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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Rap, a weekly podcast covering women's sports news. Males,

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Speaker 1: What have we got this week? Taking a look around

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Speaker 1: the ground.

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Speaker 2: The WBBL finals are here, the Matildas are taking on

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Speaker 2: the USA on home soil, and Hannah Green takes massive

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Speaker 2: payday For our.

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Speaker 1: Key story, we'll discuss the global fears around the safety

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Speaker 1: and well being of Chinese tennis player Peng.

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Speaker 2: Shwei in the budgy ice bathl Chatoo, Australian water polo

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Speaker 2: player two time Olympian Hannah Buckling, who is part of

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Speaker 2: the research team for a new study conducted by the

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Speaker 2: AIS that looks at the impact of pregnancy on elite athletes.

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Speaker 1: This episode, Males is on YouTube. That it is. It's

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Speaker 1: a little bit different.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be a little bit different this week

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Speaker 2: because we're in different cities.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're in different parts of the coastline at the moment,

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Speaker 1: I know we're going via zoom, well kind of via zoom.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see how we go and merch summer merches

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Speaker 1: here tonight, tonight, Tuesday night. I'm so excited for this.

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Speaker 1: It's happening. So we've got the varsity teas and we've

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Speaker 1: also got t fat muscle tees. So we'll put the

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Speaker 1: link in the show notes, head to the link in

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Speaker 1: our bio, link in our stories, all that stuff, all

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Speaker 1: that jazz. Let's take a look around the grounds.

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Speaker 2: In cricket, the WBBL regular season has come to an

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Speaker 2: end and now we're at a week of elimination matches

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Speaker 2: culminating in the final on Saturday that's going to be

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Speaker 2: hosted by first placed Perth Scorches.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of a bit of a shock.

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Speaker 2: I think, from the season that's been. The Melbourne Renegade

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Speaker 2: stumbled late, losing their last two matches to finish second

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Speaker 2: on the ladder to the Scorches. By contrast, the Scorches

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Speaker 2: stormed into the final on the back of a six

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Speaker 2: I can't believe the Sydney Sixers neither can I pretty

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Speaker 2: sad for the Sydney Sixers, who finished the season in

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Speaker 1: Not great, not great.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, They've had an interesting few seasons, the Sydney Sixers.

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Speaker 2: They started off strongly in the first few seasons of

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Speaker 2: their other teams in the tournament. Yeah, correct, So just

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Speaker 2: to look at how the final series will work. So

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Speaker 2: on Wednesday night, third place Brisbane Heat will play the

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Speaker 2: semi final. Then the winner of that match will then

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Speaker 2: finally the winner of the Challenger semi will earn their

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Speaker 2: The Scorches will be looking to win the trophy at

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Speaker 1: In soccer, Matilda's coach Tony Gas staffs and has selected

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Speaker 1: the squad to take on the USA, and he's continued

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Speaker 1: So they're going to be looking for some revenge after

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Speaker 1: But I think their performance is going to be the

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Speaker 2: In soccer news, just weeks out from the start of

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Speaker 2: for the twenty twenty two to twenty twenty three season.

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Speaker 1: The season kicks off on.

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Speaker 2: Friday, December third, and there is no doubt that she'll

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Speaker 2: afl W youngun Tiana Smith will be missing the coming

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Speaker 1: The Saint said.

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Speaker 2: The nineteen year old midfielder hurt her left knee at

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Speaker 1: In golf, Ossie Hannah Green last week received a huge

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Speaker 1: payday when she took home one million US dollars after

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Speaker 1: victory and the LPGA Tour's season long a on risk

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Speaker 1: Reward Challenge, so pretty much the prize is given to

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Speaker 2: In winter sports, we thought we'd provide a little bit

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Speaker 2: of an update on how our athletes are prepping for

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Speaker 2: the twenty twenty two Games. So you're a frequent listener

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Speaker 2: going to keep talking about it. She's a dominant CrossFit

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Speaker 2: athlete in history, having won five back to back CrossFit

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Speaker 2: the twenty twenty two Beijing Winter Olympics. So they'll compete

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Speaker 1: Can't wait. In tennis, ash Barty has joined some of

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Speaker 1: confirmed that Ossie had earned the prized accolade of the

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Speaker 1: year ending number one ranking on Friday. Her dominance has

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Speaker 1: ranking means she joins a quartet of all time greats

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Speaker 1: three straight years. What a bunch of women, what Elie?

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Speaker 1: so we're still in tennis for this one, Mills. And

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Speaker 1: and it's the frightening news that Peng Shui, the thirty

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Speaker 1: former top official of sexually assaulting her. China's Foreign Ministry

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Speaker 1: Peng wrote a long social media post on November two,

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Speaker 2: WTA chief executive Steve Simon has issued a warning to

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Speaker 2: be repercussions for Tennis and China should the country not respond.

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Speaker 2: Simon stated, should we find that what we are asking

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Speaker 2: to no longer do business within the region and move forward.

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Speaker 2: The tennis world has really rallied behind Peng, with Serena Williams,

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Speaker 2: Naomi Osaka and many others taking to social media. Williams

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Speaker 2: about the news of my peer Peng Shue. I hope

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Speaker 2: she is safe and found as soon as possible. This

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Speaker 2: love to her and her family during this incredibly difficult time.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So following on from that, there've been a couple

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Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, there's a body in there. There is a link.

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Speaker 3: There will be a link to this, I think, and

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Speaker 1: Okay, great, I love that. Yeah, so we'll make sure

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