Meet the Moment: Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe on women’s sports

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🗓️ 20 October 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Two-time Women’s World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe and four-time WNBA champion Sue Bird join Kristen Welker for a “Meet the Moment” conversation to discuss their impact on women’s sports and their hopes for athletes in the future. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome back.
0:03.4	2024 has marked what might be the biggest year on record for women's sports in America.
0:09.6	From the W MBA finals currently underway breaking records for viewership to
0:14.9	American women winning more than half of the country's gold medals at the
0:18.9	Olympics in Paris. If American women were their own country, they would have placed third in overall
0:24.9	medal count.
0:26.4	Two trailblazing athletes, Megan Rapino and Sue Bird, say the talent and the fans have always
0:32.1	been there, but now the rest of the country is finally catching up to what they've always known.
0:38.0	Everyone watches women's sports. The two sports icons and fiancees have a new podcast, a touch more,
0:45.0	where they and their guests give an insider's perspective
0:48.0	on what's happening in the world of women's elite sports.
0:51.0	I sat down with Rapino and Bird
0:53.6	for a Meet the Moment conversation
0:55.6	about this remarkable moment.
0:58.2	Megan Rapino and Sue Bird, welcome to meet the press.
1:01.6	Thank you for being here. Thanks for being here. So you are both trailblazers, you're
1:06.8	both icons from World Cups to Olympic gold medals, a Presidential Medal of Freedom, Megan and Sue of course
1:16.4	countless WMBA Championships. You're now both retired. Megan, talk about that decision.
1:25.0	How did you arrive at the decision that it was time to step away?
1:28.0	I think the decision arrived at me, to be honest.
1:32.0	I mean, I was 38 at the To be honest. I mean I was 38 at the time
1:36.7	The World Cup in 2003 which I was able to participate in kind of felt like a good ending moment.
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