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The 2025 U23 world rowing championships just wrapped up in Poland. The top young talent in the world of rowing showed up with thrilling races and surprising finishes, with the South African rowers leaving their mark on the world champs. Chloe Cresswell led the charge in the lightweight women’s single sculls, and her technical precision and fight, meant she walked away with a silver medal.We celebrate the win together on the podcast, as Chloe joins me to talk about the race, the German fighting in

The countdown is on! This July, 38 teams from around the globe will lace up their skates and head to Austria for the highly anticipated Roller Derby World Cup. With a history spanning over 90 years, roller derby has made its way around the world and is a sport that empowers women and breaks down patriarchal barriers. Joining me on the podcast this week, is Zelri van der Schyff, who will be representing Team South Africa along with her team mates at the world cup. Zelri is also a coach and part of

Having begun her sporting journey as a paraswimmer, Charlotte Henshaw represented Great Britain for over a decade across three Paralympic Games, bagging silver and bronze medals for swimming. Until she found her way into paracanoe and won the paracanoe world championship ten times. Winning gold at Tokyo 2020, was followed by Charlottes incredible double gold win at Paris 2024 where she competed in the inaugural VL3 event (watch here). For her services to canoeing she was awarded an MB in the 2021

Kate Christowitz is a retired Olympic rower with a passion for building equity in rowing, for women. As the chair of the athletes Commission for RowSA, Kate is also a dedicated coach who loves sharing her knowledge for rowing with young athletes. She is also the director of rowing at St. Stithians College where she maintains and develops the rowing fleet.In this episode, Kate shares her journey from discovering rowing as a young girl at St Mary’s to becoming an Olympian, highlighting the

This year Red Bull King of the Air has created its first ever Women’s Division in this premier kitesurfing competition which always features the best athletes from around the world. We will get to witness a unique showcase of female talent and athleticism in this historic event that is sure to be a game changer for women’s big air. Joining me to talk about the upcoming competition and her journey as one of the participants is Jasmine Cho. Born in Korea, raised in the U.S and now considering Blouberg

This week it’s ice hockey week on She Speaks Sport ahead of the South African women’s tour to Turkey. My Guest Elaine Moller has been playing ice hockey for over 10 years and has proudly represented South Africa internationally for 5 years. She is part of the senior women’s team representing our country at the World Championships rom April 1st to April 7th.On the show Elaine shares how she got into ice hockey, and how there are unique challenges facing female ice hockey players, including

Katherine Williams is a member of the RMB National Rowing team. Having claimed a bronze medal in the U23 World Championships in the single scull, she is currently part of the women’s heavyweight double with fellow rower, Paige Badenhorst. Kat joins me to talk about how she fell in love with rowing, the excitement and twist in the bronze medal achievement, and how the new pairing with Paige was meant to be. We also talk about representing women in the national team, money in the sport, and the