Until the next time. [00:24:40] Id like to own the WNBA and Id like to purchase a team for my daughter and we see that happening a lot is that sport is propped up by benevolent donors passionate fans people buying teams for their sons thats happening in this country and yet its not happening for womens legs and I mean how was it blown away by some of those stats from the Womens World Cup. Thank you for listening and turning up the volume on womens sport. They came away from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games last year with some pretty sobering data. Im Chris Stafford. Bridie was the first woman to join SBS Cycling to commentate the Tour de France, covering the race in 2020 and 2021. I really do appreciate it. Bridie returned to full-time work in 2013 at Epworth HealthCheck and teaching doctor-patient communication at Deakin University Medical School. That access is all a part of being accessible right the accessibility of sport. During her residency she was a rower and then an iron man triathlete and finished theq Ironman highway world championship in 2006. The Office, an Australian first, has two overall goals. [00:38:38] Its my life you know. "It was the ideal way to grow up I suppose; my sister and I would explore all day long and then go to school during the week," she said. [00:29:59] They would need to have 40 per cent women on the boards of these organisations acknowledging these were all volunteer positions. So I was appointed in November 2017. Its just it can be overwhelming but I hope it can be rewarding too and youll youll see absolutely the changes. Shes an expert shes respected shes hard. And as the saying goes you know you cant be what you cant see that that access is critically important. The first day she gets it and I am living breathing example of that that I had never worked in government before and all I was was just a washed up athlete doctor. [00:38:15] Bridie We could talk for much longer but Im mindful of your time there is there really so much to cover and Yep things keep coming up that Id like to bring up but I going to let you go and get on with your day because I know your day is starting but maybe we could circle back some time and continue this conversation because I think its I would love Aston and yes I could talk about this stuff. Search Log In Sign Up [00:16:29] Dont rub it in. [00:25:13] And of course here in the States so many are owned by my wealthy people you know of the Womens Soccer League here in the States. You know the cricket team and others. So it had both sides of politics supporting the inquiry and it was chaired by an American. The medal was awarded to my great grandmother who won an Irish bag piping competition as a teenager and she kept it with her every day. So we have a lot more men and in fact five times as many boys and men play competitive and organised sport in Victoria as do girls women girls women are active at the same rates. Has this been a lifelong passion and did you. Well thats like where its very nicely into my next point. Eighty five per cent of those women were new women. Devastatingly however, it was working: her illnessI saw it clearly as an illnesswas performance-enhancing. Now how do you do you have any thought so. Youre dealing with very powerful people generally men whove had their power for a long time. We had a team of champions and let me tell you we did not translate into a champion day. Where did that money go and why are we not seeing as much content as we would like and the WNBA is a great example. Were you very very active from a child like most Australian girls. Equally with Sydney in this country and the population of Victorias about eight and a half million and we have 115 now. Bridie We could talk for much longer but Im mindful of your time there is there really so much to cover and Yep things keep coming up that Id like to bring up but I going to let you go and get on with your day because I know your day is starting but maybe we could circle back some time and continue this conversation because I think its I would love Aston and yes I could talk about this stuff. Usually former players umpires referees presidents etc. But, like so many young women I would encounter in my time racing, she would only allow me to be a doctor on her terms. And we have nowhere near enough adult women participating in organised sport. In 2007, she began road cycling and in 2008 after winning the National Time Trial title, she raced on the Australian National Team, and then Professional teams in Europe and the United States, representing Australia at three World Championships. [00:18:32] That photograph was circulated by a very well-known AFL photographer here Michael Wilson whos received awards for the photo. Our guest this week is Dr. Bridie ODonnell, Head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation in Melbourne, Australia to discuss the issues affecting women and girls from her perspective, the progress that the organization has made to advance women and girls participation in sport and the challenges that lie ahead. So the other another problem them for example is the AFL. Once the road went up and gravity became a factor, women whose physiology could generate power while carrying as little weight as possible were the benchmark. So being active playing sport engaged in it in their life. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. And if youd like to find out more about Bridies work and the organization you could find a link in the show notes accompanying this episode at WiSP Sports dot com. And when it is provided to them in a really classy package if you like it at the best stadium with the greatest amenity and the best TV coverage and free to air they will watch it. [00:10:25] Well it certainly teach to see problem solving skills and what we know theres data from an amazing piece of research that Ernst and Young did globally where they examined women in leadership positions all over the world. [00:36:16] Theres theres thousands of reasons that get put forward as to why a woman cant actually follow around the head coach of a mens cricket team and just think OK what does this job look like and how would I do it if it were me because thats how I learned how to be a doctor. Bridie returned to full time work in 2013 as a behaviour change physician at Epworth HealthCheck and Epworth Breast Service, with a part