Women Unscripted

Nancy Gillen and Chris Stafford discuss the top stories in women's sport this week:
Europe Regains Solheim Cup by narrowest of margins after USA miss a crucial putt
Doping cases involving Briana Williams, Carina Horn, Michelle-Lee Ayhe
World Athletics Championships - Sept 27-Oct 6
Women's 800m medal reallocation awards Alisa Montana the bronze
FIFA should suspend Iranian Football Federation after death of female fan
Double Olympic bobsleigh champion alleges "verbal and mental abuse" at hands of coach
Canada's double Olympic bobsleigh champion Kaillie Humphries Suing Bobsleigh Canada for abuse
Sky Brown (GBR) 11, won world skateboarding  bronze medal
Hannah Roberts - BMX gold medal at Urban Games despite kit and bike arriving late.
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Host: Chris Stafford
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Welcome to the first episode of The Mind Matters with Dr. Jenny Susser in conversation with Chris Stafford. The last few years of ground-breaking and shaking from the rise of the #MeToo movement. The #MeToo movement originated in the corporate world in 2006 and picked up a full head of steam in 2017 with a Twitter hashtag and resonance for women across the world. In the sports world, sexual misconduct, abuse, and harassment have been all too common for far too long… with little to no conversation about it. As with any movement, push back, resistance, and disbelief are perhaps the early winners, but determination and commitment are beginning to overtake and create a safer future for everyone involved. On this first episode Jenny addresses our belief system, reacting versus responding and our need to know to provide us with a sense of certainty.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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On the show this week we catch up with Grand Prix dressage rider Lauren Asher at her training base in The Netherlands. Lauren grew up in Colorado, and started riding at the age of five trying a few different disciplines such as Western riding and Hunter Jumping. By the time she turned eleven Lauren realized that she wanted to focus exclusively on dressage and competed up to FEI Juniors level, where she earned many regional and Rocky Mountain Dressage Society Championship titles.  In 2014, Lauren and her two horses moved to San Diego, California for a wider selection of selection of competitions and dressage trainers.  A year later she represented the USDF Region 5 at the FEI North American Young Rider's Championships riding Lysias. With De Noir she placed in many of the CDIs on the California circuit at Young Rider's level and in 2016 was selected to compete in the American Young Rider European Tour, competing in the CDI-Y Compiègne and CDIO-Y Hagen, in the Young Rider's Nations Cup.  Lauren decided to be based in the Netherlands for most of the year then spending winters on the Florida circuit where she has achieved consistent results. In 2017, Lauren competed the mare Hønnerups Event at CDI Young Rider's level, with good placings in Europe and North America. In Compiègne, they earned the second place in the Young Rider Kür with a 74.000%. In July in Saugerties, New York, Lauren and her mare earned the silver medal in the kür at the FEI North American Young Rider Championships.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].
 

