Team USA Reporter Peggy Shinn joins Nancy and Chris this week to preview the upcoming FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Will Switzerland’s Lara Gut Behrami continue her cracking form in the Super G following three wins in World Cup? And how will the Italian team fare after losing Sofia Goggia to injury last week? Peggy has covered five Olympic Games and has talked recently with Mikaela Shiffrin who is hungry to end the season with some medals after a difficult year. And as always Nancy Gillen has the top stories from around the world of women’s sport including the Olympic Games, soccer and rowing.

This week’s stories:

Tokyo 2020 playbook:
Australia Open update
David named Athlete of All Time
Argentina joins She Believes Cup line up
Glover launches comeback
Johnson-Thompson injury
Beach volleyball qualifier to be replayed.

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 are scheduled for 9–21 February in Cortina d’Ampezzo.

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].

In this week’s episode of Tri This, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen discusses the most frequently asked questions she gets when she talks about triathlon: "How much do you train? Where do you train, especially right now? How much and what do you eat?".  They are really important when it comes to training for triathlon because it really isn't as many hours as you would think. We also talk about nutrition. Not just a general overview, but we get into the specifics. And we ask what did Dr K eat this morning before her short 30 minute bike ride, what did she drink afterwards, how much did she consume during her workout and what will the rest of her nutrition today look like? What will training look like in a month from now? It's 'details week’! If you've ever wondered if you could do a triathlon or if there are a few tweaks you can make to what you're currently doing, this is it. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss.

Podcast length: 3'19"

Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritsen.

For complete shows notes and more information, links and resources as well as other 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].

In S3E2 of The WeCOACH Podcast presented by Hudl, guest-host Marci Kornegay chats with Kari Krakow, Head Track and Cross-Country Coach at Portage High School in Portage, Wisconsin. Kari is founder of WISTCA Women4Women, an initiative to inspire, elevate, and increase more women in coaching across the state. Our conversation weaves through the challenges of coaching high school sports in a pandemic, her passion for coaching, and what drives her to inspire more women to coach. 
41' 57"
Host: Marci Kornegay
A co-production between WeCoach & WiSP Sports
For complete shows notes and more information, links and resources as well as other 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].

Nancy has rounded up the top stories in women’s sport from around the world this week and adds her own commentary to each topic with her usual insight. And Chris talks to Florida based event rider and coach Sara Kozumplik Murphy about a recent blog in which she spoke about the process of learning to be an athlete. She explains while goals are important for the athlete it’s important to understand that learning is not confined to the lesson of the day but to all the ways of gathering information and insights into the sport. To take time to watch competitions, observe any coaching opportunities and spend every available moment in studying other riders and coaches.
This week’s top news stories:
Tokyo 2020 rumors and impact on athletes:
Back Optimistic About Tokyo 2020
Coe Concerned for Athletes
Yastremska Australian Open
Greece/Cyprus and South Korea sexual abuse claims
Cyprus Shooting Abuse Claim
Short Track Coach Cho Jailed
Cross-Country debate - Female Runners Oppose UKAS Gender Equality Plan
Judo Silva Switch to MMA
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 are scheduled for 9–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Hosts: Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen
46' 36"
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].

In this episode of Tri This, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen discusses the question she gets asked the most, “Why Ironman”?  She is taking us with her as she trains for the Coeur D’Alene Ironman June 27th, 2021.  In this episode she explains that part of the draw for her to sport and training is how they have taught her skills and tools that she can apply in everyday life. Also in this episode, Kirstin discusses how training for an Ironman helped her get through one of the toughest experiences she faced in 2020. For the first time she tells the story about her miscarriage, which put her in a position to have to make a very critical choice for herself and for her training. Kirstin further shows us how training and sport helped her heal and move forward. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss!
Podcast length: 29' 45"
Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritsen.
For complete shows notes and more information, links and resources as well as other 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].
 

Kimmy Fasani has been a pioneer in women’s snowboarding since she became the first female snowboarder to land a double backflip in the park and the powder in 2011.  A powerhouse in the sport, her career includes incredible highs and the inevitable lows like a pelvis injury that would make most people hang up their board and retire. After becoming a mom to her son Koa in 2018, Kimmy who is expecting her second child this year, has become a trailblazer and voice for women walking that tightrope between career and family. 
Podcast length: 60 mins
Hosts: Sarah Newberry Moore & Pamela Relph Jones
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 plays and downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Write to us at [email protected].
 

