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Actually, as an underwhelmingly talented amateur athlete myself, I have read of this gruesome and immoral technique. It is real and it does happen. It is obviously disgusting - the complete subjugation of everything, even a human life, to the need to win a medal.

And it does not in the least surprise me that Eastern Bloc countries would have their teenage athletes impregnated by the coaches. The Eastern Bloc combined the most advanced training techniques on earth with the absolutely ruthless health-sacrificing steroid programs. Women in particular suffered later in life from the effects of years of concentrated steroid, IGF-1, and growth hormone abuse.

Believe it or not, I have read that members of the East German track team would be assigned a "partner" before big meets, as German physiologists thought that sex before races might boost performance.

BTW, I am not an exercise physiologist, but I have witnessed and read of anedotal accounts of women, in the months following pregnancy, achieving personal bests in swimming. My understanding is that it all has to do with hormones. Formerly pregnant women have a lot of them, which I suppose facilitates muscle recovery and cardiovascular fitness.

Actually, as an underwhelmingly talented amateur athlete myself, I have read of this gruesome and immoral technique. It is real and it does happen.

What benefits accrue to the athlete who does this? How long do the effects last? Does the athlete perform while in the early stages of pregnancy or just after the abortion?