Menstrual Cycle Tracking in Women’s Sport: From Awareness to Better Athlete Support

Women’s sport has experienced major growth in recent years. A clear example is the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, which will be the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games in history, with 47% of athlete quota places allocated to women (International Olympic Committee, 2025).

With this growing visibility and professionalisation, topics that were once treated as private are now becoming part of performance conversations.