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Laura Kenny: Can elite sport damage women's fertility?

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Olympic gold-medallist Dame Laura Kenny is Britain 's most successful female athlete.

She has two young boys but also had a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy.

The 32-year-old wondered if elite sport had damaged her fertility.

Dr Emma O'Donnell says elite sport puts a unique strain on the human body.

Around 11,000 pregnancies a year in the UK are ectopic - an egg implants in the fallopian tubes.

Professor Nargund says there is a potential link between intense exercise in the first three months of pregnancy and miscarriage.

Norwegian study of 34 Norwegian athletes found no increased risk of fertility problems.

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