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In this episode of Transcending Sport @saragross talks to former professional triathlete @janellemorrison. Janelle shares her story about how a hideous car accident gave her a renewed perspective on sport, life and balance. Six years ago, Janelle Morrison was a professional Ironman triathlete. In 2010, everything came to a halt in a near-fatal car accident. Two years later, she made an impossible recovery and came back to race again, placing 3rd in the elite division at Ironman Canada.  It was an amazing feat, yet as she crossed the finish line she realized that she was still missing life.  A singular focus on results, what other people thought of her, and a deep need to prove something was taking all the joy and fulfillment out of the process.  After a lifetime of extreme activity Janelle discovered the joy of stillness. For more women's sports coverage, news, views and interviews visit our website www.wispsports.com or follow us on twitter @wispsports. 

The number one supplement used by elite and amateur athletes today is caffeine. In Nutrition Notes – The Caffeine Series, Ironman Champion Sara Gross and elite Dietician Ruth McKean will help you get the most out of your caffeine intake. In this fourth episode, Ruth and Sara consolidate everything we have learned and give you all the tools you need to use caffeine effectively for your next competition. Visit us online at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSPSports.

The number one supplement used by elite and amateur athletes today is caffeine. In Nutrition Notes – The Caffeine Series, Ironman Champion Sara Gross and elite Dietician Ruth McKean will help you get the most out of your caffeine intake. In this third episode, learn how to manage your dosage for improved race performance. Visit us online at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports. 

In Nutrition Notes, Ironman Champion Sara Gross and experienced sports dietician Ruth McKean have an in depth conversation about performance nutrition in a bite-sized podcast.  In this second of four episodes they discuss how to time your caffeine intake to maximize performance.  Visit us online at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports.

Chris Stafford sits in for Dee Caffari this week with Laura Winter and a great line up of athletes with Rio on their minds.  Para Cyclist Megan Giglia tells her amazing story of overcoming a stroke and broken back to become an elite athlete. Eventer Gemma Tattersall's third place at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials last week on Arctic Soul could set her up for her first Olympic Games and she has spare rides in contention for Rio too. Wheelchair athlete Louise Hunt is well on the road to her second games on current form but is leaving nothing to chance with her mental preparation. Plus Laura has all the latest news headlines from British athletes. Visit us online at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports. 

U.S. Skeet Shooter and triple Olympic gold medalist Kim Rhode-Harryman is aiming for her sixth Olympic Games in Rio. Her tally of medals, of which she has lost count, is unsurpassed in the sport she began while knee high to her father who has coached her all the way. She is fighting back from recent illness and is on target for the final selection trials which will name two women to this year's U.S. Olympic team.  Visit us online at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports.

In Nutrition Notes, Ironman Champion @saragross and experienced sports dietician @ruth_mckean have an in depth conversation about performance nutrition in a bite-sized podcast. This is the first of four episodes all about the most popular supplement in sport today - caffeine.   Visit us online at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports.

Zoe George  and Silver Ferns' Katrina Grant  are back with a fabulous line up of guests and topics about Kiwi women in sport.  Para-swimmer Mary Fisher, who will be competing in the S-11 category in this summer's Paralympic Games, has a great story of being a vision impaired elite athlete.  Also visually impaired is para-cyclist Emma Foy who with her sighted pilot Laura Thompson are targeting four events in the Paralympics, having just returned with the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships B 3km Pursuit gold medal.  Marathon runner turned mountain runner Mel Aitken combines a top job in the police department with reaching new heights on New Zealand's mountain ranges.  Sports journalist Rikki Swannell talks about her women in sport initiative She's Got Game.  Plus the latest news and major upcoming sporting events in New Zealand. Visit us online at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports.

Beth Davis in Melbourne is joined by Chris Stafford in Florida for this month's magazine show with the latest news of women in sport Down Under. Hockeyroos Olympic veteran Ashleigh Nelson will be missed on the squad having recently sustained a knee injury ruling her out of the Rio Olympics but tells us how she now plans to spend her summer. Former Para-Equestrian Kate Doughty, who competed at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Kentucky, has become a world class Para-Triathlete having transitioned in the fast lane to her new sport and is on the road to Rio and her first Olympics. Plus news of cricket, basketball, rugby 7s, gymnastics, soccer, and more on the Australian Olympic squad. Visit us online at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports.

American Show Jumper Callan Solem from Chester Springs, PA has reached a milestone in her career by being named to the long list for this summer's Rio Olympic Games with VDL Wizard. The partnership secured their spot when finishing as the highest placed U.S. rider in the top ten at the Longines FEI World Cup Finals in Gothenburg in March. Callan and Wizard now face a European tour of observation events before the team is announced in July.  Find out more about Callan on her website here and see the full U.S. Show Jumping long list here. Visit our website at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports.

Scottish-born Joanne Hamilton-Vale has been a life-long sportswoman, mainly on the water, and in recent years she has successfully focused on the latest sporting craze of Stand-Up Paddleboarding. With numerous wins and top placings to her credit, including the 11 Cities endurance events, Jo is now aiming for her biggest challenge when she attempts the grueling 715 kilometre race in Canada's 2016 Yukon River Quest. Find out what this entails and how Jo is training for the ultimate endurance SUP race.  Visit us at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports.  

Two-time Ironman Champion Sara Gross  Canadian Team Rugby Player Maria Samson are joined this month by Kayaker Haley Daniels to talk about her season with National Team Trials coming up in May and how Kayaking will soon become an Olympic sport. Find out how this Vegan athlete is sharing her recipes too.  Bobsleigh Pilot Alysia Rissling shares her experiences of competing on the European circuit for the first time, why there are so few women in the sport, equality in its ranks, and how the weight class has affected women in the sport.  Plus the latest news headlines in soccer, track field, rugby, swimming, diving, rowing, CAAWS and more. Visit us online at www.wispsports.com and follow us on social media @WiSP Sports.

US Ski Racer Jessica Kelley and Triathlete Whitney Powell talk softball with U.S. Softball Player Amanda Chichester sharing her insight into the sport in the U.S. and the Olympic movement as well as Japan's development in the sport, which could trigger its return to the Games in 2010. Plus a review of the World Cup Alpine Skiing and looking ahead to off-season activities as well as the major sports news including an update on Meldonium, the Zika Virus and equal pay for women in sport. Visit us as www.wispsports.com and follow us on our social media channels @WiSP Sports.

Portrait of a Legend celebrates the lives of elite sportswomen who have become icons while impacting other areas of women in sport.  In this archived interview that was recorded in 2011, Chris Stafford talks to British Sheila Willcox who was a pioneer in the sport of Eventing. She became the first woman to achieve international success paving the way for women to be included in the Olympic Games. Her foundations in the Pony Club and the show ring launched a career which proved that men and women can compete on equal terms. She holds the record at Badminton Horse Trials for three consecutive wins from 1957-9. Sheila added individual and team European Championship titles to her record before a devastating fall resulting in a broken back changed the course of her career. She went on to focus on Grand Prix Dressage and later became coach to the Canadian Eventing Team leading up to the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. This is a story of determination and the will to overcome personal and professional adversity. Visit us online at www.wispsports.com and follow us @WiSP Sports.

Two-time Ironman Champion Sara Gross is joined by professional triathlete And mental health nurse Karen Thibodeau and PhD candidate and mental health expert Ingrid Handlovski to discuss the issues of addiction and depression as they relate to endurance sport. They also have interview with the 7th place finisher at Ironman World Championships and winner of Ironman Western Australia Sarah Piampiano. Visit WiSP Sports at www.wispsports.com and follow us  @WiSP Sports.