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A performance review released November 30, 2025, showed that AK’s Menstrual Symptom Tracking program (News #238) increased podium finishes (top 3) for elite women by 41% in 2025—by aligning training, travel, and competition with individual hormonal cycles. We stopped ignoring biology—and started leveraging it, said Dr. Lucy Waweru. Athletes like Hellen Obiri and Celliphine Chepteek credited the program for career-best seasons. World Athletics will integrate the protocol into its *Female Athlete Health Guidelines* for 2026.