SYDNEY: The coach of Australian swimming superstar Ian Thorpe said yesterday the fertility of female swimmers was being threatened by a 'win at all costs' approach adopted by some coaches.
Tracey Menzies said the gruelling training regimes could interrupt athletes' menstrual cycles and affect their fertility and warned that some coaches were ignoring the issue.
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