Women in Sport, the podcast that brings you the stories of female athletes from across the world of sports, from the fierce rebirth of roller derby in the U.S, to the first Ugandan woman to medal in international boxing!
Hosted by Sophie Timmermann and Thess Mostoles
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Today’s conversation dives into the topic of athlete burnout.
Roughly every tenth athlete is affected by some symptoms, Hanna Glandorf, a researcher and data scientist, who has focused much of her work on the health implications of stress and burnout, explains. Over time, higher burnout symptoms also predict lower objective performance. We talk about definitions, symptoms, and how prevalence and intervention come together when treating it.
30 Aug 2026
Ultramarathons and the 20,000km Experiment with Ria Xi
What if the most delusional idea you ever had turned out to be the one worth chasing?
In this episode of Women in Sport, we speak with Ria Xi, an ultrarunner and the first person to run the ancient Silk Road: 20,000 kilometres from Vladivostok, Russia, to Lisbon, Portugal. We spoke to her live, mid-run, in China.
Ria opens up about leaving Silicon Valley, setting a record on the Camino de Santiago, and what running an ultramarathon every single day for 14 months does to your body, your brain, and your sense of self. She is also using the run as a live science experiment, getting brain scans along the route to study what extreme endurance does to the human brain.
Plus: running solo as a woman across some of the most remote places on earth, and why she says it's only delusional until it isn't.
And Sophie and Thess also chat about the European Athletics Championship in Birmingham earlier in August, which Women in Sport Podcast attended.
Previous study on long-distance running in brain's grey matter reference during the episode: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3409063/
30 Jul 2026
Freestyle Football with Jasmijn Janssen
What if you walked away from professional football as a teenager and ended up becoming world champion anyway?
In this episode of Women in Sport, we speak with Jasmijn Janssen, freestyle footballer, eight-time Dutch champion, and 2025 Super Ball World Champion from the Netherlands.
Jasmijn breaks down what freestyle football is, how she trains and what it took to finally win gold after two runner-up finishes. We also cover performing, whether Freestyle Football should be in the Olympics, and her mission to get as many kids as possible to smile, one trick at a time.
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