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‘Pregnancy does not mean game over’: meet the footballers challenging the myths | Moving the Goalposts

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Claire Emslie and Emma Kelly are among those taking advantage of new research and guidelines for pregnant playersClaire Emslie wasn’t expecting to be able to run at 81% of her max speed at 32 weeks pregnant.Emslie, a Scotland international who also plays as a forward for Angel City FC, documented her journey through pregnancy and football training on social media and is part of a growing number of professional female footballers who are getting pregnant in their athletic prime and approaching motherhood with a fresh mindset. Rather than marking the…

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