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It’s Reload time on the Fired Up Sport podcast. We’re giving you the chance to hear one of our most listened to podcasts from last year; the Great Period Cover-up. Why is there still such stigma around female athletes and periods? The monthly cycle has such a fundamental impact on athletic performance, so why is there so little research into its effects? On this podcast we hear from Commonwealth Games medal winner, track and field athlete, Jazmin Sawyers, who has spoken candidly about how her period almost prevented her from taking part in the long jump final at the Rio Olympics. We also talk to Australian Tennis star Priscilla Hon about how she never used to feel comfortable talking about her period to male coaches. Plus Emma Ross, Head of Physiology at the English Institute of Sport, discusses the pioneering research she is doing to help female athletes turn their period into a super power . It's the Fired Up Sport podcast in association with Sport England and This Girl Can. Come with us and #ChangeTheConversation.