Elite sport may have caused my 'out of control' body to suffer miscarriage, says Dame Laura Kenny
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Elite sport may have caused her 'out of control' body to suffer a miscarriage, cycling champion Laura Kenny has said. Dame Laura, Britain's most successful female athlete, boasts five gold medals and a silver from three separate Olympic games. She says she 'gave 100 per cent' to every training session and race for more than a decade, even questioning if she had worked hard enough if she did not throw up after a workout.
![[Laura Kenny of Team Great Britain and Holly Edmondston of Team New Zealand sprint during the Women's Omnium points race]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/20/93627933-14240119-image-a-71_1735677196795.jpg)
But her commitment may have had an impact on her fertility, she has revealed. After marrying fellow cycling phenomenon Jason Kenny and welcoming their first child in 2017, she miscarried in November 2021 and had an ectopic pregnancy five months later. This occurs when a fertilised egg implants and grows outside of the womb - usually in one of the fallopian tubes - requiring emergency surgery.
![[Pictured: Laura Kenny 's children Monty and Albie - Albie was born in 2017 and Monty in 2023]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/20/93627929-14240119-image-a-72_1735677215142.jpg)
Jason Kenny and Laura Kenny attend BBC Sports Personality Of The Year 2024 at Dock10 Studios. Laura Kenny of Team Great Britain and Holly Edmondston of Team New Zealand sprint during the Women's Omnium points race. Pictured: Laura Kenny 's children Monty and Albie - Albie was born in 2017 and Monty in 2023.
![[Dame Laure Kenny hugs Myleene Klass on Loose Women during an interview]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/20/93628009-14240119-image-a-73_1735677366539.jpg)
'Everything was a shock - I went from being so in control of my body to being so out of control,' she told Radio 4's Today programme. 'Was my body just running on empty, and then it said, 'Well, hang on, there's no way we can do this?'. While she successfully gave birth to another son, Monty, in July 2023, she had started to talk publicly about her baby losses.
![[Laura Kenny interviews her husband (R) Jason Kenny for BBC TV television Paris 2024 Olympic Games]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/20/93628011-14240119-image-a-74_1735677369611.jpg)
