Unscripted With Akeem Haynes

Finding Balance With Catriona Le May Doan


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This week on the show, she has once nicknamed the fastest woman on skates. She's a 3xOlympic medalist including the first-ever Canadian to win back-to-back gold medals in 1998 & 2002. She's an 11x World medalist including 5 world titles in the 500m sprints and short sprints. In 2008 she was inducted into the Canadian Hall of fame. She's the current President and CEO of sport Calgary, she is on the Canada games vice-chair counsel as well as Canada games special Olympics Canada board member and current Chef De mission of team Canada at the Beijing 2022 Olympic games. She's a woman of many hats I'm talking about Former Canadian Speed Skater, Motivational Speaker & Author, Catriona Le May Doan Joins me on the show

Catriona Le May Doan and I had a very insightful, transparent conversation.

In this episode: We talk about her upbringing and how she got involved in the sport of speed skating, she talks about the lessons and advice that her mom instilled in her and her siblings, we talk about the transition and move from Saskatchewan to pursue school and her skating career at the University of Calgary. We talk about the pressure to win a medal and the pressure of being a champion at the Olympic games. We talk about how to navigate through low moments, we talk about why it's important to take time for yourself. She gives great insight into the woman she is today and so much more.
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Unscripted With Akeem HaynesBy Akeem Haynes

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