Olympics-Athletics-Race walkers battle 'brutal' heat in Sapporo

[ASFN Admin]

Olympic walkers had to fight through "brutal" conditions as temperatures climbed steadily during their 50km race https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/s...ds-tomala-wins-mens-50km-race-walk-2021-08-06 to top 30 degrees Celsius by 9 a.m. in Sapporo on Friday. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) made the controversial decision in 2019 to move the marathon and race walk events some 800 km (500 miles) north to Sapporo, to escape the worst of Tokyo's summer heat. But Sapporo was just as hot as Tokyo on Friday with the mercury hitting 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the country's weather agency.

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