Olympics-Athletes battle Tokyo summer as staff suffer heat illness

[ASFN Admin]

TOKYO (Reuters) -As competitors battled for the podium on the third day of Olympic athletics on Sunday, it was Tokyo's oppressive heat that perhaps dished out the most pain. Punishing conditions https://graphics.reuters.com/OLYMPICS-2020/SUMMER-HEAT/bdwvkogrzvm greeted athletes and officials as a trackside thermometer touched 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) and the humidity hovered around 60%, with sun beating down on an Olympic Stadium devoid of spectators due to COVID-19. American Michael Norman, after finishing second in his 400 metres heat, said he has been drinking a lot of water for months in preparation as Tokyo is more humid than California.

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