Day 69:53Period-proof kits ‘a story within the story’ at Women’s World Cup
This was the first year Team Canada’s game kit at the Women’s World Cup featured a new Nike product with a liner designed to limit period leaks for athletes who menstruate.
In spite of the Canadian team’s early exit after a 4-0 loss to Australia earlier this week, Allison Sandmeyer-Graves, the CEO of Canadian Women and Sport, says the kit could be the “story within the story of the World Cup.”
“It’s been a long journey and this is a wonderful step really to acknowledge that many women do menstruate [and] that it is part
