It’s been another week of great lead stories in women’s sport and we begin with Britain's all-women team of Nicola Wilson, Piggy March and Sarah Bullimore scooping all the medals at the European Eventing Championships with team veteran Nicola Wilson recovering from a broken neck in 2019 to becoming the European Team and Individual Champion. In tennis Wimbledon Champion Ash Barty weighs up the challenges of travel against playing the rest of the year in the lead up to the Australian Open where she may meet the defending champion Naomi Osaka who seems to be getting her appetite back for the sport following her personal challenges. Basketball’s golden girl Sue Bird is also weighing up retirement and her wedding plans to USWNT winger Megan Rapinoe. Speaking of retirement, U.S. Gymnast Simone Biles who was a victim of abuse by Larry Nassar, has said that she should have retired before Tokyo. We have more on that story. And Nancy also has an update about the continued threat by the Taliban to the Afghan Women’s Volleyball Team and other female athletes. Plus there’s NWSL and WSL news as well as an upset in netball.  The U.S. Ski & Snowboard have announced the appointment of Sophie Goldschmidt as the organization’s next President and CEO. And we round off the show with Nancy’s final countdown as she prepares to compete in the London Marathon on October 3.

Hosts: Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen

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Kirstin addresses the importance of strength training, specifically for the muscles that make up your "core".  It's very common for endurance athletes to skip their strength training or not have it as part of their training at all. This can lead to lower power output and increase the risk of injury. In this episode, we cover which muscles make up the core and how core strength can help reduce risk of injury. Female athletes are more prone to certain injuries due to their skeleton and structure. Then when we add movement pattern imbalances on top of this it can lead to a few very common injuries. These are oftentimes completely avoidable.  Kirstin also discusses different ways to strength train and what to look for in a strength training program when it comes to both loading the muscle and working on neuromuscular connections as well. 

Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen

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Our featured athlete is newly crowned U.S. Open Women’s Bowling Champion Josie Barnes from Nashville, Tennessee. Josie claimed the biggest prize in the sport in California taking home a check for $100,000 and it was a result that she is most proud of in her career having overcome some personal setbacks in the past few years. Bowling is something that has always been a part of her life since her parents bought a bowling center when she was a toddler. Having success as a youth player led her to take up a scholarship at Vanderbilt where she would later become the Associate Head Women’s Bowling Coach. She has been a U.S. Team member starting as a junior in 2005 and then as a senior since 2012 with only one year out of the team. Her 2021 season has concluded with her U.S. Open Title but she has more goals in 2022 including making the U.S. team again and winning the other big prize in the sport at the U.S. Bowling Congress Queens.

Host: Chris Stafford

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Women in sport continue to show the way for future generations from sport’s leadership to officiating. Australian basketball legend Lauren Jackson has been appointed by Basketball Australia to focus on delivering gender equality in sport. Britain’s Sara Cox will be the first woman to referee a Premiership Rugby match. And another British star that is darts player Fallon Sherrock broke another barrier when she made the Nordic Masters final. Plus there’s football, swimming, climbing, skating, and eventing news.

Hosts: Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen

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Kirstin has the first ever guest this week, former U.S. team Lacrosse player Danielle Etrasco who has accomplished quite a bit already in sport as a competitor and now as a coach. Over the past year she has decided to get into Triathlon and completed her first half Ironman in Atlantic City recently. She discusses the ups and downs of being new to Triathlon, which for many is quite a big hurdle, but she tackled it in stride. Danielle also covers some of the ways her experience in multiple sports as well as coaching, helped her with training and on race day. It was an absolute pleasure to have Danielle on the show and we hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did.

Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen

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Emma Raducanu's stunning victory at the U.S. Open is headlines around the sports world so it's not surprising that for the fifth time in seven years the women's final has topped the men's in viewing figures in the US according to ESPN—women’s final 2.442m. Men’s final 2.051m.  Germany's Jessica von Bredahl Werndl and DSF Dalera won all three gold medals at the 2021 European Dressage Championship to add to her double gold from Tokyo. Also maintaining her Olympic form is gold medalist Carissa Moore who went on to win her fifth World Surf League title in California this week. And so did Australian Canoeist/Kayaker Jessica Fox who finished the 2021 Canoe Slalom World Cup season in style, both winning not only golds in Pau in canoe slalom and kayak, but also the overall World Cup series title. And Fiona Wylde becomes Stand up Paddling first World Champion. We also have news of the US Soccer Federation’s latest proposal for equal pay and the USWNT Players response. Plus breaking news of the investigation by Congress into the FBI handling of the Larry Nassar case. And Madison chooses three athletes to watch out for in our Youth Segment.

Hosts: Chris Stafford & Nancy Gillen

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This is part 2 of the 2-part series on supplements for health and performance. Last week we covered supplements for performance like whey protein, beta alanine, magnesium, vitamin D, turmeric and Omega's. This week we're covering general health supplements like antioxidants, probiotics and iron. These are some of the most commonly used supplements by athletes and they can be really helpful; however, they can also have a dark side. Overuse and the wrong application of some supplements can actually lead to more health problems and poor sports performance. In this episode, we cover when you may consider taking a supplement for some of the most common health supplements applied to sports performance and when it might be time to put the supplements down and eat some real whole food.

Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen

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].

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With the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in its final week we discuss youth versus experience as some rising stars in the sport make their mark. Nancy has the latest football news as the Women's Super League (WSL) kicks off its season, and transfers make news on the field while coaches make news from the bench. Meanwhile in golf, Europe beats the U.S. a second straight year in the Solheim Cup, there are changes in sports administration from Table Tennis and Ice Hockey, plus the European Dressage Championships take place this week in Hagen, Germany with the hosts all-women team favorite for team and individual medals.

Hosts: Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen

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].

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Kirstin begins this week by sharing some exciting news that she has committed to race the La Quinta, Palm Springs, 70.3 Half Ironman on December 5th. And the main topic on this episode is supplements. Kirstin gets asked about them all the time in her practice and she helps athletes dial in their nutrition specifically for them by using specific testing to evaluate and address areas to maintain the proper balance. This is a two-part series beginning with sections on performance and inflammation including: whey protein, beta alanine, magnesium, Vitamin D, Omega’s, and turmeric. Next week we’ll cover general health supplements that also play a role in performance including: probiotics, antioxidants, and others.

Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen

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].

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American Kendall Gretsch won the Individual Triathlon PTWC by beating Australian Lauren Parker by one second in a thrilling sprint finish and stole the headlines this week. And there were lots more records broken in Tokyo including by para-cyclist Sarah Storey winning her 16th gold medal and New Zealand swimmer Sophie Pascoe claiming her 10th gold. Plus Madison has her pick of the paras for the Youth segment, Chris rounds up the records from the NWSL last weekend and the start of the US Tennis Open. And Nancy has her top stories from around the world.

Hosts: Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen

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].

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