Eventer and coach Sara Kozumplik Murphy joins Chris this week to review the Olympic events so far with just the team jumping medals to be contested in the closing stages of the Tokyo Games. First Sara shares her impressions of the dressage in which women occupied the top five places with Germany’s Jessica von Bedahl Wendl (TSF Dalera) taking gold ahead of the legend that is Isabell Werth. Isabell announced after that her partner Bella Rose would be retired after these games. And in the team competition it was USA (7747) with two women; Adrienne Lyle and Sabina Shut Kerry (Sancero) who won the silver medal beating GB (7723) by the narrowest of margins. Eventing saw historu being made when Germany’s Julia Krajewski (Amande De B’Neville) claimed the gold medal. Hard to imagine with so many great women riders that this is a first in eventing. As we discuss, the facilities for the horses at these games has been fabulous by all reports because we knew the heat and humidity would be challenging and their welfare is paramount.

Host: Chris Stafford

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Joining Nicole this week is the Tucker Center team of ten summer Gender Equity Interns to talk about the projects they have worked on, the theory behind their research, what they have already learned about research, and what they want everyone to know about the Tucker Center and the work it does for women and girls in sport.

Host: Dr. Nicole LaVoi
A co-production of The Tucker Center and WiSP Sports

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As we head towards the closing stages of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Chris and Nancy reflect on some of the highlight performances as well as some headlines around the athlete’s stories off the field.  Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen joins in the conversation to talk about the pressures facing athletes and impact on their mental health. Some athletes have lost parents during the games, others have seen their Olympic dreams collapse though injuries. Invariably we have seen new champions emerge, there have also been surprisingly disappointing performances and many surprises as happens with Olympic Games.

Hosts: Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen

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Kirstin discusses the concept of time; the thing we always seem to want more of. Time is such a funny entity. It seems when we “create space" in our schedule it often gets filled up by other things. Is it really that great or healthy to be busy? One of the most common questions I receive is: ”how do you have time to train?". My answer: everyone has time - it just depends on what you prioritize. In this episode. you’ will hopefully find some fresh perspectives as well as some tips for creating time for training, family and friends, and, just as importantly, for rest. 

Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen

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This week our guest is Nicole Mandracchia who, like so many riders, has had her career with horses interrupted by injuries. First it was a hole in her patellofemoral ligament followed by a tear of the hip labrum. She has become a regular blogger for The Chronicle of the Horse sharing her stories from the horse world and how she has faced surgeries to repair her injuries and free her from pain. Nicole grew up riding in New Jersey and was a working student while in school. She has groomed and barn managed for Val Renihan, Robin Rost-Brown and Amanda Steege in the hunter-jumper and equitation world. Nicole has received five grooming awards at prestigious horse shows throughout the country, and she regularly follows the A-rated circuit up and down the East Coast. Her favorite part of her job is helping horses feel they're best so they can do their jobs.

Host: Chris Stafford

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Marci talks golf and more with Sara Doell, University of San Francisco Head Golf Coach, Life Coach, and now published author. This episode oozes with authenticity as Sara shares how she prepares her athletes beyond the game to be better humans and how her life’s purpose is steeped in helping people shift from a life they think they should be living to a life that they have always dreamed of. We dissect our favorite lessons from her book and just how relatable they are to coaches of all sports and levels. We even tiptoe into relationships and the importance of modeling the type of behaviors we want student-athletes to see.

Host: Marci Kornegay

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World number one and four-time world champion American surfer Carissa Moore took the gold medal this week in Tokyo as the sport found its way into the Olympic program for the first time. She dominated all of her heats and scored 14.93 in the final to beat South Africa's Bianca Buitendag, who managed 8.46. Sky Sports News Producer Sarah Dawkins joins Chris and Nancy from Tokyo to discuss the first days of competition at the Olympic Games. Which events and athletes have stood out for her and what she is looking forward to as medals are decided this first week. As we recorded the show this week the news broke that Simone Biles withdrew from the team gymnastics final and her teammates went on to secure the silver medal. Football gets down to the quarter-final stages with Sweden looking very strong contenders for the gold medal. Nancy has her pick of the top stories from women’s sport which are not only Olympic focused, there is other news to cover that is not an Olympic sport.

Hosts: Chris Stafford & Nancy Gillen

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KIRSTIN IS BACK IN RACE MODE ALREADY AND THIS TIME IT WAS THE SALEM 70.3 THAT PRESENTED THE CHALLENGES
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This week Kirstin gives us a race recap of the first Salem Oregon Half Ironman. It’s 70.3 miles comprising 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, followed by a 13.1 mile run. She finished in 6 hours 9 minutes and completed this race just under four weeks after a very tough Ironman in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. In this episode she talks about the course, which included an extremely fast, river current assisted swim. She also discusses some of her fears of heat exposure and how she managed it on the run, as well as a full breakdown of nutrition, hydration and her plans for recovery. And finally, are there any other races coming up?

Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen

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On the final episode of the season we hear from a representative of the CWSA Board of Directors and presenting partner American Honda, Katie Falk. Katie serves as Unit Lead for Local Corporate Social Responsibility of American Honda. She has had more than a decade of experience in working to address key social issues on a local, national and global scale. Katie shares the reasons why America Honda has found a partner in The Collegiate Women Sports Awards for over 35years. She explains why Honda supports the awards program: fitting into their goals of education, creating discovery experiences and realizing dreams in society. She believes that the women CWSA honors serve as exemplary role models and are a natural fit to their commitment to dreams; a challenging spirit, continual improvement, and passion.

Sports were important to Katie growing up and remain a vehicle where she has learned the value of teamwork that she applies in the workplace. As a Board member she is pleased to be serving aside so many passionate professionals. Katie shares her particular fondness of a recent social media project of Honda and CWSA, ‘When She Leads She’s Unstoppable’. She revels in women changing the game and the fact that so many past Honda Cup winners are in deed doing that in society as well. Katie is proud and excited about the upcoming broadcasts - both the June 22nd DEFYING the ODDS on CBS-SN, which features the Honda Inspiration Winners and finalists, and then the June 28th CWSA Honda Awards Show.

Here’s to one of the longest corporate sponsorships in the nation and history of supporting women in sport.

Host: Chris Voelz

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Angela Oakley, DVM, knows the meaning of adversity having experienced a life time of challenges with her left leg. A practicing veterinarian in Grand Prairie, Alberta some 9 hours north of Calgary, she has had to adapt from being a large animal—mostly equine—practitioners to becoming a small animal vet. Over the course of her career she has gone from being a mid calf amputee to a mid femur amputee. Angela has had so many surgical procedures she has almost lost count, it’s well north of 20 by now. Being born with her foot turned out was the beginning of her medical journey from being a Nordic skier and swimmer, she has learned to adapt her sporting career. Often seen at Spruce Meadows and Thunderbird, the former show jumper is now adapting to dressage but has not lost sight of her main passion to jump again. And with a prosthetic leg that can be preset to angles of the knee, she is hopeful of reaching her new goal.


Host: Chris Stafford

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