Women of Influence 2018: Winning sport's gender race

By Hannah Tattersall
August 24 2018 - 8:00am
Jane Flemming believes sporting bodies should invest more in an attempt to improve the revenue streams for women's sports.
Jane Flemming believes sporting bodies should invest more in an attempt to improve the revenue streams for women's sports.

Recently Twitter users reacted to a photo of the winners of a Billabong Junior Surf Comp in South Africa, where female winner Zoe Steyn was awarded half the prize money of male winner Rio Waida. As one radio host tweeted: "Same ocean. Same boards … Different winnings."

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