'After that I did intervene and told them not to give this to other young athletes and I advised Jess then on what I used to do.' 'They tried it because that's what medical science was saying you should do in that situation, but they knew that it hadn't worked because athletes had told them 'I feel worse'.

They were still trying it, that's what frustrated me. Jo Pavey knew that, others knew that, but it seemed that nobody within British Athletics had written that down, in terms of 'we won't give that to other young athletes'. 'I knew from experience that this norethisterone drug made things a hundred times worse. 'Sometimes maybe people didn't believe - you need more women who understand to give more evidence. The 41-year-old revealed she first broke the record in Chicago in 2002 while suffering period cramps in the last third of the race.

Radcliffe called for more studies to be done on the impact of the menstrual cycle on female performance - drawing on the experience of elite athletes such as herself and Jo Pavey who have 'tried to do things to control their period' throughout their careers. I have a day or two here and there where I feel like this' Watson on her being unwell during her Australian Open exit: 'I get this at different times. On Tuesday, Heather Watson complained of 'girl things' as she went out of the Australian Open while feeling unwell. Radcliffe, who will retire after this year's London Marathon, was commenting after former British women's tennis number one Annabel Croft described women's periods as the 'last taboo' in sport. It added its science and medical team had recently worked on providing better support for female athletes. 'Too often in sport, doctors are men and they don't understand.'īritish Athletics said it could not comment on individual cases but added it was 'very much aware of the added challenges concerning menstrual issues around performance athletes'. 'I would argue it's a lack of learning,' Radcliffe told BBC Sport. A tearful Judd lost in the 800m heats and Radcliffe said: 'It wasn't the first time they'd given it to an athlete and it hadn't helped.'īritish Athletics said it had recently introduced a number of initiatives.

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