At 25, poised Ko confident to talk frankly about period

PINE NEEDLES, N.C. : It started as a reporter's question to Lydia Ko wondering why she had received treatment on her back and ended with the golfer being hailed for her honesty in addressing an issue that female athletes can often be reluctant to publicly discuss.

"It's that time of the month... When that happens, my back gets really tight and I'm all twisted. It's not the first time," she said on live television. "Some people may feel uncomfortable hearing about it, talking about it and it's not something that's been said often but it is the reality that pretty much all female athletes have to deal with," Ko told Reuters on Tuesday ahead of this week's U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles.

Ko's comments came coincidentally on the same day that Chinese tennis player Zheng Qinwen also revealed that she had suffered with menstrual cramps while losing to Poland's world number one Iga Swiatek at the French Open.

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