Women Unscripted

Belgium's Sofie Gierts opens up about her tumultuous career in this exclusive interview with Ash Nelson about how it felt to not be selected for the London Olympic Games even though she contributed with three of the four goals in a qualifying game when the Red Panthers beat Ireland. She also reveals how the team's admin treated her and the effect it had on her personally and professionally. Sofie also explains that the lack of opportunities in Belgium led her to playing in neighbouring Holland, one of the sport's leading nations, and how this impacted her career. Now retired she has become a coach becasue giving back to the sport is important to her despite the way she way treated.  

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Follow Sofie on Twitter @sofiegierts and Ash @nelson_ashleigh

WiSP Sports Radio is the world's largest network of podcasts in women's sport. It has more than 700 episodes across 30 shows and is available on all major podcast players such as iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify & Google Play. 

Chris Stafford's guest is former track and field Seun Adigun who has already established herself as a hurdler when she competed at the 2012 Olympic Games. Sport has been her life since a child she played everything she could growing up in Chicago from flag football to tennis. She was an avid basketball player as well as track and field athlete in high school. She is a three-time Nigerian National Champion and a two-time African Continental Champion and holds a Masters Degree in Physical Education. Seun’s focus has shifted now from the athletics track to the bobsled run and has her sights set on the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeonchang. Her team of Ngozi [UNGARZI] Onwumere  and Akuoma [OKARMA] Omeoga is set to become the first Nigerian women’s Bobsled team having qualified for the games. Seun started a fund raising campaign and estimates their Olympic goal is going to cost them $150,000 but it’s a gift she wants to give to her native country.

We also welcome a 4theloveofsport.co.uk as an Affiliate Partner and hear from the founder of the website for women's sport Jennie Powell.

For more conversations from the world of women's sport visit us at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports. 

Seun is on Twitter @Seun_MsAmazing and on Instagram @seun_msamazing. 

WiSP Sports Radio is the largest network of podcasts in women's sport. It has more than 700 episodes across 30 shows and is available on podcast players such as iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify & Google Play. 

Former Canadian Rugby Player Kim Donaldson returns with a new series of Ruck On as the rugby season gets under way. On this episode Kim is joined by fellow Canadian Ashley Steacy to talk about the growth of the women's game in universities and how that is benefiting the sport in general. Ashley was three time Canadian Inter University Sport Champion and was Player of the Year twice her first cap for both 15s and sevens was in 2007. After which she went to three World Cups, one 15’s World Cup where I had the opportunity to play with her. In 2009, 2013 went to those respective Sevens World Cups and keynoted to 2013 with his silver medal actually was announced to the 2014,  2015 women's sevens World Series dream team and rugby Canada's Sevens Player of the Year for 2014. 2015 on home soil won gold in the Pan Am Games and in 2016 representing Canada in their first appearance at the first ever rugby sevens in the Olympics in Rio. 

For more conversations from the world of women's sport visit us at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports. Kim is on Twitter @kimmydonaldson and on Instagram @kimberlya_donaldson.

WiSP Sports Radio is the largest network of podcasts in women's sport. It has more than 700 episodes across 30 shows and is available on podcast players such as iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify & Google Play. 

Gabbi Hall focuses on the U.S. races this week as the women’s World Cup heads to Killington, Vermont, as the ladies of the U.S. Ski Team are preparing to put on a show for the home crowd. On this week’s episode, Gabbi caught up with World Cup veteran Resi Stiegler who has been around the block once or twice. In fact, she’s been on and off the World Cup tour for about 15 years. Injuries along the way have not stopped her unique sparkle on the race slope as she prepares for what she hopes will be her third Winter Olympic Games. Gabbi also shares some of the latest headlines in women’s ski racing, including an update from U.S. Olympic gold medalist Julia Mancuso, who also has her eye on Pyeongchang but has yet to start in a World Cup race following hip surgery. We will hear when fans can expect to see her push out of the start gate.

For more conversations from the world of women's sport visit www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSPsports. 

WiSP Sports Radio has more than 700 episodes across 30 shows and is available on iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify and Google Play.

The success of The Dirty Double in rowing from World Cup to World Championships and Olympic Games was partly due to having the right coach and the dynamic of the personalities that made their partnership gel. But it's not always easy to find the right combination to bring out the best of the athlete by getting to know them as a person. Lindsay Jennerich & Patricia Obee know what it takes and share their insights into what makes a good coach, and what to look for in that relationship.

For more conversations from the world of women's sport visit www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSPsports. 

WiSP Sports Radio has more than 700 episodes across 30 shows and is available on iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spotify and Google Play.