Laura stands inside the Tree Fort. She's wearing a gray, black and white sweater.

She says ALL RIGHT TVOKIDS I AM SO EXCITED TO WELCOME THE HOST OF ALL ROUND CHAMPION OLYMPIAN WORLD CHAMPION, TEN TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION CANADIAN SPORTS LEGEND GIVE TUP FOR PERDITA FELICIEN.

Perdita pops up on screen. She has long straight black hair and wears a dark green sweater.

A caption reads "Perdita Felicien."

Perdita says HELLO, EVERYBODY!

Laura says PERDITA! WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. YOU HAVE DONE SO MANY AMAZING THINGS IN YOUR SPORTS WHICH HAPPENS TO BE HURDLES BUT I WANTED TO ASK BECAUSE I AM WONDERING IF SOME TVOKIDS DON'T KNOW WHAT HURDLES ARE. CAN YOU ACTUALLY LET THEM KNOW WHAT THAT IS?

Perdita says YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. SO MY SPECIALTY 100-METRE HURDLES. YOU SPRINT BASICALLY FROM THE START TO THE FINISH OVER 100 METRES.

As she talks, a clip shows athletes sprinting and leaping over hurdles, that look like wooden fences.

Perdita says THERE ARE 10 OBSTACLES IN YOUR WAY. THEY ARE CALLED HURDLES. THEY ARE ABOUT MY WAIST HIGH. YOU HAVE TO JUMP THEM AS FAST AS YOU CAN. IT'S SUPER SCARY. IT TAKES 12 SECONDS FROM START TO FINISH SO IT GOES BY FAST.

Laura says THAT IS WILD. LIKE DO YOU EVER THINK LIKE... FEEL LIKE YOU YOU WANT TO JUMP OVER THINGS YOU SEE NOW? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO?

Perdita says SOMETIMES THE URGE DOES COME OVER ME BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE EVEN THOUGH I AM RETIRED FOR A FEW YEARS NOW YOU NEVER LOSE THAT SENSATION. OR ANY TIME I SEE SOMETHING LIKE A FENCE OR FIRE HYDRANT THE HEIGHT OF A HURDLE I CAN TAKE THAT.

Laura says YOU ARE LIKE, I COULD JUMP THAT? YES. I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT.

Perdita says OKAY, SO YOU ARE ACTUALLY A WORLD CHAMPION TVOKIDS YOU ARE TALKING TO A WORLD CHAMPION! I WANT TO KNOW WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE TO ACTUALLY BE THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT SOMETHING?

Perdita says YEAH, IT IS SUCH AN INTENSE FEELING BECAUSE YOU WORK SO HARD TO DO SOMETHING. YOU HAVE A GOAL. YOU HAVE A DREAM. YOU WORK SO HARD. AND HERE IS THE THING. EVEN THOUGH YOU CHASE THE DREAM IT'S NOT GUARANTEED, BUT ON THAT DAY I BECAME THE WORLD CHAMPION. I BEAT EVERYBODY LIKE YOU SAID. AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THE DREAM IS A REALITY NOW. I AM LIVING THIS DREAM. AND I REMEMBER AFTER YOU WERE IN A RACE YOU DO VICTORY LAPS TAP IT WAS MY CANADIAN FLAG, THE PHOTOGRAPHERS. TEN OF THEM WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE PICTURES. PERDITA, PERDITA, WAIT!

Laura says YOU ARE LIKE YOU WAIT. THIS IS MY MOMENT RIGHT NOW?

Perdita says EXACTLY.

(LAUGHING)

Laura says THAT IS AMAZING. OKAY, NOW, PERDITA, WE KNOW THAT YOU ACTUALLY HOLD THE CANADIAN WORLD RECORD. SO, WHAT IS THAT TIME?

Perdita says YEAH, I HOLD THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RECORD, AND I SET THAT IN 2004, AND I BET THAT SOME OF OUR VIEWERS WERE NOT EVEN BORN WHEN I SET THAT, AND IT'S 12.45 SECONDS. NO, IT'S 12.46 SECONDS, AND IT STILL STANDS TODAY. 2021. SO... (BLOWING) LOTS OF DUST. I'M OLD.

Laura says OKAY, DO YOU HEAR THAT TVOKIDS? I'M SENSING THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A CHALLENGE FOR YOU TVOKIDS TO GET TRAINING AND GO AND BEAT THAT WORLD RECORD OR THAT CANADIAN RECORD.

Perdita says THAT'S RIGHT. RECORDS ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN. SO, PLEASE, SOMEONE SMASH IT. I WOULD NOT BE OFFENDED, OKAY? I WOULD NOT BE MAD AT THAT.

Laura says THERE YOU GO. THERE'S YOUR CHALLENGE TVOKIDS. OKAY, SO, PERDITA, YOU'RE ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, THE HOST OF ALL AROUND CHAMPION. AMAZING SHOW IN ITS SECOND SEASON RIGHT NOW. CHECK IT OUT, TVOKIDS. NOW, YOU WORK A LOT WITH THOSE YOUNG ATHLETES. WHAT KIND OF ADVICE ARE YOU GIVING THEM THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS?

