Olympian parents: How elite female athletes can stay in the game

A group of international experts will advise the International Olympic Committee on how they can improve gender equity in sports.

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00:00Most professional athletes wait till they retire to have a baby and so do older women.

00:06So your peak fertile time and your peak age as a professional athlete unfortunately coincide.

00:13How can the sports industry support elite female athletes in choosing to have children and stay in the game?

00:21Associate Professor Deirdre McGee is one of the experts advising the International Olympic Committee

00:29on how they can improve gender equity in sports.

00:33The expert group will hand down their guidelines and recommended policy changes

00:39to the International Olympic Committee in 2025.

00:44Those principles will sit down for women at a non-elite level to encourage all women

00:50to be physically active during pregnancy and then postpartum.

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