Athletes have not been spared the impact of climate change, with high temperatures, pollution, weather events and dirty water affecting performance
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“Around 94% of emissions from last year’s Rugby World Cup in France was from the transport,” said Olivia Wessendorff of the International Transport Forum at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. “Training in weather higher than 40 and reaching 50℃ is extremely dangerous to train in. Air pollution makes you feel like you have smoked cigarettes and water bodies are filled with pesticides,” decorated Indian triathlete Pragnya Mohan said.She was concerned that climate change would have a serious impact on sports like triathlon and that, in some disciplines, records might never be broken as athletes were stretched to their limits.
“Sometimes we can’t train because the air quality is not good enough. Prepping for the Tokyo Olympics we trained with extreme heat challenges. There had to be ice and slush ready before games. It also means shorter warm ups from 25 to 10 minutes,” she said.
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