The Level Playing Field
The Level Playing Field is an online sports platform which seeks to tell the untold stories of sport. We are now delving into the podcast world, with our first series about everyday women in sport. This podcast series is all about talking to 'everyday' women about their journeys with sport. A few months back, I put out a rather vague and blanket post on some public Facebook groups I'm on, asking if there were any young women out there who wanted to share their story and their experience with sport. They could be of any ability, any age, any sexuality, any race, anything! Unbelievably I received over 150 responses. This podcast series is therefore a short collection of interviews I did with various different women. Some are elite athletes, some are newbies to their sport, some do sports I'd never even heard of! Ultimately, the aim of this podcast is to either encourage you to get active, learn more about the sport we discuss, or simply just be inspired by the stories you hear.
The Level Playing Field
Bekah Johnston
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Emily
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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This week's guest today is the lovely Bekah Johnston, who by day is currently training to be a lawyer, working as a paralegal at a firm in Guernsey and by sport is a competitive figure skater turned weightlifter. Now one wouldn’t necessarily think that that is a natural progression, but we had to get Bekah on to tell us a bit more about that transition! We challenge myths around the sport of weight-lifting and discuss Bekah's place as a young woman in the very male-dominated sport. I hope you enjoyed this episode and be sure to tune in next week for another story of an everyday woman in sport.