Christen Shefchunas and Kara Lynn Joyce are joined by  Katie Meili, Columbia graduate, 2016 Olympic Gold and Bronze Medalist, 2017 World Championships Silver Medalist and now in law school at Georgetown continuing to train for 2020. Katie talks about her decision to go pro after graduating from Columbia, even though she probably wasn’t “good enough” at the time to be a pro. Yet she had a feeling that there was more in her so she took the risk. She speaks about her training and her journey to Olympic Trials and then to the Olympic Games. Katie was in the Olympic final in the iconic 100 breaststroke that became known as “Lilly King vs. the Russian” (Yulia Efimova). Katie talks about that race and even lets us know what she was thinking about in the ready room before the race. You don’t want to miss this episode, so many good nuggets of wisdom and determination to follow her more.
For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE.
For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcast visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports Radio is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 800 + episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of 1.8 million. WiSP Sports Radio is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected]. 
If you enjoy what we do and believe women in sport deserve equal coverage, please consider supporting our Patreon campaign so that we can continue to produce programs like this and take WiSP Sports Radio to the next level of production with live shows. Click here to watch the video and read about the rewards of joining the WiSP team.

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Christen Shefchunas and Kara Lynn Joyce are joined by  Katie Meili, Columbia graduate, 2016 Olympic Gold and Bronze Medalist, 2017 World Championships Silver Medalist and now in law school at Georgetown continuing to train for 2020. Katie talks about her decision to go pro after graduating from Columbia, even though she probably wasn’t “good enough” at the time to be a pro. Yet she had a feeling that there was more in her so she took the risk. She speaks about her training and her journey to Olympic Trials and then to the Olympic Games. Katie was in the Olympic final in the iconic 100 breaststroke that became known as “Lilly King vs. the Russian” (Yulia Efimova). Katie talks about that race and even lets us know what she was thinking about in the ready room before the race. You don’t want to miss this episode, so many good nuggets of wisdom and determination to follow her more.

For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE.

For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcast visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports Radio is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 800 + episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of 1.8 million. WiSP Sports Radio is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected]. 

If you enjoy what we do and believe women in sport deserve equal coverage, please consider supporting our Patreon campaign so that we can continue to produce programs like this and take WiSP Sports Radio to the next level of production with live shows. Click here to watch the video and read about the rewards of joining the WiSP team.

Former Canadian Hooker Kim Donaldson is joined again by Saracens & England Lock Poppy Cleall to chat about the latest news from around the world of women’s international rugby including Poppy’s games with the Saracens, playing in the premiership, coaching changes for England and Canada, Sevens Tournament in Langford, BC and other Sevens international games. Poppy gets ready to tour the U.S. and attend Sevens games too where there’s a good chance she will be starring in Facebook Live moments on WiSP Sports. Plus we find out what’s new with Reggie and at the end of the show, in the spirit of the Royal wedding, Kim proposes to Poppy! How can you miss that?!
For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE.
For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcast visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports Radio is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 800 + episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of 1.8 million. WiSP Sports Radio is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected]. 
If you enjoy what we do and believe women in sport deserve equal coverage, please consider supporting our Patreon campaign so that we can continue to produce programs like this and take WiSP Sports Radio to the next level of production with live shows. Click here to watch the video and read about the rewards of joining the WiSP team.

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Former Canadian Hooker Kim Donaldson is joined again by Saracens & England Lock Poppy Cleall to chat about the latest news from around the world of women’s international rugby including Poppy’s games with the Saracens, playing in the premiership, coaching changes for England and Canada, Sevens Tournament in Langford, BC and other Sevens international games. Poppy gets ready to tour the U.S. and attend Sevens games too where there’s a good chance she will be starring in Facebook Live moments on WiSP Sports. Plus we find out what’s new with Reggie and at the end of the show, in the spirit of the Royal wedding, Kim proposes to Poppy! How can you miss that?!

For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE.

For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcast visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports Radio is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 800 + episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of 1.8 million. WiSP Sports Radio is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected]. 

If you enjoy what we do and believe women in sport deserve equal coverage, please consider supporting our Patreon campaign so that we can continue to produce programs like this and take WiSP Sports Radio to the next level of production with live shows. Click here to watch the video and read about the rewards of joining the WiSP team.

