Am I Stuck In A Rut or Is It Pandemic Fatigue? Fadumo Olow, Telling The Story Of Women’s Sport

Have You Got 5 Minutes?

In this episode, we talk about whether one of us is stuck in a rut or lacking ambition.

We are joined by Fadumo Olow, Social Media Editor for Telegraph Women Sport and Journalist.

She is a former footballer, has worked as a social worker, co-hosted a podcast called ‘I think she’s offside’ and written for the likes of Gal-Dem. Fadumo shares her experience of being a sports reporter, the stories that she has been working on and the things she has drawn on from her youth work.

Swimming caps for natural black hair ruled out of Olympic Games: International Swimming Federation rejects use of Soul Cap, saying it does not ‘fit the natural form of the head’ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/02/swimming-caps-for-natural-black-hair-ruled-out-of-olympic-games-alice-dearing

How West Ham Women are breaking new ground during Ramadan: Kenza Dali, Nor Mustafa and Hawa Cissoko speak to Telegraph Sport about their experience of fasting while playing elite sport https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/2021/05/09/west-ham-women-breaking-new-ground-ramadan/

Special report: Nursing mums are being forced to choose between the Olympics and their babies. Around the world, Tokyo-bound Olympians have voiced resentment at how the stringent rules are skewed against nursing mothers https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/2021/06/21/special-report-nursing-mums-forced-choose-olympics-babies/

Life Stories: Fadumo Olow on being a Black woman in sports journalism | Black History Month for BT Sport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp7ODb7NCzM

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Read Fadumo’s articles https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/f/fa-fe/fadumo-olow/

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