Women Unscripted

Gabbi Hall from Ski Racing Media hosts our all new skiing podcast ahead of the start of the Audi FIS World Cup season, which features Fresh Tracks -  the latest news and updates of alpine racers including who is  looking good in training, who is rehabbing from injury and who to look out for this season. Gabbi’s first guest on The Mixed Zone is Jacqueline Wiles from Aurora, Oregon, a speed skier known as one of the ‘Speed Unicorn’ from Team USA who races Super G, Downhill and Alpine Combined on the World Cup Tour. Jackie won the US National Title in 2013 & 2014 and made her Olympic debut at the 2014 Sochi Games. She achieved her first World Cup podium place earlier this year finishing third in the downhill at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee in Austria. For more conversations from the world of women’s sport visit www.wispsports.com. Follow us on social media @WiSP Sports. 

What do two best friends do after winning a Olympic medal then retiring from a lifestyle that involved spending several hours a day together? After years devoted to their sport of rowing the Canadian Lightweight Pairs partnership of Lindsay Jennerich and Patricia Obee have so much more to talk about. What’s it like to be an elite athlete, to win against all odds, to find a winning partnership, to overcome mental and emotional challenges, and how do you face retirement? The Dirty Double will be discussing all these issues and more as they share their experiences and reveal some of the hidden aspects of high performance sport in this monthly podcast. And they tell us how they got they became known as the #dirtydouble. Post your comments or questions on our Facebook Page - WiSP Sports, or email [email protected]. For more conversations from the world of women’s sport visit us at wispsports.com and join us on social media @WiSPsports.

Piggy French has been a popular figure in British eventing since her Junior and Young Rider days when she was a member of the European team gold medal in 2001. She also claimed the individual silver at the 2009 Europeans riding Some Day Soon and a year later rode Jakata at the World Equestrian Games where the pair finished 14th. The partnership went on to finish 9th at the 2011 European where Piggy also won her first senior team medal taking the bronze. After a break to start a family Piggy is back on the British team competing at this year's European Championships with Quarrycrest Echo and a week later finishing second at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials with Vanir Kamira. For more conversations from the world of women's sport visit us at www.wispsports.com and join us on social media @WiSPsports.

U.S. show jumper Alexa Pessoa is adjusting to a new routine as the mother of two children and the wife of rider and Chef d’equipe of the Irish team, Rodrigo Pessoa. With six years between their daughters Sophia and Luciana Alexa is finding the balance between being there for her daughters and making time for her riding career. For her the time spent in the stables is dedicated to the horses and training and it’s important not to be distracted by the demands of being a mother. As she has discovered already, the time passes quickly as she watches children grow and she wants to be the best mother she can be while still enjoying her passion of riding and competing.  For more conversations from the world of women's sport visit us at www.wispsports.com and join us on social media @WiSPsports.

Kate Richardson-Walsh, OBE, has recently retired from international hockey as the most capped player for England with 375 appearances. With Olympic gold and bronze medal from four Olympic Games, Kate has been a part of England's resurgence after failing to qualify for the Athens Games to becoming Olympic Champions in Rio. During the span of her career, during which she captained England and Great Britain for 13 years, she has seen many changes to the team and its leadership. And she has faced her own personal challenges when she and her wife, Helen Richardson-Walsh, also an England hockey player, revealed their relationship. Kate shares a candid account of the highs and lows of her career with Ash Nelson. For more conversations from the world of women's sport viist us at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSPsports and @nelson_ashleigh.