Aussie Olympics boss Anna Meares breaks down in tears and reveals the Paris Games footage she CAN'T watch because it makes her too emotional Anna Meares broke down in tears on the Today show Olympic great became emotional watching highlights Australia has had an unprecedented start to the Games By James Cooney For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:16 BST, 6 August 2024 | Updated: 02:16 BST, 6 August 2024 e-mail View comments Australian Team Chef de Mission Anna Meares has fought back tears when shown a highlights package of Aussie athletes winning gold at the Paris Olympics , admitting she can't watch the footage because it makes her too emotional. Australia’s athletes are eyeing history in Paris after an amazing start to the Olympics for the national team. While appearing on the Today show on Tuesday, Meares said she is immensely proud of what the team has achieved so far as Australia sits fourth in the medal tally - but she found it too emotional to re-watch highlights of the Games so far as Nine aired a promotional package just before her interview began.
'It's hard enough to watch this live and to be around the athletes as they are exiting the village and coming back,' she told hosts Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo. 'But it is magnified when you add the narration and the music. I couldn't watch it.
' Meares, Australia’s greatest-ever female cyclist, admits she first broke down in tears at the Games when cyclist Grace Brown blitzed her opponents to claim the nation's fir.