Does sports science only tell us half the story?

Research papers provide the basis for much of what we know about exercise science. But do they ignore half the population?

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No-one needs to be told that women's cycling is the poorer sibling to the men's sport. But the investment inequality doesn't stop at bikes and team buses and prize funds - it hooks its tendrils into everything, including the research papers which inform coaches and sports directors.

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