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Host: Chris Stafford
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Our guest today is 86 year old  American track & field athlete Irene Obera who specializes in sprint events and during her extended career she has set many world records and won numerous world championships. She is currently a member of the W70 world record holding 4x100 metres relay team. She also holds the current American record in the W60 and W75 100 metres and the W75 200 metres.  Her accolades are so many and in July 2014, at San Francisco Track and Field Club's Pride Track & Field Meet in Hayward, California she broke two world records in 80m hurdles and 200m hurdles.marking her sixth and seventh world titles that year. A pioneer in Masters athletics, in 1996, Obera was elected into the inaugural class of the USATF Masters Hall of Fame. Irene does not ease up on her training. A typical week includes tennis 2-3 times, gym 4 times, track 3 times and bowling 2-3.  Her next major competition is the 2020 World Masters Championships.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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Our guest today is Jane Thurnell-Read who believes in competing against herself rather than others and now in her 70’s maintains a strict fitness and dietary regime. Jane says she was extremely unfit as a child and lost her way in her twenties with excessive smoking and drinking the hard stuff. It was a lifestyle she completely turned when she started going to the gym and swimming.  By the time she was In her forties she had taken to cycling and in her early sixties she began a more serious gym routine. A vegetarian for most of her adult life she decided to become vegan in her late sixties and is now a trustee for the vegan charity, Veganuary.  Jane’s philosophy is to strive to engage others in physical activity and a careful diet to convince older people that they need to invest in themselves and their fitness. She uses social meeting to prove that it’s never too late to lead an athletic life by setting yourself active goals.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 2 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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This week's guest is the head softball coach at Texas A&M, Jo Evans. With an impressive 1200+ wins to her name and a 7-time conference coach of the year, Jo was inducted into the 2015 NFCA Hall of Fame. Not only is she a recent addition to the WeCOACH Board of Directors, her well-earned respect on the national level gives her a voice and platform to influence positive growth on and off the diamond. Jo gets candid in sharing some of the greatest lessons, sacrifices and toughest decisions she’s had to make in her career. Keeping a growth mindset in her approach to coaching – as well as self-care – continue to fuel and reinvigorate her season after season. Jo’s competitive, yet humble approach and laughter will keep you wanting more.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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Nancy Gillen is in Yekaterinburg, Russia this week and Chris Stafford is in the USA with the top stories in . women's sport.
19 year old Bianca Andreescu from Ontario became the first Canadian to win a Tennis Grand Slam defeating Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 and is now sitting at No 5 in the WTA World Rankings, her highest ever.
British Eventer Pippa Funnell and MGH Grafton Street winning the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials 16 years after her first win with a score of 30.8—the narrowest of margins — Badminton winner Piggy French also had once fence down to finish on 30.9.
http://www.bdwp.co.uk/bur/19/
Russian Olympic champions have neutral status refused by IAAF
Olympic gold medallists Anna Chicherova and Elena Lashmanova are among a new batch of Russian athletes denied neutral status by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and will miss the 2019 World Championships. The pair were among 18 rejections, although 11 athletes did have applications approved.
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1084563/russia-iaaf-neutral-status
Caster Semenya confirms she is not retiring from athletics despite signing for South African football club.
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1084527/caster-semenya-starting-football-career
Iranian female soccer fan dies after setting herself on fire
Former speed skater Seiko Hashimoto  tipped to become new Olympics Minister in Japan
Talks continue on possible joint Korean hockey team at Tokyo 2020 despite missed deadline
 
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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Our guest this week is American multi-discipline rider and driver Carrie Wehle who can turn her hand to a number of equestrian sports from dressage to driving.  A lifelong horsewoman Carrie recently competed in the USEA American Eventing Championships, the sport she says which is her first love. But she’s just as adept at pure dressage or out fox hunting. Her family raised Standardbreds from the 1000 acre farm in upstate New York until Carrie took over the reins and downsized to a more manageable 400 acres. Since the age of 12 when she got her first horse Carrie has built up her business and now has 50 horses on the property with loyal clients who share her values and love of horses.  Chris Stafford spoke to Carrie about how she balances her competitive interests and what new equestrian sport she would like to take on next.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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Mental skills are an important, albeit underrated, contributor to athletic success and in this episode of Bit by Bit Erin McGuire addresses self-talk, which is the inner monologue in your head. Fun fact: It’s estimated that humans have between 60-80 thousand thoughts a day! Self-talk can be said aloud, but most often occurs in the confines of one’s mind. The thing about self-talk is that you are your own coach 24/7. You have limited interactions with your coach, family, friends, and competitors but your inner monologue runs around the clock. Self-talk can range from a single cue such as “look,” to a phrase “look up,” to a full sentence “look up at the ball.” Self-talk can be instructional “point your toes” or motivational “you can do this.” It can also be negative “don’t mess up” or “you can’t do this.”
How an athlete talks to themselves plays a key role in their success on and off the field.  Positive self-talk has been linked to increased self-confidence and overall emotional well-being. Negative self-talk gives insight to self-depreciating tendencies, decreased motivation, and negative emotional consequences. Talk to yourself the way you’d talk to a friend.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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On this week’s episode this is something for everyone—the common cold, those pesky viruses that always seem to hit us when we’re in good shape and making great progress on our training plans. Dr Juliet McGrattan explores the risks and benefits of exercising when you have a cold. Will exercise make you feel better? Will it make you feel worse? What type of exercise should you do? With a run through of the symptoms that suggest exercising might not be the best thing for you, this podcast is very practical and helpful because, let’s face it, we all get colds from time to time. As Dr Juliet points out, it’s mostly about common sense but sometimes common sense leaves us when we’re really focused on a goal. Sometimes easing off and resting up is the best thing to do.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
Produced by Hollowell Studios
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Instagram: @twomenunscriptedpodcasts
Email: [email protected]