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Elite female athletes didn’t talk about periods in the past. That’s starting to change
“Women are not small men” is the message netballer-turned-coach Elissa Kent is trying to instil in her team of young professional female athletes.
Key points:
- The Australian Institute of Sport is raising awareness of women’s health and elite female performance
- Resources will be made available for coaches, athletes and the parents of young competitors
- Initially, the focus will be on the menstrual cycle, then other issues affecting top athletes
In the early stages of her career, training around her menstrual cycle and dealing with hormones wasn’t something widely talked about, even among her teammates.
“I played centre so I was a running machine, and all of sudden I was a late bloomer and I got hit with hormones and I put on about 10 kilograms…
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