Leading sporting figures warn that intense heat forecast could lead to competitors collapsing
The hottest Olympic Games on record could put athletes at serious risk, according to a new report Rings of Fire: Heat Risks at the 2024 Paris Olympics.The hottest Olympic Games on record could put athletes at serious risk, according to a new report Rings of Fire: Heat Risks at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“We now know the Paris Games have the potential to surpass ,” Emma Pocock, the chief executive of FrontRunners, one of the organisations behind the report said, “with climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels contributing to record heat streaks during the past months.” The French forecaster Météo France has already predicted warmer than normal conditions for May to July across the country. There is a 70% chance it will be hotter than usual, the forecaster said.”, the International Olympic Committee proposed a suite of mitigation measures to safeguard the health of athletes. But it recognised extreme heat as a growing problem for sport around the world.
For athletes competing in extreme heat, the health risks run from sunburn and heat cramps, through to heat exhaustion or even collapse from heatstroke, which is life-threatening.The Australian racewalker Rhydian Cowley will compete at his third Olympics in Paris and said he was concerned for the health, and the lives, of athletes.
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