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'Losing your period is not healthy': Athletes want more understanding of women's health

Carla Papac is an Ironwoman and exercise physiologist working to raise awareness and understanding of female athlete health. (Supplied: Surf Life Saving Australia)

When Ironwoman Carla Papac stopped getting her period, she wore it as a badge of honour.

"The attitude towards it was, 'I don't want my period because it means that I'm an elite athlete'," she told ABC Sport.

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