TOKYO: Intense heat and humidity could force competition schedule changes at the Tokyo Olympics and the International Olympic Committee said on Sunday it would back any such plans if needed.
Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev - the world's top two men's tennis players - led calls to organisers on Saturday to move matches to the late afternoon for the rest of the competition to save players from the stifling conditions."Competition schedules have been built where possible to avoid the hottest parts of the day but that is not possible with every sport," the IOC's sports director Kit McConnell said on Sunday.
The WBGT is a measure of the heat stress in direct sunlight, taking into account temperature, humidity, wind speed, sun angle and cloud cover.
All schedule is based on US broadcast interest. Onestly say, We would like to held Olympic games on October.
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