Perdita says WELL, IT'S REALLY INTENSE BECAUSE THEY'RE LEARNING THESE 10 SPORTS, AND THEY ONLY HAVE A FEW DAYS TO LEARN THEM, AND I THINK THEY'RE REALLY STRESSED WHEN THEY FIRST COME THERE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAY TO THEM IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 10 WEEKS TO GET TO THE END. DON'T TRY AND BE PERFECT IN WEEK ONE OR WEEK TWO OR WEEK THREE. JUST TAKE WHATEVER MOMENT IS IN FRONT OF YOU AND FOCUS ON THAT, AND IF YOU TAKE EVERY SINGLE MOMENT AND YOU KIND OF BUILD AND YOU BUILD AND YOU JUST DO THAT, SOONER OR LATER YOU WOULD HAVE BUILT THIS WONDERFUL FOUNDATION ON WHICH TO STAND ON. SO, I REALLY CAUTION THEM TO PACE THEMSELVES AND TO ALSO MAKE EVERY SINGLE MOMENT COUNT. BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING, IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD OF YOU, SOMETIMES THAT'S OVERWHELMING, RIGHT? SOMETIMES THAT'S TOO INTENSE, BUT IF YOU CAN KIND OF CHUNK IT INTO, LIKE, THE MOMENT THAT'S JUST IN YOUR... IN YOUR CONTROL RIGHT NOW, IT'S EASIER TO PROCESS AND TO DEAL WITH, AND SO THAT'S MY BEST ADVICE FOR THEM.

Laura says YES! TAKING THINGS ONE STEP AT A TIME. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT GOES FOR... FOR ALL SPORTS IN GENERAL. TOTALLY, RIGHT? THAT'S AWESOME. OKAY, PERDITA. I GREW UP PLAYING SPORTS. I PLAYED SOCCER, I DID A LITTLE BIT OF TRACK, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. UM, IT WAS SO IMPORTANT FOR ME AS A KID. I LOVED PLAYING SPORTS, I LOVED HAVING A TEAM, I LOVED PUSHING MYSELF AND ALSO WINNING, BUT LOSING, TOO. I LEARNED A LOT. SO, I WANT TO KNOW, WAS THERE EVER A MOMENT WHERE YOU WANTED TO GIVE UP OR QUIT?

Perdita says YEAH, I'LL TAKE EVERYONE BACK TO, LIKE, MAYBE MY SADDEST TIME IN SPORTS. SO, I WAS THE WORLD CHAMPION IN 2003, I WENT INTO THE 2004 OLYMPICS AS THE FAVOURITE, AND LIKE I DESCRIBED YOU HAVE 10 HURDLES. WHEN IT CAME TO THE VERY FIRST HURDLE, YOU KNOW, IN THAT FINAL, I FELL. I FELL AND I WASN'T ABLE TO FINISH THE RACE, AND HONESTLY, LAURA, I DID CONSIDER, LIKE, WHY AM I DOING THIS? WHY DID THIS REALLY BAD THING HAPPEN TO ME? AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR MY MOM, AND SHE WAS IN MY CORNER AND SHE SAID, "DON'T LET THIS ONE DARK DAY, THIS ONE BAD MOMENT, DEFINE YOU. DON'T LET IT STOP YOU." AND, SO, FOR ME, THAT WAS REALLY WHAT ENCOURAGED ME TO KEEP GOING, BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS. LIKE, WE'RE HUMAN. THINGS HAPPEN TO US. THAT'S OKAY, AND WHAT I REALIZED IN THAT REALLY HARD MOMENT IS THAT'S WHERE I GREW. I DIDN'T GROW WHEN THINGS WERE... WHEN THINGS WERE EASY OR GREAT. I GREW AND STRETCHED WHEN THINGS WERE HARD, AND FAILURE IS JUST A PART OF BEING A PERSON, IT'S JUST PART OF BEING HUMAN, AND IT'S OKAY TO FAIL, IT'S OKAY TO NEED TO TRY AGAIN, JUST AS LONG AS YOU GET UP IF YOU FALL.

Laura says MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR KIDS TO BE INVOLVED IN SPORTS AND SPECIFICALLY WHY YOUNG GIRLS SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN SPORTS?

Perdita says YEAH, I THINK SPORT JUST TEACHES YOU WHO YOU ARE. IT REVEALS CHARACTER. IF YOU'RE ON A TEAM, YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO WORK WITH YOUR TEAMMATES. MAYBE YOU DON'T LIKE SOMEBODY ON YOUR TEAM. MAYBE THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. THAT'S FINE, YOU JUST STILL HAVE TO LEARN TO COOPERATE WITH THEM, AND I THINK FOR YOUNG GIRLS, SOMETIMES WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THE YOUNG BOYS RUNNING AROUND, AND WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE JUST LIKE THEM. NO! IF YOU'RE A YOUNG GIRL IN SPORTS, BE YOU. EMBRACE THAT, RIGHT? DO SPORT YOUR WAY. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE BOYS WOULD LOVE TO COMPETE AND THEY WERE SO FIERCE. MEANWHILE, I JUST LIKED TO CHIT-CHAT, AND I'M JUST HERE HANGING OUT WITH MY GIRLFRIENDS, BUT I'M STILL HERE ANYWAYS, RIGHT? SO, FIND THE SWEET SPOT IN SPORT FOR YOURSELF. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WIN GOLD OR SILVER OR BRONZE. YOU JUST HAVE TO SHOW UP, AND WHATEVER'S ASKED OF YOU FROM YOUR COACH, FROM YOUR PARENTS, FROM YOUR GYM TEACHER, WHOEVER IT IS, AND JUST GIVE YOUR ALL. THAT'S ALL ANYBODY CARES ABOUT, IS THAT YOU SHOWED UP AS THE BEST VERSION OF YOU, AND I PROMISE IT WILL BE WORTH IT.

Laura says AH, PERDITA. THAT IS, LIKE, TRULY, TRULY, TVOKIDS, TAKE THAT ADVICE AND RUN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT. YOU JUST HAVE TO SHOW UP. PERDITA, THANK YOU SO MUCH OF HANGING OUT WITH US IN THE FORT FOR WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY. WE'LL TALK TO YOU AGAIN SOON.

Perdita says TALK LATER. BYE!

Laura says BYE!