At the age of ten Courtney Kupets loved gymnastics and, decades later, she still does. Her motto to find the best in a tough or hard situation describes her positive nature and joy in competition and life. Courtney has gone from being an Olympian in Athens, Greece in 2004 to being named the Head Coach of the Bulldogs in Athens, GA in 2017. Courtney credits her injuries for offering her time to reflect, resulting in commitment and focus on her competition in the Olympics. Her advice to others dealing with injuries includes reminding them it is not the end of a career but rather an opportunity to set small goals and a chance to practice patience. Courtney cherished her collegiate days where she enjoyed the sisterhood that she now provides for her student-athletes. She  explains the differences in collegiate and international gymnastics and is clearly a great fan of both, but dedicated to the former and bringing growth to her team as athletes and people.  Courtney shares with us the feeling of scoring a 10.0; being in the zone and ultimately winning the Honda Cup in 2009. That experience was significant as each honoree’s story mattered and the award recognizes what they were doing was worthy.  She speaks of other gymnasts who were Honda Cup  winners and shows her respect for all the sports.  Hear Courtney talk about the outlet that gymnasts now have as performers in productions such as The Reve in Las Vegas.  She leaves us with advice that you won’t be the person you can be without enduring frustration, it is okay to make mistakes and she also explains what she means by ‘Go For It’.

Podcast length: 50 mins

Host: Chris Voelz
A co-production with the CWSA.

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].

Launching a third season of Tucker Center Talks, Dr. LaVoi talks to colleague Dr. Laura Burton, Professor and Department Head, of Neag School of Education at U Conn. Dr. Burton is a Tucker Center affiliated scholar, gender and sport leadership expert, and a woman who has lived a personal and professional life fighting for gender equity. She co-edited a seminal book on this topic with Dr. Sarah Leberman Women in Sport Leadership: Research and Practice for Change (2017). We talk about her work, how to create system change, what she is excited about, and advice for young women scholars. To sign up for the #disruptHERS ‘Stat of the Week’ that draws attention to people, organizations, and events that disrupt the status quo in sport. #disruptHERS is a campaign and movement that highlights disruptions to the normative model of sport, created by and for men, and that privileges men, and why it matters.
24' 30''
Host: Dr. Nicole LaVoi
For complete shows notes and more information, links and resources as well as other 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].
 

Chris and Nancy dive into the top news stories this week from around the world of women’s sport and we have breaking news that England Soccer Coach has resigned. Alison Donnelly from the women’s rugby website Scrum Queens joins us to talk about the state of the women’s game and how the competition season is unfolding in 2021 with the cancellation of the Six Nations Tournament.
Top stories this week:
Australian Open Quarantine Situation
Hockey Australia high performance director resigns
McNeal provisional doping ban 
Kelly Sotherton Birmingham 2022
Greek Olympic champion sexual assault
England Netball 
Neville Steps Down as Head Coach of England’s Senior Team
 
Hosts: Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen
41' 40"
 
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].

In this brand new show and first episode of Tri This, Kirstin Lauritzen takes us on her journey as a triathlete. We are talking all about triathlon, the different disciplines, nutrition and how she first got started in this sport. You are going to get an inside look into her training as each week Kirstin is taking us with her as she trains for the Coeur D’Alene Ironman June 27th, 2021.  Kirstin is presenting the other perspective of triathlon for those that are “age-groupers”- competing in their age group versus on a professional level. Triathlon, for Kirstin, is a passion and more of a hobby outside of her job as a Functional Medicine Practitioner.  For this first episode, Kirstin tells us her story of her first experiences into endurance sports. Join us as she discusses her first successful Half Marathon and then the next event that left her with injuries that made her question ever participating in endurance sports again.  She even gets into telling the story of her first experience with triathlon where she stated at the end, "I will NEVER do this again". And here we are tagging along on her journey to competing in her first Ironman in June. If you’ve ever thought: “I wonder if I could do a triathlon”, or “I could never do that”, Kirstin is bridging the gap to inspire anyone who wants to dip their toes into the triathlon sport, or just hear a great story and journey through Triathlon on Tri This. 
24' 45"
Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritsen
For complete shows notes and more information, links and resources as well as other 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].