This year, elite sportswomen have repeatedly made the headlines – but before you pin up the bunting, many of the stories have been appalling examples of sexual discrimination. From former Team GB cyclist Jess Varnish allegedly being told by British Cycling’s technical director to ‘move on and get on with having a baby’ to tennis tournament director Raymond Moore commenting that if he were a ‘lady player’ he would ‘go down every night on my knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born, because they have carried this sport’.
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