Health
Egg Freezing in Sport: An Insurance Policy With No Guarantee
BBC Sport explores the complex and increasingly prominent issue of egg freezing among female elite athletes. As sports organizations like Chelsea and the Spanish Football Federation begin offering support, players face tough physical and emotional decisions. For stars like England netball icon Geva Mentor, freezing eggs in her mid-30s acted as a personal insurance policy to preserve fertility during demanding athletic careers. However, experts emphasize that the procedure involves rigorous physical tolls and offers no absolute guarantee of future pregnancy.