Jaz Sawyers helps young women tackle period anxiety
European long jump champion Jazmin Sawyers is leading a campaign to help young female athletes overcome the challenges of their menstrual cycle.
The 29-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent visited her old athletics club in the city to talk to young girls about the physical and emotional impact that periods can have on their performance.
Research by sanitary products company Always suggests that 66% of girls and women believe the time of the month puts them at a competitive disadvantage.
Sawyers will miss this summer's Paris Olympics because of a ruptured Achilles.
A film by Laura May McMullan
