‘Losing your period is not healthy’: Athletes want more understanding of women’s health
When Ironwoman Carla Papac stopped getting her period, she wore it as a badge of honour. “The attitude towards it was, ‘I don’t want my period because it means that I’m an elite athlete’,” she told ABC Sport. “So imagine the effect it has when you’re talking to your role models and people who are achieving really good things in their sport and them telling you that they don’t have proper menstrual health. “You are going to take that on board and want…
