Zoe George from Radio New Zealand co-hosts this week and England Women's Cricket Director Clare Connor brings us cricket news including a preview of the upcoming Ashes Series. Harriet Eastham reviews the closing games of the Women's World Cup Soccer and takes a look at the Pan American Games that get underway in Toronto, Canada today with the opening ceremony.  Plus we have lots of other news from rugby, softball, hockey, shotput and sailing. Visit us online at www.wisp.media and follow us on Twitter @WiSPodcast and on Facebook here.

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Olympic Gold Medal Aerial Skier Australian Lydia Lassila transitioned from her first sport of gymnastics to become a record breaking Olympian in freestyle skiing. She added an Olympic bronze medal from the Sochi Games in 2014 to her Vancouver 2010 Gold, having previously competed in the 2002 and 2006 Games, and is now contemplating a fifth Olympics. But can Australia prepare its athletes in this sport at home?  Find out what it takes in this exclusive interview. Visit Lydia at lydialassila.com.au and follow her on Twitter @lydialassila. WiSP Media is here and on Twitter @WiSPodcast.

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Australian Kate Leeming features in this new series of women adventurers as she explains how she combines her global expeditions with fund raising for worthy causes while educating and empowering women to follow in her footsteps.  Kate's latest challenge will take her to the ends of the earth in Breaking the Cycle South Pole. Take a listen and support Kate on her journey by visiting her website at www.kateleeming.com and following her on Twitter @leeming_kate.  Visit us online at www.wisp.media and follow on Twitter @WiSPodcast.

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US Track & Field athlete and WiSP Ambassador Kendra Chambers @Ms_KChambers11 co-hosts this week when among us are WiSP Reporter Harriet Eastman @HarrietEastham on the Women’s World Cup Soccer; Harlem Globetrotter’s Tammy Brawner @Tammy_Denise12 tells us about her show biz career and offers advice for young athletes on establishing their careers off the court.  Canadian Ironman Champion Sara Gross @saragross tells us about the 50 Women to Kona campaign for equality in Triathlon at TriEqual.org, and Amanda Stanec PhD @movelivelearn from Move Live Learn offers advice for adolescent girls in sport. Join in the conversation on our Facebook Page at Women in Sport Podcast and follow along on Twitter @WiSPodcast.

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On this episode of Sport in Focus we hear from two USA athletes; two-time Paralympic Silver Medalist Katie Holloway @ksholloway from Sitting Volleyball, and Indoor Volleyball rising star Kim Hill, both of who have their sights firmly set on the Olympic Games and their campaigns to get to Rio in 2016.  


Host: Chris Stafford

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This week’s show features sailing with Sara Hastreiter from Team SCA, Harriet Eastham with our World Cup Soccer report, Jo Pickard with Aussie sailor Stacey Jackson in our Food for Sport segment, and Amanda Stanec has advice on Coaching Adolescent Girls. Beth Davis joins the team this week as our Aussie co-host with news of hockey, surfing, netball, cricket, basketball, and media coverage of women’s sports.  Visit us online at www.wisp.media, email us at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @WiSPodcast and @bethdavis10. 

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Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe from Stittsville Ontario, now living in Calgary, Alberta, competes in the 75kg weight class. She in is the 2014 Commonwealth Games and International University Sports Federation Champion. She has also been Canadian National Champion six times and the Canadian Inter-University Champion three times. Last year she won gold medals in the US, Germany and Sweden and finished fourth in a World Cup team event. Erica is campaigning for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, which involves a busy schedule of training camps and international competitions this year. She is currently ranked third in the world and number two in Canada.  Follow Erica on Twitter @ericawiebe and visit her website here   Follow us @WiSPodcast and visit us online at www.wisp.media. 

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Jo Gunston @jogunston from SportsLiberated.com is back with news and interviews including US 200m Olympic Champion Allyson Felix @allysonfelix.  Harriet Eastham @harrieteastham has our World Cup Soccer report, Jo Pickard @jopickard talks sport's nutrition with Alex Wardell, and Amanda Stanec PhD @movelivelearn offers advice on coaching adolescent girls. Visit us at www.wisp.media, post your comments on our Facebook page at Women in Sport Podcast and follow on Twitter @WiSPodcast.

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Aussie Stingers goalkeeper Lea Yanitsas, 26, and Chloe Barr, 20, have just returned from the FINA World League Super Finals in Shanghai, China with a silver medal following a 7-8 defeat by the USA. Their focus now is on the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia this summer and their Olympic campaign to make the squad for the 2016 Rio Games.  Find out more about the Aussie Stingers team here and Water Polo here.  Follow them on Twitter @AussieStingers.

Host: Chris Stafford

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, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

Chandra Crawford co-hosts this week from the Conversation 2015 Women and Sport Conference in Quebec where she spoke to double Olympian Marion Lay, and Nora Sheffe @nora_sheffe. Karin Lofstrom, Executive Director, explains the work of our newest partner, the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport (CAAWS), and our cub soccer reporter Harriet Eastham @harrieteastham  has the first of weekly reports from the Women's World Cup Soccer in Canada. Visit us online at www.wisp.media and follow us on Twitter @WiSPodcast.