Robyn Lambird is dreaming of gold
From murderball to the basketball court, Robyn Lambird has always loved sport. Now they’re pushing for gold on the racing track at the Tokyo Paralympics.
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Learn more about the Halftime Huddle’s Taylor Capannolo
From college athlete to commentator-meets-podcaster-meets-producer, sport has opened many doors for Taylor. The best part? She is only just getting started. Taylor Capannolo is a former NCAA Division 1 college athlete, current football producer at 3AW and one half of the Halftime Huddle, a podcast for “gutsy women in Australia calling sport their own”. She …
Profiling Kelly Defina
Continuing our profiles of women in sports photography, Siren’s Deakin University intern Brielle Quigley introduces us to photographer Kelly Defina. After starting her career in fashion, Kelly Defina swapped runways for muddy fields and long, hot days spent courtside anticipating when the magic would happen, and magic it is. With an uncanny ability to read …
Grumpily forcing grassroots data to exist: Alyssa Longmuir’s impact on Australian ice hockey
In a world where statistics in sport are an assumed asset, ice hockey analyst Alyssa Longmuir is grumpily forcing grassroots data to exist in Australia. Nowadays sport and statistics go hand in hand, and there’s an assumption that they’re readily available (well, for men’s leagues anyway). When Alyssa Longmuir became a fan of ice hockey …
Lauren Parker: “I can be better, fitter, stronger and faster for 2021”
While the postponement of the Tokyo Paralympics was disappointing for paratriathlete Lauren Parker, her focus is on being fitter, faster and stronger for 2021. Refocus and adapt. That’s how Australian paratriathlete Lauren Parker has dealt with the postponement of the Tokyo Games, which would have been her first Paralympics. “Initially when I heard the games …