These werent really. These are the kinds of conversations he has. Shes very thoughtful and contemplative but shes extremely powerful. And that I think has been the extraordinary difference for professional womens sporting leagues and teams is that theyve had to grow and blossom and be criticised in the most ridiculous level of scrutiny both on social media from anonymous abusers but also from just you know male commentators saying this is boring I dont like watching this and it wasnt that long ago that I was commentating Road World Cycling Championships and we were hearing commentators from other countries saying this is a boring race nothings happening with therefore womens cycling is boring without any insight into the idea that these women are not only different physiological beasts but its a different race with different team numbers. Yeah theyve just won the Ashes they won the World Cup. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. What were seeing now is those people are being left behind. Ensuring that girls and women can show up to sporting clubs and feel safe included theres not just this sort of dark mahogany with pictures of men who won in 1963 that these places are family friendly and people want to. In 2016, at age 42, she broke the womens world record for the longest distance covered by bike in one hour. So we all bore the moody behaviour for the good of the team. [00:02:45] In 2015 there was an inquiry into women and girls in sport and active recreation here in Victoria which was actually initiated by the then opposition government and then implemented by the current government. Thats sort of resistent attitude. and theres been so such a lack of diverse thinking that you know these people generally all the same age that probably went to school together and so by by asking them to have a quota and bring women in. And we do look forward to continuing the conversation with you so thanks again and well stay in touch. [00:07:56] But I was a very academic kid and so I studied really hard through high school and I was completely mediocre at team sports and I wanted to be a leader like I was so desperately trying to be the best athlete and I just wasnt I didnt have enough speed I didnt have enough agility and all those things that you do when youre playing netball and touch football and some of the sports that have really big in teams here in Queensland. [00:18:32] That photograph was circulated by a very well-known AFL photographer here Michael Wilson whos received awards for the photo. conversations from the world of women's sports. And what was what followed was a real a real moment in time because of revolting abuse ensued of people sort of objectifying and making really disgusting sexist comments about her about the physical position she was in. 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If you have any comments or questions about the shows that we do or suggestions for guests please do drop us a line to info at WiSP Sports dot com. There were a lot of team vans that had no seatbelts in the backseats, which terrified me. in Queensland to help to help them fast track their board quotas in whatever form it they are helping them learn for our from our mistakes and our lessons. Dr O'Donnell is a medical doctor, graduating from the University of Queensland's school of medicine in 1998 and is the current head of the Office for Woman in Sport and Recreation for the Victorian State Government. And so whilst were not where we need to be in terms of pay equality and the number of women in leadership positions and the doors that are open to girls and women of all abilities and all genders and all racial backgrounds we are certainly much in a much better position than we have been even two years ago. So youre right were seeing enormous change and you mentioned the M O U the memorandum understanding the Cricket Australia finally succumb to with the male and female cricket players here and look at the impact thats had on our Australian women. Were making sure we support every organisation and their attacks on. [00:32:42] So seeing those women on the field on the pool deck beside the court looking authoritative I mean some of those great images of Becky Hammon whos been the assistant coach at San Antonio looking up to those extraordinarily tall NBA players knowing that shes been a former WNBA champion herself is really powerful. Bridie ODonnell took to cycling late, but a rapid rise to the top ranks of the Australian scene fuelled her ambitions. In 2007 she began road cycling and in 2008 after winning the national time trial title she raced on the Australian national team and then professional teams in Europe and the United States representing Australia at three world championships. Then, in her mid-30s, ODonnell made the sharp pivot to professional cycling, a field where she found great success. I once owned a very stylish black one-piece swimsuit with a plunging neckline and when I wore it, I imagined I was some sort of Sophia Loren-esque hybrid of a Bond villain and a Hitchcock heroine. Shes very tall incredible flexibility of this photograph of her kicking so her legs completely apart almost 90 degrees flexible hips incredible flexible flexibility and strength. Bridie what what did your main focus in the big to dos because you know youve got a huge huge agenda. In November, 2017, Bridie was appointed the inaugural Head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation by the Victorian Government and in May, 2018 she published Life and Death a cycling memoir about her experiences as a professional cyclist in the international peloton. And since Title 9 in the United States were seeing now a third generation of girls and women benefiting from legislation that allows them to receive the same financial support at universities. How do they respect and talk about women in their privacy of their own home. There and can use those facilities and feel part of a club. I can tell you that. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. And the other beautiful thing that sport teaches you is just how good you can be at something when you focus on it. So it actually wasnt until I was in my second year of medical school I went straight into medical school out of high school and I started doing a triathlon. Thank you so much for having me on. Has this been a lifelong passion and did you. Just go to the listen tab on the main menu at the top there and drop down to transcending sport and youll find all previous episodes of this show too. Thank you for listening and turning up the volume on womens sport. One year I was stupid enough to pack it in a suitcase of clothes I couldnt care less about when I was heading off to Italy to join my pro team, and of course the baggage never arrived at Malpensa Airport in Milan. Or you can post your comments on our social media at Facebook Instagram and Twitter or LinkedIn. And if youve said to me a year ago that Id be sitting down with other jurisdictions and talking about how important it was that we are going to bid for the Womens World Cup football in 2023 to host that in four years time I would have thought Id. [00:10:25] Well it certainly teach to see problem solving skills and what we know theres data from an amazing piece of research that Ernst and Young did globally where they examined women in leadership positions all over the world. So for example there was a rather controversial commitment made by the federal government a few years ago where they said were going to give money to Fox Sports to focus on niche sports. Theyre powerful for women and theyre equally powerful for boys and men. This year, Australias most unique slashie will again join the SBS commentary team for the Tour De France when it kicks off on Saturday 26 June. Shes an expert shes respected shes hard. Hardiness and resilience were prerequisites. Were seeing this more in the year in the UK and in parts of Europe with the different networks too. I mean being an elite athlete and representing your country or being the best in the world is such an incredibly privileged little bubble to live in. