On this week’s episode Nancy has a round up of her top stories and perspectives behind the stories including artistic swimming, cricket, cycling, athletics, gender equality, Tokyo Olympic Games events marking the International Women’s Day on March 8. And Chris chats with our resident GP for all things medical, Dr. Juliet McGratten who is publishing her second book next week. Run Well; Essential Health Questions and Answers for Runners will be available online and at book stores. Juliet explains how she has structured the book with chapters on anatomy and symptoms that most commonly affect runners.

Top stories:

Complaints of Emotional Abuse Roil Synchronized Swimming
Japan to keep foreign spectators away from Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo 2020 + IOC reaffirm commitment to gender equality
World Athletics launch gender equality campaign
New Zealand look ahead to 2022+2023
Women's cricket expansion
Cycling Crowd Funder

Host: Chris Stafford & 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].

On this episode of Tri This, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen covers the details for an efficient transition. When she first started with Triathlon she didn't even know what a transition was and how to do it. She also realized that out of the many triathlon podcasts she listened to, nobody talked about it. For obvious reasons, people are more interested in how to make their swim, bike and run faster, but an efficient transition is important. Not to mention how overwhelming the racks filled with bikes can be if it's your first one. In this episode we cover it all. How to transition from the swim to bike and from the bike to the run. There's also some differences between local races and bigger races, like Ironman and other World Triathlon races. Transitioning well is actually quite critical and can be overwhelming at your first race. Make sure to check out this episode for some tips for being prepared.

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].

Deitre Collins participated and competed in a range of sports before settling on volleyball when she started because she was offered an opportunity as an athlete who was trained to become a volleyball player. This took her took her to the University of Hawaii where she flourished in the midst of diversity, great coaching, a supportive community, being recognized as a 3x All American, winning national championships becoming a pro volleyball player and on to the Olympics. She speaks about her ability to play a role and how she responded to the advice and challenge that gave her the boost to start on the Olympic team. Deitre shares what she learned form injuries she incurred and is gleeful about never experiencing burn out, stepping into head coaching positions at three institutions over several decades, and what she missed. The 1983 Honda Cup winner and NCAA Silver Anniversary winner urges participants to simply be the best they can be, regardless the level of competition.

Host: Chris Voelz

Podcast length: 39 mins.

A co-production with WiSP Sports.

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].

Naya gets deep into the culture of being an African American woman in rugby beginning with the history of black people and how this has impacted her. They discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and how the events of 2020 have impacted Naya. The also unpack the music, fashion, dances around black culture on the team and address pushback as a black women in rugby.  This is another candid conversation between two rugby players on the raw topics that affect young women in professional sport. And finally they answer questions  from the Leo’s Den cubs.

Hosts: Naya Tapper & Ilona Maher

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].

Our guest this week is Beth Barrett-Wild from the England Hundred Cricket Series to share some news of how the sport is growing for women with this new series. And Nancy Gillen from Inside the Games has her selection of the top stories from around the world of women’s sport, including the Tokyo Olympic Games, Women's Rugby World Cup, British Gymnastics, the first women's nordic combined world champion and Caster Semenya confirms appeal.

Tokyo 2020 appoint 12 women to Executive Board
Women's Rugby World Cup to be postponed
Legal action against British Gymnastics
Female athletes launch media company
Hansen becomes first women's nordic combined world champ
Birmingham 2022 women's sport day
Semenya confirms appeal
IPC announce IWD awards
Gut-Behrami secures super-G crystal globe but Brignone ends winning run.

Hosts: Chris Stafford & 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].

On this week’s episode Kirstin exclaims her excitement for finally a run in the sun after a lot of cold, dark, wet winter runs. She tells us how her training is shifting a bit as we get even closer to the Coeur D'Alene Ironman on June 27th. Kirstin also added a new layer to the weekly updates: how her nutrition changes based on her cycle. At first, learning how nutrition can and needs to shift with your training throughout your cycle can be a bit confusing. Sometimes, hearing how somebody else incorporates it into their routine can remove the confusion and hopefully help you see how easy it can be. Also, Kirstin hopes to inspire you to at least start tracking your cycle, or have your athletes start tracking their cycles, if you don't already. We finish up this episode with a talk on GI distress and some of the pitfalls athletes get into when they are looking to get through a race without looking for a bathroom.

Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen.
Duration: 31 mins.

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].

Team USA reporter Peggy Shinn joins Chris and Nancy again this week tp review the Alpine World Skiing Championships where Switzerland’s Lara Gut Behrami continued her consistent World Cup form to win two gold medals in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The She Believes Cup concludes today when the USA play Argentina and so far the World Cup Champions have continued their winning streak proving unbeatable. Nancy reviews the games so far and also shares her perspective on the rest of the top stories in women’s sport this week.

Alpine Ski World Championships
Osaka wins Australian Open
She Believes Cup
500 days to go until Euro 2022
Sundhage to stay in charge of Brazil
USA Gymnastics scandal update
Golf President to make competitive return
IBU gender equality

Hosts: Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen

38 mins.


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].

On this week’s episode of the diary of a triathlete, Kirstin stresses the importance of being an adaptable athlete. She shares her struggles this past week and some of the difficulties it produced with her mindset. She also talks about what she has learned this winter as Mother Nature made it hard for many athletes in training in the United States. But, that it’s important not to dwell on it. Kirstin walks us through what she learned this week and how having her coach and a good support team really helped. Now, as things have been restored back to normal, she discusses the steps she is going to take to get back into her routine this week. If you're in a similar situation or notice yourself getting hard on yourself for missing workouts, which are sometimes out of your control, understand that it's all part of training and hopefully this episode will provide some encouragement and tips on how to make it through.

Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen

22' 42"

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].

As the youngest of three children, Rebecca Lobo, was the tagalong sister that took her into the world of sports and she spent time alone in her rural town shooting hoops on her stone pebble driveway. Hours of practice eventually led to a full scholarship at University of Connecticut - a decision she made that was not supported by her parents. We hear about her decision and the collegiate culmination of winning a national championship as she describes the weekend in Minneapolis that changed her life. She recounts her pride in winning the Honda Cup, and especially because it was more than basketball and especially notable since it was in the early days when women were not getting the recognition they deserved in sport. Rebecca shares the best advice given to her by her college coach, Geno Auriemma, “you have to be who you are - don’t try to be more and don’t let yourself be less”. Advice that has served her well throughout her Olympic career where there was a lot of pressure after the USA had won a bronze medal and the fledging WNBA Pro League. Rebecca talks about overcoming shyness in front of a microphone and in life. One of those voices resonates with her Hispanic heritage at a time when there were few basketball players. She subsequently developed a fan following and eventually alongside her mother they created a scholarship to encourage diversity in medical care. Rebecca explains how she became more adept at the microphone and progressed in broadcasting from sideline reporting to calling games, anchoring and analyzing in the studio as well as sharing her experience with aspiring broadcasters.

Host: Chris Voelz, CWSA Executive Director

Podcast length: 43 mins.

A co-production with The Collegiate Women’s Sports Awards

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].

Naya and Lo get right down to an important topic on their second episode by discussing Body Confidence. The two Leos share their confidence and why they feel good about their bodies as women and athletes, how they gained confidence, the favorite thing about their bodies and least favorite. They have advice to someone who is lacking body confidence and how to feel better about themselves. They also share some of their own experiences as adolescents and the social challenges they faced and discuss body confidence in women’s rugby. They wrap up the show by candidly answering listeners questions.

Hosts: Naya Tapper & Ilona Maher

38' 14

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].