time role teaching doctor-patient communication at Deakin University Medical School. It has the largest population and the City of Melbourne as its capital has a barometer Metro Melbourne has a population of around six million. So theres something for everyone here at WiSP Sports. Thats sort of resistent attitude. But we also need the networks to to buy into it too because at the end of the day everybody benefits if they have the foresight to invest in it at whatever level. So my mediocrity was a big part of shaping my persistence across all those sports and in rowing included I was a role for five years and an. So Im sorry Im getting to the roundabout part of your question but yeah I was a completely ordinary and active kid grew up in a regional part of Queensland with parents whod sort of taken a bit of a tree change and left a city to work in a very hippy sort of school I suppose it was like a Montessori or an unorganized but very creative supported school. So sports shapes you in all of these ways and you you I guess you have this benchmark and you think you know what I have done harder shit than this. Best of 2016: Bridie O'Donnell's world record breaking hour in photos, The stories behind the stories: CyclingTips editors share their favorite articles of 2016 and why, The women's world hour record climbs again: Evelyn Stevens rides 47.98 km, Beyond fitness: What it takes for a world hour record attempt. Until the next time. Log in to see their photos and videos. [00:25:11] Yeah. Given that most of the mid-season races on the womens calendar were between three and four hours long, and involved circuits with long climbs and technical descents, riders who had been on a bike for decades and were not only fearless and desperate, but quite literally, hungry, were potential winners. conversations from the world of women's sports. And of course theyre related. The third thing that was really vital for us is access to facilities. Thank you so much for having me on. We were racing at the flesh while on which is a famous race in Belgium with the iconic one kilometer and 10 percent climb at the finale and the women do the race in the morning sort of around 10 or 11 and then the end of the race in the afternoon in the mens races of course live on free to air TV across Europe and America millions of people watch the womens race. Bridie: In 2007, Cycling Australia put a call out to other sports for athletes with the potential to become time trialists. [00:22:49] Well why doesnt the UCI the governing body say if you want to hold a rice race licence you have to broadcast X amount and you have to provide the footage and everyone would pass the buck and say its not their job. So theres a couple of prongs to this attack if you like. The two women who coached in the first season got and McCown one of whom won the premiership cannot get a job here. Women like Angela Merkel and Christine Lagarde You know Theresa May. Dont rub it in an area had it right. Its not actually how well am I getting along with my family my children my wife my husband my parents. Theres theres thousands of reasons that get put forward as to why a woman cant actually follow around the head coach of a mens cricket team and just think OK what does this job look like and how would I do it if it were me because thats how I learned how to be a doctor. These werent really. So I was appointed after a very long process. You know theres this myth that oh lets just train more women lets give them coaching courses lets educate them. Bridie what what did your main focus in the big to dos because you know youve got a huge huge agenda. Posted on July 26, 2021 by July 26, 2021 by Whats that look like for you now. [00:22:31] And she said well you know what I did some digging and I found out that everyone checks their responsibility or their part to play in the way. What were seeing now is those people are being left behind. Theyre very good at cultivating people who are highly motivated really passionate and want to make change. Its all of the things that I experience which is you lose a lot. And unfortunately under that category of niche was womens sports. And we do look forward to continuing the conversation with you so thanks again and well stay in touch. My concerns about that were met with derision by old, chain smoking Italian men who drove the vans and said that seatbelts were invented by the English and are a waste of time! And so whilst we are we have scholarship programs that are offered. One year I was stupid enough to pack it in a suitcase of clothes I couldnt care less about when I was heading off to Italy to join my pro team, and of course the baggage never arrived at Malpensa Airport in Milan. You know these are the difficult things to manage training when its cold and wet and rainy is actually quite simple compared to inter family tensions or a difficult boss or trying to manage team leaders or staff that you you just cannot seem to get on the same level. Your email address will not be published. And look were winning the mens ashes too. And she said if thats how theyre talking about me on social media what are they. In road cycling, where images of men with lean, tanned legs and hollowed cheekbones had been emblematic of true professionalism, most teams aspired for the same appearance for their women riders. They drop out at all different parts of their lives milestones of their lives for example university or pregnancy or menopause or an aged parts of their lives. Well it certainly teach to see problem solving skills and what we know theres data from an amazing piece of research that Ernst and Young did globally where they examined women in leadership positions all over the world. But that said you know the mens AFL league started over 100 years ago with zero scrutiny and social media to criticize it. They just often win because theyre the fastest. O'Donnell is a world champion road cyclist, a former rower, and triathlete. Hello and thank you for downloading this episode of transcending sport here on WiSP Sports. I would imagine on your To Do list we do have a huge agenda and we have just a small team but we but theyre terrific. Peggy is an amazing trailblazer here in Australia and she chaired and there were some very important influential powerful athletes and administrators women and men involved in this inquiry that published a report at the end of 12 