Lauren Fleshman: ‘There is a betrayal of women’s bodies in the sports system’

The former US 5000m champion believes that elite sports are guilty of erasing women's bodies, leading to unnecessary problems for competitors

If males got boobs during puberty there would be a free sports bra in every locker and we wouldn't even be having this conversation," says Lauren Fleshman, laughing but not joking. When teams issue uniforms a sports bra should be part of that uniform."

Fleshman, a former professional runner and elite college athlete with multiple national titles during her time at Stanford University, is now running a race to highlight how the sports industry fail women.