with more high—profile woman like taking time out to have children and to tie in with women's sportsweekthe most decorated paralympian has been speaking to other mums to be to see what improvements are being made. for a number of elite sportswoman, it has been the matters beyond the sporting endeavours. the resources available to elite sports people is better than evan. in 2011, uk sport implemented a policy of its own but best practices are still open to interpretation. shelley would then had contrasting levels of support one she began starting a family. had contrasting levels of support one she began starting a familylj had emma and 2007 in october. i did feel pressure to get back to performance sooner feel pressure to get back to performance sooner than what i wa nted performance sooner than what i wanted to. as soon as we had more of the family orientated performance director come on board, he changed the entire feeling. i had the best season i ever had. i won the overall world cup. i won the world championships and qualified for two more olympics. sophie arrived in 2015. igot more o

and we are celebrating women‘s sportsweek by meeting some pioneering muslim women at the top of theirwhen it comes to playing elite sport. johanna konta is playing for a place in the last eight in birmingham. the british number one reach the final of the nottingham open last week before a surprise defeat to donna beckett. she has made a poor start today, broken twice the american leads 4—0 in the first set. the man who beat andy murray in the first round at queens this week has now been beaten himself. australia‘s jordan thompson lost in three sets to american sam querrey in the second round. japan‘s kei nishikori could be a doubt for wimbledon which starts a week on monday after suffering a back injury against russia‘s karen katchenov in halle. nishikori needed a medical time out but played on for a few points before retiring at 3—2 down in the first set. day three of royal ascot and the ascot gold cup producer a new champion in big orange who defeated last year‘s winner order of st george in the best finish of the meeting so far. here‘s our sports news correspondent richard conway.