Hello and welcome. This Olympic month we're talking about what else sport. What a month it's been for female

athletes. Of the 67 medals won by Team GB in Rio 26 were won by women. But away from track, field and podium and a little closer to the boardroom,

the statistics look rather different. Research by Sport England tells us that more and more women are playing

sports regularly on the program tonight

we'll be finding out how far those sporting women have come, how far they have to go and

what they stand to gain by getting involved. Joining me Anna Kessel, sports writer and author of

Eat Sweat Play. Welcome. Thank you. So it sounds like an instruction manual

come memoir come manifesto? Well yeah I've already started eating and sweating so hopefully we'll play tonight.

It's been warm this week. We also have Jean Williams professor of sports history and

culture at De Montfort University. Welcome. Thank you. Thanks for joining us.

Charel Brown, championship boxer, personal trainer and boxing coach.

hello to you.

Hello.

You sound like a busy woman.

Very busy. Very very busy. Thanks for making the time. And we've also got

Maggie Alfonso MBE rugby union player, former flanker for the Saracens and

England and former Sunday time Sports Woman of the Year.

Thank you for joining us.

Yeah, great, great TV.

I'm just a small, you know.

I know, exactly.

Wikipedia out to sub it right down.

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