Count six of them on Team USA -- and then there's the pregnant Canadian curler with the sizable baby bump ....
Ronda Kaysen: If you think it's hard making it to the Olympics, trying making to the Olympics with a kid. Having babies and winning gold medals don't exactly go hand in hand, which might explain why out of the 93 women on the United States Olympic Team, only six of them have kids. And of those six, only one -- hockey darling Jenny Potter -- is poised to take home a medal.
"Pregnancy sets [athletes] back," says Dr. Joan Steidinger, a sports psychologist and author of the upcoming book "Blood, Sweat and Cheers: The New Female Athlete." "They have to work extra hard to come back and to get in elite-level condition. I think [motherhood] is a real hurdle for elite and average athletes."
Having kids and being an elite athlete is hard for guys,...
Ronda Kaysen: If you think it's hard making it to the Olympics, trying making to the Olympics with a kid. Having babies and winning gold medals don't exactly go hand in hand, which might explain why out of the 93 women on the United States Olympic Team, only six of them have kids. And of those six, only one -- hockey darling Jenny Potter -- is poised to take home a medal.
"Pregnancy sets [athletes] back," says Dr. Joan Steidinger, a sports psychologist and author of the upcoming book "Blood, Sweat and Cheers: The New Female Athlete." "They have to work extra hard to come back and to get in elite-level condition. I think [motherhood] is a real hurdle for elite and average athletes."
Having kids and being an elite athlete is hard for guys,...
- 2/19/2010
- Momlogic
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