Long taboo subject while the natural phenomenon can have a strong impact on performance, the menstrual cycle is now taken into account by sports equipment manufacturers.
Nike thus unveiled on Monday the new outfit of the French football team as well as those of the eleven other selections that the brand accompanies for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand this summer.
With a strong trend: the disappearance of light tones in favor of darker colors for the sake of comfort.
The Habs will now evolve with blue shorts inspired by the Roaring Twenties, leaving aside the old white version.
These stockings have been designed to better adapt to the management of the menstrual cycle in athletes with the presence of a very thin protection masking any leaks.
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Professional female footballers play two 45-minute halves with no breaks or timeouts.
Many of them told us that they could spend several minutes on the ground in fear of having menstrual leaks
,” explained Jordana Katcher, head of the comma brand in a press release.
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When we showed them this innovation, they told us how grateful they were to have these shorts to help them feel confident when they can't leave the court,
" she added. .
This issue specific to women in sport had already been mentioned by several athletes in the past.
In tennis in particular, but especially in football.
Thus, the English players had put the subject on the table during Euro 2022. Striker Beath Mead had felt that white "was not
practical
" when the players were subject to menstruation.
A call heard by Nike, the equipment supplier of the selection of the Three Lions, who also made a cross on the white shorts in the new outfit of the England team.