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Olympian Sharron Davies - The Fight for Women’s Sport

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Sharron Davies MBE is a former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in three Olympic Games. In 1980 she famously lost out on a gold medal, placing second to a doped East German competitor. She has recently released a book, ‘Unfair Play: The Battle For Women's Sport’, partly as a response to the impact of trans identifying males competing in women’s sports. Available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1800752806/ SPONSORED BY GiveSendGo - Go to https://www.GiveSendGo.com/ to check out a better alternative to crowdfunding. Support the people who support freedom! SPONSORED BY: Babbel. Go to https://babbel.com/play/ and use promo code TRIGGER to get an extra 6 months free! Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube:  @xentricapc   Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:  https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry:  Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Intro  01:10 Sponsor Message: GiveSendGo 02:58 Sharron Davies’ Background 06:18 The East German Doping Scandal 10:27 Men in Women's Sports Today 12:13 Lia Thomas 12:54 When Sharron Realised There Was a Problem 13:53 The IOC’s Explanation  14:27 Where did This Come From & Who Allowed This to Happen? 17:29 How Biology Matters in Sport 20:51 Sponsor Message: Babbel  22:57 Why Aren't More Female Athletes Speaking Out? 23:50 What Has Sharron Lost Over This Issue? 25:42 Why Do Women That Speak Out Get Treated Worse Than Men? 30:24 The Importance of Fair Play in Sport 32:44 What is The Trans Activist Argument? 34:35 Is Progress Being Made on The Trans Issue in Sport? 37:02 The Risk of Serious Injury to Women 39:44 Is This Battle Going To Be Long Term? 42:29 The Mindset of an Elite Athlete 44:24 The Mentality Difference Between Individual & Team Sports 46:07 Do You Change as a Person When You Compete? 47:59 How To Lose Well 49:05 What It’s Like to Represent Your Country 50:26 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

At TFL, we're making journeys safer for everyone, and that includes improving safety on London's roads.

0:07.4

That's why we and London boroughs are lowering more speed limits to 20 miles per hour,

0:12.3

because 20 miles per hour roads have already reduced collisions resulting in deaths or

0:16.8

serious injuries by 24%. That is how we're making journeys in London safer and brighter for everyone.

0:24.8

Such TFL improvement plan to the Mayor of London and TFL every journey matters.

0:30.6

What we find is that women remove themselves. If you have a parent that turns up with their

0:34.8

daughter to play a rugby game and they recognise that there's a male on the opposite team,

0:39.5

the parent will remove their child and say, yeah exactly, I'm a sensible dad, I do not want my daughter

0:45.7

having a neck broken, I'm taking her off the field. And one of the things I find the most heartbreaking

0:50.8

is that we've had a massive increase in primary schools now just having sports days,

0:54.9

which are mix-axe. And I've lost count of the number of parents I've contacted me with their,

0:59.3

you know, 11-year-old daughter who's come back from sports day and said not a single little girl

1:03.2

won a race today. Do you sometimes pinch yourself? Yeah, all the time. Every day I wake up and go,

1:11.3

how are we here? How has this happened? We turn around and say that we have to pretend somebody is

1:17.3

a woman, then what's next? You know, are people going to say that they're 10-years-old or 10-years

1:22.1

younger? There's got to be reality and truth. I worry terribly about free press and free speech.

1:29.4

You know, if we lose free speech, we lose democracy.

1:41.6

Hey, for artists, do you think financial platforms should be a political and not

1:45.6

cancel people just because they don't agree with their politics? I'll never forgive what those

1:49.8

absolute **** **** **** tied bank did to us. Now, for artists, we don't know if our bank account was

1:56.2

canceled because of our politics. Give me five minutes in a room with them and I'll find out

2:01.0

what you're going to do. Test your new jokes on them. Yes, Amos Celine Dion impersonation.

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