Lisa Ingarfield is joined by Karen Lofstrom who for 30 years has advocated for women and girls in sport in Canada and internationally. We will hear about the trends Karen has seen changes and improvements but also where she thinks we still need to go for more than 30 years. Karen Lofstrom has been an active participant volunteer, leader, mentor and advocate for girls and women in sport and physical activity both in Canada and internationally. After stepping down from her role as the executive director of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity she has continued to stay engaged in sport as a consultant. Karen's commitment to achieving gender equity in the Canadian sports system is shed through her collaborative approach. She works with organizations to develop gender equity initiatives focusing on getting more girls and women engaged as participants and leaders from physical activity to high performance sport participation to women as board members professional staff and coaching positions. Karen also provides expertise working with organizations that want to create a more inclusive safe welcoming environment for all girls and women including the LGBT community, Aboriginal, ethnic minorities and newcomers.
For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE.
For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcast visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports Radio is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 800 + episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of 1.8 million. WiSP Sports Radio is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected]. 
If you enjoy what we do and believe women in sport deserve equal coverage, please consider supporting our Patreon campaign so that we can continue to produce programs like this and take WiSP Sports Radio to the next level of production with live shows. Click here to watch the video and read about the rewards of joining the WiSP team.
 

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Lisa Ingarfield is joined by Karen Lofstrom who for 30 years has advocated for women and girls in sport in Canada and internationally. We will hear about the trends Karen has seen changes and improvements but also where she thinks we still need to go for more than 30 years. Karen Lofstrom has been an active participant volunteer, leader, mentor and advocate for girls and women in sport and physical activity both in Canada and internationally. After stepping down from her role as the executive director of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity she has continued to stay engaged in sport as a consultant. Karen's commitment to achieving gender equity in the Canadian sports system is shed through her collaborative approach. She works with organizations to develop gender equity initiatives focusing on getting more girls and women engaged as participants and leaders from physical activity to high performance sport participation to women as board members professional staff and coaching positions. Karen also provides expertise working with organizations that want to create a more inclusive safe welcoming environment for all girls and women including the LGBT community, Aboriginal, ethnic minorities and newcomers.

For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE.

For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcast visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports Radio is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 800 + episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of 1.8 million. WiSP Sports Radio is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected]. 

If you enjoy what we do and believe women in sport deserve equal coverage, please consider supporting our Patreon campaign so that we can continue to produce programs like this and take WiSP Sports Radio to the next level of production with live shows. Click here to watch the video and read about the rewards of joining the WiSP team.

On this month’s episode of Fair Play Zoe George and guests talk about linguistics behind sports from fraternity to batsmen. We have an update from the Basin Reserve including what’s happening with those toilets. We chat to Sophie Devine who is off to India and Ireland. The main story covers disability, gender and rugby. This month’s co-host is Para-climber Rachel Carter who first joined our talented roster of co-hosts last December. As a teen, Rachel had a climbing accident which caused a sever and permanent injury to her left leg which left her wheelchair bound for a time. Everything changed three years ago when she underwent experimental surgery and now she’s scaling new heights. 
For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE.
For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcast visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports Radio is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 800 + episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of 1.8 million. WiSP Sports Radio is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected]. 
If you enjoy what we do and believe women in sport deserve equal coverage, please consider supporting our Patreon campaign so that we can continue to produce programs like this and take WiSP Sports Radio to the next level of production with live shows. Click here to watch the video and read about the rewards of joining the WiSP team.

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On this month’s episode of Fair Play Zoe George and guests talk about linguistics behind sports from fraternity to batsmen. We have an update from the Basin Reserve including what’s happening with those toilets. We chat to Sophie Devine who is off to India and Ireland. The main story covers disability, gender and rugby. This month’s co-host is Para-climber Rachel Carter who first joined our talented roster of co-hosts last December. As a teen, Rachel had a climbing accident which caused a sever and permanent injury to her left leg which left her wheelchair bound for a time. Everything changed three years ago when she underwent experimental surgery and now she’s scaling new heights. 

For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE.

For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcast visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports Radio is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 800 + episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of 1.8 million. WiSP Sports Radio is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected]. 

If you enjoy what we do and believe women in sport deserve equal coverage, please consider supporting our Patreon campaign so that we can continue to produce programs like this and take WiSP Sports Radio to the next level of production with live shows. Click here to watch the video and read about the rewards of joining the WiSP team.

Knee injuries can be scary, painful, debilitating and stop you in your tracks, worrying that sport and exercises can be permanently threatened. Dr. Heather North unpacks the causes, symptoms and treatments for knee pain to offer relief and reassurance to sufferers.  The first thing many patients consider is having an MRI. The old wives tale says the more active you are, the more sports you play, especially running, that this increases the chance of arthritis which is completely bogus. Extensive research has proved that the opposite is true and even constant running will decrease the risk of osteoarthritis and joint degeneration. Stimulation to the joint helps to keep it healthy; it helps to make the cartilage strong and all the connective tissues strong. So being active is not something that is going to cause damage in the future.  It's important to understand that when you have knee pain there are two important pieces of it; one is internal joint discomfort and damage,  and two external knee pain which is more commonly seen which refers to the muscles and connective tissues and the outside of the joint.

Host: Dr. Heather North

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1500+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. We are ranked in the top 2% more of than 2.69 million podcasts worldwide. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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