months and what they had looked into were some specific data around a number of women girls participating in sport access to facilities that these women and girls have number of women in leadership positions in sport. My teammate would eat an apple. My pleasure. And that I think has been the extraordinary difference for professional womens sporting leagues and teams is that theyve had to grow and blossom and be criticised in the most ridiculous level of scrutiny both on social media from anonymous abusers but also from just you know male commentators saying this is boring I dont like watching this and it wasnt that long ago that I was commentating Road World Cycling Championships and we were hearing commentators from other countries saying this is a boring race nothings happening with therefore womens cycling is boring without any insight into the idea that these women are not only different physiological beasts but its a different race with different team numbers. Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old? Now shes a young AFL footballer playing for Carlton who has not only incredible strength and agility but she has this kicking style thats very characteristic for her. Were making sure we support every organisation and their attacks on. What Ive experienced and when I was a professional cyclist lets say 10 years ago I was in an extraordinarily talented team. And yet the WNBA all is a really as a league that is struggling and has struggled to get investment. Bridie returned to full time work in 2013 as a behavior change physician at Epworth health check in Epworth breast centre with a part time role teaching doctor patient communication at Deakin University Medical School from 2013 to 2016. You have to work with people of varying abilities different types and motivations and you have to rally them all you have to have a plan and b c and d when things dont go your way. Bridie ODonnell has enjoyed two very different careers. And so I would say that the London Paralympics was probably the best broadcast and profiled Paralympics weve seen and as you know so much investment went into the campaign that amazing ADVERTISEMENT Whether you loved it or not it was memorable in reminding us of the extraordinary abilities of all of those athletes that were going to Paralympics. You know theres this myth that oh lets just train more women lets give them coaching courses lets educate them. Our guest this week is Dr. Bridie O'Donnell who is head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation in Melbourne Australia and she is here to discuss the issues affecting women and girls from her perspective. My sessions were always prescribed by Donna [Rae-Szalinski]; they were time trial-specific, and often focused on flat roads, whereas my teammate would put in four or five hours of slow pedalling, then maybe some climbs, usually across the highway towards Sienna. On 22 January 2016 O'Donnell broke the Womens UCI Hour Record at the Adelaide Super-Drome. Okay. You dont get what you want a lot. And weve seen more than one women a week killed by her former husband or intimate partner which is a devastating statistic in this country that we need and we are working very hard to remedy. Its not life and death. I was going to get your reaction to that the topic of equality in sport as far as women are concerned now we wed look maybe at Australia maybe rightly or wrongly from here as being somewhat advanced you know making more strides shall we say than than they are than they are then there is happening elsewhere in the world and certainly keeping up with it. It wasnt until I made the move across to road cycling that I encountered so much discussion of power-to-weight ratio, a topic preoccupying riders, coaches, and the DS of any team. But more of them are mind lovingly great and a privilege an absolute privilege to work in an industry to be paid a salary every fortnight to do something that is affecting change for millions of people is a distinct privilege and I just I know its the job of my lifetime. Im Chris Stafford. Because Im most curious about this you know being in the media for as long as I have. If we were to simplify wed say our three strategic priorities are increasing the number of girls and women participating in sport and aggression. [00:00:00] Hello and thank you for downloading this episode of transcending sport here on WiSP Sports. Thank you so much. With power-to-weight ratios being such an important factor, the female athlete has a far greater risk of suffering eating disorders than does her male counterpart. CEOs and board directors and the stats are mind boggling 96 percent of women in leadership positions across all industries have been competitive athletes. Bridie ODonnell took to cycling late, but a rapid rise to the top ranks of the Australian scene fuelled her ambitions. Lets say my former sport cycling incredible para cycling bombs as by Australians in the last world championships. I think thats a critical part of increasing the coverage and exposure of womens sports. My pleasure. Thats a powerful image of a man who knows her sport. The rigors and sometimes the bullying and abuse that comes with professional sport. What theyve also done is looked around and thought Wow we dont have a lawyer or we dont have a community fund raiser or we dont have a person who understands around membership protection. And unfortunately under that category of niche was womens sports. Dr O'Donnell is a medical doctor, graduating from the University of Queensland's school of medicine in 1998 and is the current head of the Office for Woman in Sport and Recreation for the Victorian State Government. [00:13:22] Well thats like where its very nicely into my next point. Right there. O'Donnell will have "a week or so of non-goal oriented behaviour" before training for the national road cycling competition with the Women's Rush Cycling Team. Managing their social media accounts and to make it very clear that this is a powerful image that needs to be shown and and it became an accelerated image the world started talking about this. And yet we have over 30000 girls and women registered to play was he rules in this state and hundreds more that are paid teach physical education teachers or former coaches in other jobs that could be highly qualified to do that. You fail a lot. 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