91: Sharron Davies: Why we must defend women’s sports
The Brendan O'Neill Show
The Brendan O'Neill Show
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🗓️ 7 April 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:48.0 | So you talked about Leo, you know, in that 500 yard race, she had the place of the person from |
| 0:53.5 | Penn State. She removed the person who was 17 from being able to take part in the semi-finals |
| 0:59.7 | She removed the person who was 9th from being able to be in the final. She removed the person |
| 1:04.9 | who was 4th from being on the medal podium because they didn't get there. And she removed the |
| 1:09.5 | person who was 2nd who was the first biological female from being the actual champion of that event. |
| 1:15.3 | So there was five women in that particular one event alone, you know, that lost out. So this |
| 1:20.1 | isn't just about the odd person here and there. |
| 1:22.6 | Hello and welcome to the Brendan O'Neill show with me, Brendan O'Neill. This is a podcast in which |
| 1:32.5 | an esteemed guest joins me to talk about the big ideas, the bad ideas, the problems and the |
| 1:37.7 | controversies of life in the early 21st century. In this episode, I am delighted to be joined by |
| 1:43.8 | Sharon Davis. Sharon is a former Olympian swimmer. She has represented great Britain in the Olympics |
| 1:49.8 | and the European Championships and England in the Commonwealth Games. She broke numerous |
| 1:54.6 | British swimming records. She won a silver medal at the 1980s Olympics in Moscow and she has won |
| 2:00.3 | gold, silver and bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games. After her career as a competitive swimmer, |
| 2:05.9 | she worked extensively in the media as a TV presenter and a swimming commentator for the BBC. |
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