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. That photograph was circulated by a very well-known AFL photographer here Michael Wilson whos received awards for the photo. [00:29:01] I would imagine on your To Do list we do have a huge agenda and we have just a small team but we but theyre terrific. Theres no way were going to get that across the line. She will win for sure!. Her argument would be that all those smaller concerns over her long-term health could be dealt with later in life. It also soon became clear enough to them that I wasnt committed enough (their term) to join in their cult of self-destruction; I learned quickly to just keep quiet, and not yield to my doctorly instincts to intervene. Before rowing, when I was an ironman triathlete, leanness in the elite women was a common physical feature, and a requirement for athletes frames to endure the rigours of a nine or 10-hour event. [00:11:35] So all of those things are challenging. We know that not all violence against women is due to environments that people grow up in but it all starts from a lack of respect. And these images and these these styles of leadership also show us that being a coach or an umpire or CEO or a president does not have to be one way doesnt have to be delivered one way by one type of old authoritative suit wearing table thumping man. What theyve also done is looked around and thought Wow we dont have a lawyer or we dont have a community fund raiser or we dont have a person who understands around membership protection. [00:04:31] You can imagine there were dozens or they said to me you know 100 women and men applied for this job. While working in Intensive Care and studying for physician exams, Bridie competed first in rowing and Ironman Triathlon. And when Peggy talks people listen. So my mediocrity was a big part of shaping my persistence across all those sports and in rowing included I was a role for five years and an. There are frequently motorbikes with cameras following us through the whole three hours and definitely on the footage of the climb at the finale and it was never like on television they didnt even do a 30 minute highlight package 10 years ago and I remember having a conversation with a woman director of a team over in Europe saying why is that. [00:35:41] So what we know about women as coaches is that their lack of qualifications is not the thing. So sometimes one could argue which should come first and I am definitely no media broadcasting expert but I think that the time is for action. Six years of med school was helpful but actually following around the senior doctor and thinking Okay heres what being a surgeon involves. From 2013-2016, Bridie also managed and raced for Rush Womens Team, a National Road Series cycling team in Australia. As long as many more episodes of different shows we have now over a thousand episodes and a global audience reach now of more than three million. Right there. I was allocated a coach in my state, persisted through that year then won the time-trials in the Oceania and National Championships. But Im curious as to where you see the progress that youre making. She is quite reserved. I still miss that swimsuit. During her residency she was a rower and then an iron man triathlete and finished theq Ironman highway world championship in 2006. And yet we have over 30000 girls and women registered to play was he rules in this state and hundreds more that are paid teach physical education teachers or former coaches in other jobs that could be highly qualified to do that. Women and what they when they dug down into these. Im Chris Stafford. We had a team of champions and let me tell you we did not translate into a champion day. One of them is being done by the Australian Institute of Sport led by Kate Palmer CEO. Thank you so much. Now if we come back to Australia and we look at the WB ls a great example we have the fourth season of The Womens Big Bash. And then when theyre not the fastest anymore they dont know what to do next. As long as many more episodes of different shows we have now over a thousand episodes and a global audience reach now of more than three million. We are in such a rapid time of change that its quite discombobulating. She became the first Australian woman to make an attempt on the UCI world our record in 15 years setting a new world record of forty six point eighty eight two kilometres at the Adelaide Superdome in November 2017. These are the kinds of conversations he has. In November 2017, Dr Bridie O'Donnell was appointed as the inaugural Director of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation (OWSR) which aims to improve gender equality in sport. And then when theyre not the fastest anymore they dont know what to do next. Dont rub it in an area had it right. So weve invested twenty nine million dollars in female friendly facilities over the last four years which means upgrades to pavilions so that these girls toilets and change rooms better lighting better surfaces on the field so that more teams can play. Dont rub it in. But there are very many ways and Peggy ONeills who I mentioned before she is an extraordinary example of a person who delivers leadership in her own style. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. And she said if thats how theyre talking about me on social media what are they. So being active playing sport engaged in it in their life. [00:36:52] We now had over 100 women last 18 months benefit from our scholarship program where they apply through a competitive process to get to five or ten thousand dollars to seek out an educational opportunity to advance their sporting career or their administration career whatever it is they do in sport and rec but we also know that systems need to change and thats where board quotas support it. [00:29:50] So these are things like nipple Victoria hockey Victoria swimming Victoria and three years ago before I even started they were instructed that there would be a board quota. They could do it five years ago they would probably struggle and so well I think we need to determine the barriers. Bridie O'Donnell's recent post did not go down well with many AFL fans. [00:02:16] I began by asking Bridie how the organisation came about. And so whilst we are we have scholarship programs that are offered. 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