With social isolation impacting all of us we reached out to some of our Athlete Ambassadors to find out how they are coping with training and preparing for competitions that have been cancelled or postponed.  Irish hockey player Nicci Daly is finding ways to keep her fitness level up without her team mates and we caught up with her to find out what a new routine looks like. And we also hear about how she’s entertaining her followers by showing off her stick and ball skills on social media.
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Alexandra Chalat is the Managing Director of Beyond Sport, which convenes, funds and supports organisations using sport as a tool for social change. After joining in 2008, Lex helped the organisation grow from the ground up while also co-founding thinkBeyond, a sister advisory firm that provides ways for governments, companies and charities across the world to create positive social change using sport.
She has curated gatherings in cities around the world for thousands of people, where hundreds of high-level experts in politics, tech, innovation, shared-value and ethics speak, engage and debate on sport’s role in hard-hitting issues like the refugee crisis, youth gun crime and religious and ethnic divides.
Lex has led on projects that have included developing ESPN’s community engagement approach in South America, creating Legal & General’s mental health and sport campaign, implementing approaches NGOs can educate young people in ISIS affected territories using soccer, activating the International Olympic Committee's Sport for All policies, and finding new ways BT Sport can engage younger, socially conscious fans.
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On this week’s show we have the latest news on the impact of the Coronavirus on athletes preparing for the Olympic Games and the IOC’s announcement not to make a decision regarding the Tokyo Olympic Games amidst calls for the postponement.
And elsewhere Canadian/Czech rower Helena Hlas has launched an online directory for athletes and coaches. Rentlete will enable an athlete to find a coach win their sport and area starting with a selection of sports in her network Helena’s vision is to expand worldwide to many more sports.
In soccer news the President of US Soccer resigned amidst a backlash of criticism for the statement made by the federation last week. We have a reaction from Coach Shannon Miller who won her claim against the University of Minnesota Duluth last year for sexual discrimination.
IOC claim no need for "drastic decision" on Tokyo 2020 despite virus outbreak
Spanish Olympic Committee President calls for Tokyo 2020 to be postponed
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race postponed due to coronavirus
When Andy Murray met Caroline Weir: 'He stands for equality and women's rights'
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As part of our continuing series of interviews with equestrian legends we revisit an interview from 2012 with a woman who is revered in Virginia horse country. Ellie Wood Baxter is a classic Virginia horsewoman who became a prolific show hunter rider partnering numerous champions across the northwest. In 1936, she won the coveted ASPCA MacLay Trophy and on four occasions captured the Piedmont Hunt Invitational at the Upperville Horse Show. Ellie Wood was considered the most famous lady amateur from the mid 1930’s to mid ’60’s. A lifelong foxhunter she first carried the Whip for the Farmington Hunt Club in her ’30’s. Ellie Wood was inducted into the Upperville Horse Show Hall of Fame and American and Virginia Horse Show Association Hunter Hall of Fame. In 2003 she was awarded the prestigious Pegasus Award for her lifelong contribution to the horse show industry. Today at the age of 98 Ellie still follows the Farmington Hunt in her car.
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In this episode of Tucker Center Talks, Nicole LaVoi talks to Matea Wasend, former School of Kinesiology MS student in sport sociology and Tucker Center research assistant, and two-time recipient of the Tucker Center‘s Pam Borton Fellowship, is the inaugural recipient of the Erin Reifsteck Student Paper of the Year award from the Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal (WSPAJ). Matea received this award for her publication, “Are women coached by women more likely to become sport coaches? Head coach gender and female collegiate athletes’ entry into the coaching profession,” appearing in Women’s Journal of Sport and Physical Activity. To honor Matea’s work, her winning article has been given open access for the coming year. We hear about how she came up with the idea, what she did and what she found.
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Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen have the top stories from women's sport around the world. Stories covered on this week's show include:
US Soccer Doesn’t Want To Give The Women’s Team Equal Pay Because The Men Have “More Responsibility”
Australia Retain ICC T20 World CupRugby Africa Cup:
Zambia qualify for Tokyo 2020
Rugby 7s with Naya Tapper
 
Ormerod wins slope style World Cup, can also talk about people getting crystal globes now because of coronavirusFor more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 25 hosts, 1200+ episodes across 45 shows and a global audience of over 5 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].
 
