‘With alternative games, there’s a sport for all. The main takeaway of the chat was that life is too short. Having competed in many weird sports competitions for over 20 years now Julia enjoys meeting other competitors and world champions from all over the world, the strangeness of the sports and the community around them that creates a sense of belonging. In their conversation, Julia dives deep on how her injuries in her twenties made her driven to learn how to swim and snorkel to compete in bog snorkelling. She became the Ladies World Champion Mountain Bike Bog snorkeller and soon went on to the Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajärvi, Finland! Listen to her stories about bouncing back and what it takes to win. After a car accident, Zimmer frame for 3 years and reading the Guinness World Records Book in hospital Julia learned to swim and bog snorkel. In this episode, Oli Russell-Cowan chats to Julia Galvin, a novelty sports enthusiast. Episode 9: Podcast with Julia Galvin, the Queen of Weird Sports
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