Welcome to Just Between Us; a brand new show and format. Canadian and North American Ironman Champion Sara Gross in conversation with Canadian Rugby Player; 2014 World Silver Medalist and 2012 Player of the Year Maria Samson. A fascinating peer2peer chat between two elite athletes sharing stories and insights into their sports.  Follow Sara on Twitter @saragross and Maria @mariasamson5. WiSP Media is online at www.wisp.media; on Facebook at WiSP Media and on Twitter @WiSPodcast.

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Our Aussie edition is co-hosted by Beth Davis @bethdavis10 from Melbourne with guests including Triathlete Ellie Salthouse @elliesalthouse, Opals player Rachel Jarry @rmjarry talking basketball, Compound Archer Lou Redman @archerylou reporting on the Archery World Championships, Multi-Olympian Aerial Skier Lydia Lassila @Lydialassila on the feature documentary about her career The Will to Fly and Katrina Powell, Head Coach - Women's Hockey, NSW Institute of Sport with our Coaching Tip in partnership with the Female Coaching Network @FemaleCN.  Plus news from Women's Ashes Series, Aussie Stingers, swimming and the Netball World Cup., Visit us online at www.wisp.media and follow us on Facebook at Women in Sport Media and on Twitter @WiSPodcast.

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Canadian Carling Zeeman @Zee_monsta won gold medals in both the single and quadruple sculls at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto and is on course for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games by way of the Rowing World Championships, which take place August 30-September 6, 2015 at Lake Aiguebelette in France. Her other career highlights are winning the silver medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2013 World Championships and the silver in the single sculls Under-23 World Championships, plus a bronze in the single sculls at the 2012 Under-23 World Championships. Visit WiSP Media online at www.wisp.media and on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @WiSPodcast.

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Harriet Eastham presents the all new Soccer Center reporting this week on the FA Women's Cup Final from Wembley where she got exclusive interviews with Rachel Yankey OBE @rachelyankey11, Eniola Aluko @EniAlu, Gilly Flaherty @Gilly_flaherty,  Desiree Scott @MsDScott11. Follow the Women's FA Super League @FAWSL and Harriet @harrieteastham and the WiSP Podcast @WiSPodcast. Visit us online at www.wisp.media and on Facebook at Women in Sport Media.

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Jo Gunston @jogunston from Sports Liberated @sportsliberated in the UK co-hosts and we cover athletics from the Sainsbury Anniversary Games with Britain's world record holder in Para 400m Georgina Hermitage @Georgie400m. Jessica Ennis-Hill @j_ennis, Dina Asher-Smith @dinaashersmith, Sailing with Liz Wardley @LizWardley from Team SCA preparing for the Fastnet Race. Preview of the FA Cup Final and more with @harrieteastham, and our new series on Coaching Tips in partnership with the Female Coaching Network from Vicky Huyton. Other news includes the World Archery Championships from Denmark, FINA World Championships from Kazan, the Ashes Cricket Series and Ricoh Women's British Open Golf at Turnberry, Scotland and the Para-Cycling World Road Championships from Nottwil, Switzerland. Visit us online at www.wisp.media, on Facebook at Women in Sport Podcast and on Twitter @WiSPodcast.

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Great Britain's 2012 Olympic Games Silver Medalist Samantha Murray @samanthamurray is back in training following the recent World Championships with an eye to qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games and shares her plans in the sport and beyond. Britain's Youth A Pentathlete 18 year old Georgina ('George') Summers @george7summers is one of five girls involved in the sport and is already making her mark as she aims for the 2015 Youth A World Championships in Argentina, and we hear from her mother Fiona on what it's like to raise five daughters in a multi-discipline sport.  

Host: Chris Stafford

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Olympian Chandra Crawford @chandracrawford returns to co-host this week in an all-Canadian show full of Panamania news with Pan Am Silver Medalist in Mountain Biking Catharine Pendrel @cpendral and 5000m runner Jessica O'Connell @jess_oconnell. Visit Chandra online at Fast and Female and follow on Twitter @fastandfemale. Visit us at www.wisp.media, check out our Wall of Fame, follow us on Facebook here and on Twitter @WiSPodcast..

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U.S. Recurve Archer Khatuna Lorig has just added a Pan American Games gold medal to her already impressive record and with the World Championships in Denmark to follow next week she has her sights firmly set on competing in Rio to mark her sixth Olympic Games.  Her Olympic journey began in 1992 when she represented the Soviet Union in Barcelona; then in the 1996 Atlanta Games and 2000 Olympic Games she wore her native flag of Georgia. By 2008 she has become a U.S. citizen and was selected for the Beijing Olympics, where she finished 5th, and was honored as the flag bearer in the closing ceremony, going one better at the 2012 London Olympic Games to finish fourth. Khatuna shares her very personal story of leaving her family in Georgia to start a new life in the US and how she has accomplished an outstanding career.Follow Khatuna on Twitter @KhatunaLorig and visit her online at www.khatunalorig.com. Follow us on Twitter @WiSPodcast and visit us online at www.wisp.media. 

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Harriet Eastham @harrieteastham shares co-host duties this week and has news of the Pan American Games from Toronto and other sports around the world including soccer, tennis, sailing, windsurfing. Newly crowned Pan American Games Gold Medal Judoka Marti Malloy @martidamus tells us about her win and other events this year. We also hear about the All-Star Ultimate Tour from organizer Qxhna Titmouth who is currently competing for the US Under-23 team Ultimate Frisbee Championships in the UK.  Follow us on Twitter @WiSPodcast and on Facebook here, and visit the website at www.wisp.media.

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Our Sport in Focus this week is Roller Derby and among us are Gotham Girls Roller Derby Blocker & Pivot Danielle Flowers, aka OMG WTF, Finnish player Joanne Koskinen and the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Marketing & Communications Manager Jenna Cloughley. Find out more about Roller Derby at www.wftda.com. Visit us online at www.wisp.media and follow along @WiSPodcast and on Facebook here.

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