Dame Sarah Storey: 'Women shouldn't feel less likely to want to do sport'

Pushing women’s sport up to the level it deserves to be at is a mammoth challenge.

One glance at the statistics sums up the issue. According to Women in Sport research issued last month more than one million teenage girls (43%) who once considered themselves ‘sporty’ disengage from sport after primary school. There are plenty of deep-rooted issues behind that number.

A fear of feeling judged by others (68%), lack of confidence (61%), pressures of schoolwork (47%) and not feeling safe outside (43%) were some of the reasons given for not wanting to take part. There is no easy fix but, thankfully, there are those out there determined to change the current state of play.