She would say why dont the race organisers just mandate to you know Euro sport that they have to show 30 minutes and they would say well you need to pay us and then say Okay fine. So all I need to do my job is curiosity persistence support from my employer and my colleagues and a willingness to learn and anyone can do any job when they had those four characteristics. You are my reputation as a sporting nation but just to give a little bit about Graham Brady is to your sporting history because youve been very involved with sport actively as a triathlete and then as a cyclist. And if you say those things about women or you you devalue women and show them no respect. Head Coach - Rowing South Australian Sports Institute Aug 2022 - Present5 months Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Head of Rowing Xavier College Aug 2020 - Aug 20222 years 1 month Senior High. And so what weve seen with now three complete seasons of AFL WS Thats the Womens Australian Rules. That access is all a part of being accessible right the accessibility of sport. 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. Theyre powerful for women and theyre equally powerful for boys and men. Its a great question. The joy of having secured that first pro-contract was quickly dented by some fairly harsh realities, not the least of which was seeing the damage some cyclists were prepared to inflict on their bodies inthe pursuit of success. I bought it on holiday in Antibes in France, and it made me feel very European, mon cheri. You dont get what you want a lot. I would make some coffee and then I would eat some sort of cereal with yogurt and berries. Brady thank you so much for taking time to come on the show today. 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. Former international cyclist Dr Bridie O'Donnell has replaced wealthy businessman Alex Waislitz, who quit suddenly yesterday. Were seeing this more in the year in the UK and in parts of Europe with the different networks too. Taylor Harris herself was interviewed on the radio sort of saying I know you shouldnt read the comments but Ive read them and these are by some men whove got women in their profile pictures you know wives and probably kids. Six years of med school was helpful but actually following around the senior doctor and thinking Okay heres what being a surgeon involves. And we have seen a huge shift in the way Paralympic sports and pro athletes are being invested in here and of course we saw Dylan all cult winning at Wimbledon and the US Open in the mens wheelchair tennis but still no womens wheelchair tennis categories and that what I would argue is probably through a couple of the Normal barriers around a lack of depth of athletes those athletes havent had anywhere near as much support both financial emotional and logistical support to become wheelchair tennis players. But its early days but theres no doubt that what were seeing now is instead of the why we used to there would have been a lot of the why why should we fund womens sport or why women arent as good as men. You know you become quite self-absorbed and so focused and you have to be. And then about nine months later they announced that there would be a campaign sort of suite of initiatives called change again. 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. We know that not all violence against women is due to environments that people grow up in but it all starts from a lack of respect. They would need to have 40 per cent women on the boards of these organisations acknowledging these were all volunteer positions. Usually former players umpires referees presidents etc. [00:00:00] Hello and thank you for downloading this episode of transcending sport here on WiSP Sports. 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. "A German mother taught the German language, a surgeon parent taught anatomy by cutting up ox's hearts, and we learnt music three times a week from another parent," she said. But as you saw not only from the extraordinary performances of the US national womens team but the one point one billion viewers and the stadiums that were packed out is that people want to see and witness the best quality sport on offer. Thats where all of our networking events support it. That photograph was circulated by a very well-known AFL photographer here Michael Wilson whos received awards for the photo. Your email address will not be published. Bridie returned to full-time work in 2013 at Epworth HealthCheck and teaching doctor-patient communication at Deakin University Medical School. [00:25:11] Yeah. But as you saw not only from the extraordinary performances of the US national womens team but the one point one billion viewers and the stadiums that were packed out is that people want to see and witness the best quality sport on offer. It meant I was surrounded either by taller, heavier womentheir physical prowess enviableor small, wiry and dynamic lightweights, who were always adding a run or an extra ride to their countless on-water sessions. Ensuring that girls and women can show up to sporting clubs and feel safe included theres not just this sort of dark mahogany with pictures of men who won in 1963 that these places are family friendly and people want to. "It makes you very proud not just of myself, but all of the wonderful people who supported me.". I would go back to the lost baggage section each week when a team mechanic was headed to the airport for one reason or another, but it never showed up. So learning that online is not good enough. Bridie was appointed the inaugural head of the Office for Women and Sport and Recreation by the Victorian Government and in May 2018 she published a life and death a cycling memoir about her experiences as a professional cyclist in the international peloton. You know how to deliver you keep going when youre tired you keep going when youre annoyed when it rains when its windy. But I had incredibly supportive colleagues and certainly the public service is very good at that. And like so many of them I took a chance of you know quitting my job as a physician where I was working behaviour change because I just felt that this was a unique opportunity and remarkable way for me to have an influence over the lives and the outcomes of so many girls and women that I didnt have when I was coming through sport and that so many girls and women who are who have a disability or who are from a multicultural background or from a marginalized communities definitely dont have in Australia. 