Halfway through the following Olympic cycle, Burt, along with the team doctor, Richard Freeman, came across their next marginal gain: solving women’s saddle pain. All of the women said that saddle problems were affecting not just their training but their competition. “The world‑class expert advice from a professor at Cambridge was that waxing and shaving didn’t help our fight against saddle issues,” says Burt. The women were strongly advised to stop shaving, waxing and depilating. “The podium squad haven’t had a saddle sore for six months,” said Burt shortly before the Games began.

Source: The Guardian August 15, 2016 17:50 UTC