Sporting success owes a great debt to community. It’s our duty to cherish those communities so they thrive for tomorrow's generations.
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There are plenty of campaigns around the world for the need for a balanced and quality diet but nothing concreate on the role sport plays in a really healthy lifestyle. A generation of children is growing up without access to daily exercise creating a ticking time bomb of physical and mental health issues. I would like to see sport added to the UN Human Rights Charter under Article 26 – the right to education.
It should read: Every child between the ages of 5 and 15 shall have access to at least 3 hours of sport every week. After all, Article 27 talks about the right to enjoy the arts and share in scientific advancement. A good sports policy is also a good health, education, law and order, social cohesion and economic policy so we should make sure sport sits at the heart of the UN Human Rights Charter rather than just incorporated into other UN bodies, important as they are.
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Seb is not only a 4x Olympic Medalist but also the current President of World Athletics. He joined the show to discuss stories from his Olympic competitions, the creation of the first International Olympic Committee Athlete's Commission, his time in the British Parliament, his views on the current state of global sport, and a look ahead to the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.
Wendy Schmidt, President of the Schmidt Foundation and Co-Founder of Schmidt Ocean talked to me about the incredible work she is doing around ocean conservation, the future of technology and what Covid-19 taught us.
In 2021 we discussed parenting in the public eye, her lifelong mission to improve grassroots tennis in Scotland and the tireless work she does in trying to redress gender inequalities within the game.
Raha Moharrak became the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest and each of the world's Seven Summits. This is her story and her desire to see women's participation in sport continue to grow.
