When Rhydian Cowley looks back at his collapse in 35-kilometre racewalk at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he can see how frightening his case of heatstroke was, and how lucky he is to still be competing.
“ that there are other athletes that have had much longer-term impacts of heat stroke happening to them. So I consider myself lucky.” When asked by the umpire if he was ok to continue during the second set, Medvedev, said “I can finish the match but I can die.The forecast for Paris during the Olympics is not yet known. However, some parts of Europe have already experienced temperatures above 40 degrees this year, and in 2022, France recorded a lengthy heatwave with maximum temperatures of 36 degrees during the Olympic period.
The August 2003 heatwave in France claimed the lives of 15,000 people in a fortnight, and resulted in the hottest summer recorded in Europe since 1540.Handling testing conditions has always been part of the challenge for Olympians and the theatre for those watching the Games, but Cowley said extreme weather put athletes at genuine risk and reduced some of the interest in some contests.
“I do think that that high-performance aspect, in terms of the ability to run a certain time or whatever it is, is very exciting,” she said. A spokesperson for the Australian Olympic Committee said the team was aware of the expected conditions and had been working on heat-mitigation strategies with leading experts in the field.“Ultimately, our aim has been to give athletes choices based on the conditions and their programs,” the AOC spokesperson said.
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