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Women in Sport

@WomenInSportPod

In Women in Sport, we bring you curated stories and learn together about the main debates in the field. Produced by @Soph_Timmermann and @ThessMostoles.

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Female referees for men’s games are still rare - but Franziska Wildfeuer ist one them who’s changing the game
DW Sports (@dw_sports) profile pictureDW Sports@dw_sports19 Nov 2021
Meet Franziska Wildfeuer, a referee on the rise.
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On this day in 1991, the first FIFA Women's World Cup kicked off! ⚽️🏆 Back then Germany finished fourth place but have won two World Cups since. Germany became the first nation to win the tournament back-to-back (2003, 2007). 🇩🇪 #FIFAWWC #OTD
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Did you know? 54 years ago, 20-year-old Kathrine Switzer lined up to run the Boston Marathon at a time when women weren’t permitted to compete. At mile two a race official tried to stop her, but Switzer went on to finish the race runnersworld.com/uk/training…
Who is Kathrine Switzer and how did she change women's running?

Who is Kathrine Switzer and how did she change women's running?

The rebel runner who defied convention and broken down barriers talks to Runner's World

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Lucy Charles-Barclay is part of the Ironman elite. She went from never having ridden a racing bike to world number two in just two-and-a-half years. An inspiring story and a great read. redbull.com/int-en/theredbul…
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#EllieSimmonds retires from Paralympic Swimming. If you want to hear more about #ParalympicSwimming, listen to our episode on it anchor.fm/women-in-sport/epi…
Paralympic Sport with Gemma Almond by Women in Sport

Paralympic Sport with Gemma Almond by Women in Sport

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Gemma Almond, a former Team GB Paralympian swimmer turned academic. We talk about life after her sporting career, media framing in disability sport, the Paralymp...

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@Independent2 Sep 2021
Ellie Simmonds leaves Paralympics with inspiring legacy intact independent.co.uk/sport/olym…

Ellie Simmonds leaves Paralympics with inspiring legacy intact

There’s no danger of her shuffling off into obscurity, but after finishing fifth in the 400m freestyle Simmonds announced her retirement from the sport

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The #TokyoParalympics are starting today: What you need to know about Paralympic classification⬇️ bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-s…
Tokyo Paralympics: What you need to know about Paralympic classification

Tokyo Paralympics: What you need to know about Paralympic classification

From KL1 to PT2 and F11 to SB6 - everything you need to know about classification at the Paralympic Games.

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For the first episode of this season, we talked to #HellenBaleke, the first Ugandan woman to win #medal in #Boxing, and with Dr. Paige Schneider (@univofthesouth) about her research in female boxers in the #GlobalSouth.
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The second season of #WomenInSport is out! Do you want to hear about the first Ugandan woman to win an international medal for boxing? About sports reporting in #Lebanon? Join @Soph_Timmermann and @ThessMostoles for season two! anchor.fm/women-in-sport/epi…
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The report revealed that supply-side issues are the main factors in deterring consumers from engaging in women’s sport, like low levels of media coverage & a lack of knowledge. People would watch more women’s sport if there were more of it on TV.
YouGov Sport (@YouGovSport) profile pictureYouGov Sport@YouGovSport23 Jun 2021
New 13 market report on women in sport: how parity between men and women can be attained and identifying where the greatest value lies Download for free 👇 sport.yougov.com/women-in-sp…
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Cricket isn’t big where I come from so it’s been fascinating to learn more about some of the incredible women who drove women’s cricket forward + the sacrifices they made to play the game they love. Thanks @rich_thomas99 for talking to us @WomenInSportPod anchor.fm/women-in-sport/epi…
Cricket with Dr. Richard Thomas by Women in Sport

Cricket with Dr. Richard Thomas by Women in Sport

In this new episode of Women in Sport, you can hear about a female cricketer who sold potatoes to finance her cricket career, or about Eileen Ash, the longest-living cricketer of all times. Join us...

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Thanks to you both for having me on to talk women's cricket - really glad for the chance to highlight the sacrifices made by women to play the game, and how old inequalities and discriminatory traditions are slowly being unpicked and reversed - a great @SUMediaComm production!🏏
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Who’s your favourite female cricketer of all times? Someone else? Comment 👇🏽
0%Betty Wilson
87%Sana Mir
13%Eileen Ash
0%Rachael Heyhoe Flint
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#WomeninSPORT #RollerDERBY PodCAST "Roller derby - #RUGBY on skates #CHESS on stage with The Lovely Biertrix! WITH: @Soph_Timmermann @ThessMostoles LISTEN: anchor.fm/women-in-sport/epi… MORE: #WomeninSPORT&Health NEWS WSNet.co.uk/WSNews247 Results players teams articles . . .
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The 30-year study found that 80% of the televised sports news and highlights included zero stories on women’s sports with the only exception being US women's football. You can read the journal article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… niemanlab.org/2021/03/most-t…
One and Done: The Long Eclipse of Women’s Televised Sports, 1989–2019 - Cheryl Cooky, LaToya D....

One and Done: The Long Eclipse of Women’s Televised Sports, 1989–2019 - Cheryl Cooky, LaToya D....

For 3 decades we have tracked and analyzed the quantity and quality of coverage of women’s and men’s sports in televised news and highlights shows. In this pape...

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⚽️ The 12 teams headed to the Women's Olympic Football Tournament #Tokyo2020: 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇳 China PR 🇬🇧 Great Britain 🇯🇵 Japan 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 USA 🇿🇲 Zambia 👀 Official Draw on 21 April at 10:00 CET
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“Blackmore had already achieved a landmark success at last month's Cheltenham Festival when becoming the first woman to be the meeting's leading jockey.”
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@BBCSport10 Apr 2021
History-maker. Rachael Blackmore is the first female jockey to win the Grand National. She rode Minella Times to victory at #Aintree.

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