After finishing last in the 100m at the European Championships in Munich, Britain's fastest woman reveals her period caused calf cramps during the race.
abc.net.au/news/dina-asher-smith-calls-for-more-research-into-menstruation/101353324Olympian Dina Asher-Smith has called for more funding for studies on how a woman's period can affect athletic performance after the British sprinter pulled up with cramp during her 100 metres title defence at the European Championships in Munich.
"Women don't talk about it, either. We see girls that have been consistent have a random dip. Behind the scenes they are really struggling, while everyone is thinking, 'What's that? That's random'. We just need more funding. "One hundred per cent, there should be more funding," she said after qualifying fastest for Sunday's relay final.
in which she praised Asher-Smith and described running on her period as having "legs [that] feel like they have been replaced with concrete blocks, and that a screwdriver is carving out the Taj Mahal around my ovaries."
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