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Pregnancy and sports a challenging combination for female professional athletes
Read full article: Pregnancy and sports a challenging combination for female professional athletesRecent allegations by WNBA player Dearica Hamby that her coach harassed her for being pregnant have shined a renewed spotlight on one of the biggest challenges that female professional athletes face.
Salazar's lifetime ban upheld by SafeSport Center
Read full article: Salazar's lifetime ban upheld by SafeSport CenterTrack coach Alberto Salazarโs appeal of his lifetime ban for sexual misconduct was rejected by the U.S. Center for SafeSport in the latest, and possibly final, defeat of his once-storied career.
Changing the Games: These stories of Olympic moms transcend sports; will make you feel things
Read full article: Changing the Games: These stories of Olympic moms transcend sports; will make you feel thingsItโs one thing to be a new mom: Unpredictable, frazzled, busy; youโre trying to get to know your baby, heal your body and maybe even breastfeed, which can be unfamiliar and challenging, especially at first.
Podcast: Silver medalist Hannah Roberts discusses gender discrepancies in BMX
Read full article: Podcast: Silver medalist Hannah Roberts discusses gender discrepancies in BMXThis episode of On Her Turf included a conversation with BMX silver medalist Hannah Brown and a discussion about Olympians who simultaneously juggle motherhood.
Most athletes are true to word in dates with drug testers
Read full article: Most athletes are true to word in dates with drug testersWorld champion Coleman and Salwa Eid Naser could miss the Tokyo Games for what are known in the anti-doping world as whereabouts failures. Since early 2001, when the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's whereabouts system began, there have been 21 whereabouts sanctions out of 175,000 completed tests. Coleman's latest case brought a flurry of Monday morning quarterbacking from the track world, much of it on social media. Set a recurring daily alarm 15 minutes before your hour window. It shows theyre doing their job.The whereabouts system came under a uniform global protocol in 2009.
Runner's abuse allegations embolden other female athletes
Read full article: Runner's abuse allegations embolden other female athletesTrack and field is facing a painful and public reckoning with the treatment of some female athletes. Former teen running star Mary Cain's account this week of alleged physical and emotional abuse at the recently disbanded Nike Oregon Project is prompting more top athletes to come forward. The sportswear giant added it will "take the allegations extremely seriously and will launch an immediate investigation to hear from former Oregon Project athletes." Flanagan, the 2017 New York City Marathon champion, is a longtime Nike runner but was never part of the Oregon Project. Goucher, a former Oregon Project runner who helped provide evidence for USADA's case against Salazar, said on Twitter "the culture was unbearable."