The issue of when to stop breastfeeding was one that Tuliamuk, like many sporting mothers, had to wrestle with.

The World Health Organisation and the United Nations Children’s Fund recommend that children be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life, external and continue to breastfeed alongside adequate food until they are two or beyond.

“I was going to breastfeed for three or four months which would still give me about two and a half months before the Olympics,” Tuliamuk explained.

“But once my daughter arrived, I realised that stopping breastfeeding was not on the cards for me. It was just something I loved so much.”

Such experiences prompted the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board and Paris 2024 to create a dedicated space for children for the first time in Olympic history.

“We’re taking a lot of lessons from Tokyo and the previous Games and we want to constantly improve on the athlete experience,” Emma Terho, chair of the IOC athletes’ commission, told BBC Africa.

“We have more and more athletes that have very young children, and mothers that are continuing their career quite soon after giving birth.

“They can concentrate a lot better on competing if there is a facility that enables them to have a child with a caregiver close by at the Olympic Games.”

So, what can nursing mothers and child carers expect?

The creche offers space and privacy for breastfeeding mothers who will be able to pump and store their milk. There are also nappy changing facilities and play areas.

Overnight accommodation is available outside the village, if national Olympic committees (NOCs) agree to fund it.

Terho, a former Winter Olympian, says there is a booking system for those who need it most.

“We wanted to make sure there is this space where they [competitors] can be in quiet and privacy, still able to focus on probably the highlight of their career,” she said.

But what about other Olympic areas?

Tuliamuk says the Sapporo marathon site in 2021 was not set up for nursing mums.

After a late change to the start time because of the heat, she was not able to express her milk in the hotel.

“I got to the starting line where we had a tent for Team USA, but there was no place to breastfeed or pump,” the 35-year-old said.

“I would have needed to go to the bathroom and pump, but I just ran out of time.

“It would have been nice if there was a private tent but nobody was thinking there might be athletes who are breastfeeding.”