 
 
 

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Californian Julie Suhr has broken records in Endurance competitions and milestones in horseback adventures around the globe. Since her first ride in the world renown 100 mile Tevis Cup, Julie has completed twenty-two times out of twenty-nine starts [updated to 33 Tevis Cup buckles].  She has collected three Haggin Cups for the Best Conditioned Horse to finish in the Top Ten and she famously garnered three in one year – the Turtle Award for being last to finish; the Hard Luck Award when her horse fell and she endured a full body mud bath and for being the Oldest rider. With a recorded 30,282 miles in competition which represents 63 one hundred mile rides and almost 500 fifty mile rides, Julie last completed the Tevis Cup at the age of 76 although four years later she  made her final attempt and came within two miles of another record finish. Her adventure rides have taken her from the remote expanses of Outer Mongolia to the searing heights of the Himalayas. Julie is the author of Ten Feet Tall Still, Julie and Bob Suhr (deceased) have three children, Barbara, Robert, Nancy (deceased) and John as well as six grandchildren. Julie lives in Scotts Valley, California.
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This week’s guest is Drury Head Women’s Basketball Coach Molly Miller, who knows a thing or two about winning. In her 6th season as head coach at her alma mater, Molly has the Lady Panthers ready to make a run at a national title. Following last season’s national semifinal loss – their only loss of the season, they currently sit undefeated and kick off the GLVC tournament this weekend. Molly recently gave birth to a baby boy in late January and was back on the bench in less than 48 hours. Listen in as Molly shares valuable insight on leadership, team culture, utilizing your network and balancing motherhood. This candid episode can apply to coaches of any sport at any level.
Host: Megan Kahn.
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Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen have the top stories from women's sport around the world. Stories covered on this week's show include:
Coronavirus: Tokyo 2020 could be postponed to end of year - Japan's Olympic minister
IOC Sends Extremely Strong Message that Gender Balance is a reality at the Olympic Games
IOC reiterate commitment to holding Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as planned
Tahiti approved by IOC as surfing venue for Paris 2024 Olympic Games
IOC confirms existing guidelines on transgender athlete eligibility to remain for Tokyo 2020
Coronavirus outbreak advice for athletes
FIS to decide on status of Alpine World Cup Finals on Friday amid coronavirus outbreak
Equal prize money for The Hundred but not equal pay
Raisman and Biles criticise USA Gymnastics settlement offer to Nassar survivors
Olympic steeplechase champion Jebet handed four-year doping ban.
She Believes Cup Preview
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On this episode we revisit an interview that was recorded in 2011 as part of a series on Equestrian Legends.
Edith Conyers has spent her life devoted to the prosperity and future of horses and the countryside of Kentucky. She has followed hounds with more than 60 packs across America and overseas, some of which as Joint Master of the Iroquois Hounds in Kentucky. She developed a reputation for turning ordinary horses into well-rounded field hunters and has also produced several sport horses including the eventer Potroon that was later ridden to international success by Torrance Watkins. Edith became well-known as the first Executive Director of the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event from 1976-1985.
She has devoted a large part of her life to opening riding trails and exploring countryside around the world and advises the First Lady of Kentucky Jane Beshear on Trail Riding issues affecting the Commonwealth. Edith serves as President of the Kentucky Back Country Horseman which she founded, as Secretary & Treasurer of the Central Kentucky Back Country Horseman, a Board member of the Kentucky Horse Council and serves on its Trail Committee, a Board Member of the Masterson Station Park and on the Advisory Committee of the University of Kentucky’s Agricultural Equine Initiative. Edith was married to Ewell Powell, DVM (deceased) and has two daughters; Elizabeth Harrison Conyers and Sarah Huntington Conyers.
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