Margie Davenport – The Conversation

New mom Natalie Geisenberger, of Germany, celebrates winning the gold medal in luge women’s singles at the 2022 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

March 13, 2022

Elite athletes shouldn’t have to choose between their sport and pregnancy

Margie Davenport, University of Alberta and Tara-Leigh McHugh, University of Alberta

Sport policy and practices to support pregnant athletes impacts athletes across all levels of sport. We have an opportunity to change the future for athletes.

Sprinter Amerika Allyson Felix merayakan bersama putrinya Camryn setelah finis kedua dalam lomba lari 400 meter putri di US Olympic Track and Field Trials pada 20 Juni. AP Photo/Ashley Landis

July 30, 2021

Olimpiade Tokyo menjadi Olimpiade bersejarah bagi para ibu

Jane Thornton, Western University and Margie Davenport, University of Alberta

Sekarang kehamilan tidak lagi menandai akhir karir seorang atlet, banyak atlet elit tidak hanya kembali ke olahraga, tapi terus memecahkan rekor pribadi dan dunia sebagai ibu baru.

American sprinter Allyson Felix celebrates with her daughter Camryn after finishing second in the women’s 400-metre race at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on June 20. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

July 20, 2021

The Tokyo Olympics will be the Games of all mothers

Jane Thornton, Western University and Margie Davenport, University of Alberta

The Tokyo Games might be the most gender-equal games in history, but many competition barriers still exist for elite athletes who are mothers.

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