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Margie Davenport, Associate Professor, Christenson Professor in Active Healthy Living, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta

Elite athletes shouldn't have to choose between their sport and pregnancy

New mom Natalie Geisenberger, of Germany, celebrates winning the gold medal in luge women's singles at the 2022 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Every two years the world watches in awe as incredible athletes compete during the Olympic and Paralympic games. Olympians inspire the nation, and serve as role models to all young athletes. But after inspiring so many, and as the Olympics close, athletes are faced with a new question. What’s next?

Elite sport requires a level of commitment that often means sacrificing other aspects of life. In many sports, the window of peak performance and the window of fertility for female athletes overlap in their twenties and thirties. Female athletes who desire to have a family are often faced with a difficult choice.

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