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. As a doctor, and being well aware of ideal training methods, nutrition and exercise physiology after spending three years studying for my sports medicine exams, I knew what I was seeing was unsustainable in the short term and unhealthy in the long term. It was a problem all over the worldwhat youd almost term performance-enhancing eating disorders. Bridie what what did your main focus in the big to dos because you know youve got a huge huge agenda. You know we had yes we had the Olympics in 1956 we had the Sydney Olympics in 2000 we were one of the first countries in the world to have an institute of sport. The core values of WiSP Sports are based on the following principles to: WiSP Sports, Inc. Its not actually how well am I getting along with my family my children my wife my husband my parents. And I think that is a conundrum too about you know we do need bums on seats and we do need the women to be attending sports events and filling these stadiums too. The Office, an Australian first, has two overall goals. We had a team of champions and let me tell you we did not translate into a champion day. Systems around unconscious bias around myths of maintaining confidentiality so we dont want to have a mentee follow the head coach male coach around or retaining information and privacy that you cant have women in mens spaces because you know sexuality issues or nudity or whatever. That access is all a part of being accessible right the accessibility of sport. Bridie graduated as Valedictorian from the University of Queensland Medical School and won the J R S Lahz Prize for Most Outstanding Intern in 1999. We have had women meddling in basketball at the Olympics for five six Olympics and yet and we have some of the best basketball is in the world have come from Australia. During her residency she was a rower and then an iron man triathlete and finished theq Ironman highway world championship in 2006. Shes very tall incredible flexibility of this photograph of her kicking so her legs completely apart almost 90 degrees flexible hips incredible flexible flexibility and strength. Less than 10 per cent of the coaches of all teams at the Commonwealth Games were women and worse than that. Im sick of people saying thats not our job to do this or were just waiting for a bigger sponsor. Instead of a ring, he had a necklace made for the proposal. Dr Bridie O'Donnell (born 29 April 1974) is a road cyclist from Australia. Were you very very active from a child like most Australian girls. Women and what they when they dug down into these. [00:39:10] Its just it can be overwhelming but I hope it can be rewarding too and youll youll see absolutely the changes. Equally with Sydney in this country and the population of Victorias about eight and a half million and we have 115 now. She would say why dont the race organisers just mandate to you know Euro sport that they have to show 30 minutes and they would say well you need to pay us and then say Okay fine. They could do it five years ago they would probably struggle and so well I think we need to determine the barriers. They were married in the 1940s and went on to have six children and eight grandchildren. Before rowing, when I was an ironman triathlete, leanness in the elite women was a common physical feature, and a requirement for athletes frames to endure the rigours of a nine or 10-hour event. We have had women meddling in basketball at the Olympics for five six Olympics and yet and we have some of the best basketball is in the world have come from Australia. 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In 2006, she finished Ironman Austria, Ironman Hawaii and rode a bike course record at Busselton Ironman. About so many things I could have done better. So you know there are opportunities out there. We want fans to experience those games because that then also leads to TV viewership and that if youve never been to a WNBA game or at Suncorp if Nepal or if I thought w the atmosphere is wonderful and very family friendly nowhere near the same levels of aggression and violence. So for example there was a rather controversial commitment made by the federal government a few years ago where they said were going to give money to Fox Sports to focus on niche sports. And what Im asking them to do is think differently about something and that can be for some of them deeply threatening. [00:19:16] 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. 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. 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. You know these are the things that shape us for when were sitting in a very difficult meeting with difficult personalities or when we have staff who are feeling unrecognized via a process thats happening whether thats in government or in medical industries and as I said Ive been a doctor for a very long time. What Ive experienced and when I was a professional cyclist lets say 10 years ago I was in an extraordinarily talented team. First, she worked as a medical practitioner. There are still definitely haters and trolls and people who are abusive. As a young girl growing up in a house with no electricity and television, Dr Bridie O'Donnell had no idea she would one day be a world champion cyclist. Thats sort of resistent attitude. And as the saying goes you know you cant be what you cant see that that access is critically important. The Silver Ferns where were sitting and we also saw and Im sure this photograph reached across the world is the photograph of Taylor Harris That was the most glorious examination and image of a woman kicking sheet. I began by asking Bridie how the organisation came about. They came away from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games last year with some pretty sobering data. [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. O'Donnell is a world champion road cyclist, a former rower, and triathlete. You fail a lot. Has this been a lifelong passion and did you. And then what needed to come from that and there were nine recommendations that came from this report and the Victorian Government committed to implementing all nine of them. So seeing those women on the field on the pool deck beside the court looking authoritative I mean some of those great images of Becky Hammon whos been the assistant coach at San Antonio looking up to those extraordinarily tall NBA players knowing that shes been a former WNBA champion herself is really powerful. And we do look forward to continuing the conversation with you so thanks again and well stay in touch. And what of the swimsuit she misses? 