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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With two days to go the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the news from Tokyo is coming thick and fast, and it’s not all good news as Nancy explains in her round up of the top stories. Also Chris spoke to former New Zealand Football Fern midfielder Katie Duncan about the Olympic tournament and what the Ferns can expect. Katie made 131 appearance for the Ferns, including three Olympic Games and three World Cups, plus two U20 World Cups. In her amazing career she also played for Bad Neuenahr, Notts County, FC Zurich and Melbourne Victory. Since retiring at the end of 2019 Katie has been coaching three teams while she and her wife; former Ferns player Cilla Duncan, raise a family. They have a two year daughter Nadia and are expecting a second child later this year.

Hosts: Chris Stafford & Nancy Gillen

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Kirstin discusses her training and what it has looked like as she prepares for the 70.3 in Salem this weekend. It sure came up fast with only about four weeks after her Ironman in Coeur D'Alene. The main topic this week is recovery and Kirstin dives a bit deeper into why it seems to take so long after an Ironman event or similar distance. Some articles say it can take 4-6 weeks or longer to recover. Why is that? In this episode, we also explore what cartilage "stress" is, what oxidative stress is, how your immune system is affected, your GI tract and, simply, what you can expect after an Ironman. We talk about some of the symptoms you may experience as well as ways you can leverage nutrition, rest and movement to help get your body moving again depending on your goals. There's a different approach to recovery depending on if you have a race coming up shortly after or enter into off season for a bit of reprieve before starting up training again. No matter what your goals, we discuss how you can optimize this time to rest and recover so that you're ready for whatever comes next.

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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Jennifer Rizzotti grew up playing sports with older boys. Undersized then and throughout her career she chose to work harder, smarter and make up for a smaller stature with a bigger heart and ambition. It worked as Jennifer had a great college career serving as point guard for the UCONN Huskies basketball team and playing professionally before becoming a coach for more than 20 years. Along the way she nabbed most every post season award including the Honda Cup in 1996, the Associated Press Player of the Year, All American, All Academic American and Wade Trophy.

The advice given as a player served her well as a coach, including knowing your teammates, what motivates them and building relationships. She credits Geno Auriemma, her collegiate coach, with building the national championships and being a model for coaching. He wants athletes who value teamwork and who are willing to work harder in practice than in a game. And he expects good academics; good character and good players.

Check out what Jennifer has to say about eight basketball players of the CWSA family who also won the Honda Cup. She describes her professional experiences as a dream for making a living as an athlete and having an opportunity to compete at the highest level every outing, her ultimate competitiveness and need to pay attention to details. Jennifer shares with the audience her experience as President of the WBCA and what comes with paying attention to something bigger than yourself. She credits sport with teaching her the life lessons of humility and appreciation, that no success happens by yourself, and the possibility of having lasting impact as a leader. We hear what success looks like to Jennifer.

Jennifer is using her growth mindset in her current position as President of the WNBA franchise, the Mohegan Sun. Let’s cheer that franchise on during this big professional pivot for Jennifer Rizzotti. But first let’s cheer on the USA Women’s Basketball team in Tokyo at the Olympics where she will be on the bench as an Assistant Coach - a culmination of decades of contributions to USA basketball.

Host: Chris Voelz

A co-production of WiSP Sports and the Collegiate Women's Sports Awards.
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Mellisa Davis Warden has had what can be best described as a tumultuous couple of years. From being a happy event rider and ultra marathon runner, a wife and mother, Mellisa experienced a life changing accident that started with a badly broken leg, eventually becoming so painful and with additional complications she was driven to make the toughest of decisions… to amputate below the knee. Fast forward two years this week since the cycling accident in Berlin that changed her world and Mellisa is riding with a prosthetic leg and sometimes without it. She has even managed to tack up unaided now and every day is making progress, even starting to jump again. And this week she is trying out a horse for para-dressage with her sights set on Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028. Mellisa shares her story of tragedy and triumph to where new doors are opening and ambitions are growing. Her inspiring story will make you think about how we view life when faced with adversity and to turn a setback into an opportunity.

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].

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The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport and WeCOACH teamed up for a special episode to discuss the latest Women in College Coaching Report Card. In this podcast, Tucker Center Director Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi and  TC Research Assistant, Courtney Boucher and WeCOACH CEO Megan Kahn review the latest results and data. They talk about data trends, grades and leaders for institutions, sports, and conferences, as well as the new race-related data, how the report card is being used to make a difference, and the WeAmplify initiative.

Hosts: Nicole LaVoi and Megan Kahn

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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WeCOACH and The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport team up for a special episode to discuss the latest Women in College Coaching Report Card. In this podcast, WeCOACH CEO Megan Kahn, Tucker Center Director Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi and TC Research Assistant, Courtney Boucher review the latest results and data. They talk about data trends, grades and leaders for institutions, sports, and conferences, as well as the new race-related data, how the report card is being used to make a difference, and the WeAmplify initiative.

Host: Megan Kahn and Nicole LaVoi

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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