Elite Athletes Are “Afraid of Getting Pregnant” and Saying Goodbye to High Competition

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Cátia Azevedo, three times Olympic in athletics, was a mother this year and says that athletes continue to be very afraid of getting pregnant in a sports environment where she escapes empathy, and is mostly managed by men. Many times national champion of the 400 meters, she adds: "My husband is also an athlete, he has been a father and everything is fine. There is no equal treatment. There are several cases in Portugal of athletes who have run o…

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“It seems like it's an end of the line. Either we are mothers or we continue to be high-performance athletes.” Motherhood continues to require elite athletes a support network that does not always exist.

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Portuguese speedster, who was a mother this year, admits to having feared that maternity could weigh on the continuity of the career and even on the renewal of the contracts, despite maintaining the sports objectives.