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 can imagine there were dozens or they said to me you know 100 women and men applied for this job. Another of my pro teammates restricted her carbohydrate intake for the eight weeks leading into a major race, losing 20% of her body weight, and she placed third overall, securing herself a strong result and a bonus from her bike sponsor (bonus is probably too strong a word for it; when women cyclists get a bonus from a bike sponsor, it tends to be $500 or $1000, for men it might be a million Euro for a Tour de France win). Its where May speaking it you know over 120 events panels conferences et cetera in the last 18 months supports that is driving that message home that leadership can look different. Or you can post your comments on our social media at Facebook Instagram and Twitter or LinkedIn. Right there. Its not life and death. They would lament conspiratorially how irritating it was that an idiot old lady with no authority, who was not a world champion, was telling them what to do. So they have funded a national program around women in leadership and coaching theyve basically selected 16 scholarship holders from all over the country and are cultivating those. We venture into the book with an excerpt from Chapter 7, where ODonnell recounts what she saw when she headed to Europe to race for an Italian team in 2010. So it actually wasnt until I was in my second year of medical school I went straight into medical school out of high school and I started doing a triathlon. [00:16:37] But its early days but theres no doubt that what were seeing now is instead of the why we used to there would have been a lot of the why why should we fund womens sport or why women arent as good as men. The dilemma for me was obvious: my concern for her health, and my medical knowledge about the long-term effects on her body and her mind, let alone her career, were constantly in my thoughts. Log in to see their photos and videos. [00:34:19] And how about the increase in female coaches. Portugus; bridie o donnell private life. But Im curious as to where you see the progress that youre making. O'donnell is a world champion road cyclist, a . Okay. 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. Brady thank you so much for taking time to come on the show today. I think no go do the deal with our channel 7 9 or 10 or ABC or SBS which are our national broadcasters because its not good enough anymore to just say oh thats not our job. 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. You know you become quite self-absorbed and so focused and you have to be. She became the first Australian woman to make an attempt on the UCI world our record in 15 years setting a new world record of forty six point eighty eight two kilometres at the Adelaide Superdome in November 2017. Yeah theyve just won the Ashes they won the World Cup. And we have seen a huge shift in the way Paralympic sports and pro athletes are being invested in here and of course we saw Dylan all cult winning at Wimbledon and the US Open in the mens wheelchair tennis but still no womens wheelchair tennis categories and that what I would argue is probably through a couple of the Normal barriers around a lack of depth of athletes those athletes havent had anywhere near as much support both financial emotional and logistical support to become wheelchair tennis players. Thats a powerful image of a man who knows her sport. But I think thats a long conversation and when I do that we can solve it here now. No absolutely thats a copout. Im sick of people saying thats not our job to do this or were just waiting for a bigger sponsor. And look were winning the mens ashes too. So what did being a professional. [00:10:12] So what did being a professional. Honor womens stories and the right to play, Protect womens integrity in sport and society, Strive to achieve gender equality and fairness in all sporting endeavors, Celebrate the achievements of women athletes in all sports, Annemiek van Vleuten Wins Second UCI World Road Championship. So the other another problem them for example is the AFL. [00:34:51] So they have funded a national program around women in leadership and coaching theyve basically selected 16 scholarship holders from all over the country and are cultivating those. 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 gender diversity and having gender equality in leadership positions is an enormous priority for us. It blew my mind. [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. Dont rub it in an area had it right. I can tell you that. Bridie welcome to the program. You know the cricket team and others. [00:30:53] And what has happened is seven white straight men have put their hand up. [00:14:07] We are in such a rapid time of change that its quite discombobulating. You know the cricket team and others. Where do you see Australia right now in terms of equality. But my goodness it does allow you a context and help you deal with strong personalities and we say that a lot in where Im working now as a sports administrator or working in government. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? 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