
Yes. You are my medicine. |
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00:58:44 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
See where sports took you, my son. |
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00:58:45 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
To the best days of my life. |
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00:58:50 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
You’re one of a kind. Do you like this place? Shall we find you a wife here? |
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00:58:56 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
No, let me come back to my country. |
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00:59:07 |
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Azzedine, I’ll go up. Take |
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another picture of me. |
00:59:20 |
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What is written there? |
00:59:21 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Rio 2016. |
00:59:38 |
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Look at this! Rio de Janeiro! Copacabana. |
00:59:45 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
I like that island there. |
00:59:48 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
That isolated cliff there? |
00:59:50 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Exactly. |
00:59:58 |
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I wouldn’t mind going for a swim. |
01:00:00 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
You want to try Brazilian water? It’s the same as Safi. It’s the same ocean. The only difference is the sand. Okay? |
01:00:20 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Okay. |
01:01:08 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
That’s where you’ll be playing. Can you see it? It’s next to the running finishing line. That’s where they’ll fix the chairs. The stadium will be full. Not like now. Just be a man and don’t be scared. |
01:01:29 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
How is your hand, Azzedine? |
01:01:34 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
It still hurts. It still hurts. I put some ice on it yesterday. |
01:02:07 |
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It’s your day. Don’t push me. |
01:02:11 |
Staff member |
You’re the guide? |
01:02:13 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Me, guide. |
01:02:16 |
Staff member |
A guide? In a wheelchair? |
01:02:17 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Yeah. |
01:02:26 |
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He doesn’t understand how I can be his guide and be in a wheelchair. No problem. |
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01:02:30 |
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First time in history that a guide is disabled. |
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01:02:41 |
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Be a man now. Wake up. Down, up, throw, no more. Give it all you’ve got. Scream. Are you listening? Scream when you throw. Your future is there. |
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01:03:14 |
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See that white line there? You can beat that, right? |
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01:03:20 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Yes, I can. |
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01:03:33 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Try once next to me. Try. |
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01:03:53 |
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Why? Excuse me, why red? Why? |
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01:04:20 |
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Be a man. You didn’t scream once. Where do you think you’re playing? It’s the Olympics, man. You have three throws left. Show me you’re a man. If you didn’t have it in you, I wouldn’t be talking to you like this. You throw more than 9.50 at home, and here you throw 7 metres? Make this work. You have strength. It’s mental power you’re lacking now. |
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01:04:41 |
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Listen. You can do it. You can. One fucking throw is all you need. I still have faith in you. |
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01:05:03 |
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Wake up man, wake up. |
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01:05:11 |
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Down, up, throw, and scream, for fuck’s sake. |
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01:06:08 |
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Bravo, bravo. |
01:06:39 |
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Hello, Mr Hamid. |
01:06:44 |
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Mr Hamid (O.S.) |
You ordered a private taxi? |
01:06:48 |
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Youssef Ouaddali |
I’m so sorry. |
01:06:50 |
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Mr Hamid |
Don’t say that. You’re a champion. |
01:06:53 |
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Youssef Ouaddali |
Thank you. |
01:06:59 |
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Azzedine Nouiri |
The referees were tough. |
01:07:00 |
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Mr Hamid |
Nothing you can do about that. |
01:07:18 |
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Azzedine Nouiri |
My problems are starting now. I have two Iranians. One Chinese who is strong. One Colombian. One Qatari. One Emirati. One from Kazakhstan. A lot of rivals. |
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01:07:42 |
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Let’s hope for the best. |
01:07:52 |
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Guy with earphones (O.S.) |
What time are you playing? |
01:07:55 |
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Azzedine Nouiri |
At 9.15. |
01:07:57 |
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Guy with earphones |
Did you put massagecream on your arm? |
01:07:59 |
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Azzedine Nouiri |
Yes. |
01:09:45 |
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Azzedine Nouiri (V.O.) |
God only knows that when I hold the ball, I forget all the pain. That throw is everything. It holds all my problems, all my ambitions. I think about how I have struggled, all the people that expect me to get a medal, and all those that have doubted my abilities. When I sit in that chair, I know that my destiny is |
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determined by that throw. |
01:11:51 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Where’s the medal? Where is it? |
01:13:25 |
Youssef Ouaddali |
Now, I need to throw 10 metres. |
01:14:18 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
The moment I was on the podium and I saw my flag being hoisted in front of a crowd of 80,00 people, who all stood up during the anthem, I felt something I can’t describe. Bitter or sweet, you feel part of something bigger than yourself at that moment. I performed as well as any athlete can wish for. I set a world record and a gold medal in the London and Rio Paralympics. I really thought my life was going to change. My life didn’t really improve. No official came to talk to us about our issues to find solutions together. But we won’t surrender. We will remain strong. Until we can achieve our hopes. |
01:15:40 |
Unknown |
Azzedine! Azzedine! How are you, man? |
01:15:45 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Hold the bag, hold it! |
01:15:49 |
Unknown |
Hello. |
01:15:50 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
I need you as my card partner. I’m losing. |
01:15:53 |
Unknown |
Hello, brother how are you? |
01:15:58 |
Poster text |
‘I honoured my country, but when I needed it, it rejected me’. |
01:16:04 |
Unknown |
Did you go back to see the doctor? |
01:16:08 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Not yet. I will try one of these days while we’re here. Maybe you could take me. |
01:16:14 |
Unknown |
You have to go. Your arm isn’t getting better. Just find the money. |
01:16:24 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
We might be champions, but we are broke. Champion is just a title. |
01:16:31 |
Guy in blue T-shirt |
It’s really a shame. I don’t feel like a champion anymore. |
01:16:38 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
You overdid it with your world records. |
01:16:41 |
Guy in blue T-shirt (O.S.) |
What about your two Olympic gold medals? |
01:17:12 |
Azzedine Nouiri (O.S.) |
Hello Youssef, how are you? Look, I had to go to Rabat again. Keep training with the boys in the wasteland. Just keep training. Like we always do. Be a man. |
01:17:36 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
I’m not going anywhere. I’m protesting for my rights. You can’t prevent us from getting what’s ours. Protesting is a constitutional right. Protesting is a constitutional right. Long live the King. We didn’t do anything. We are not blocking any doors now. My own country is treating me this way. I won’t stop using my phone. I won’t stop using my phone. |
01:18:13 |
Security |
Lift him up, please. |
01:18:17 |
Azzedine Nouiri |
Come on, let them arrest us. Don’t touch him. |