As Record Heat Threatens Tokyo Olympics, Here's What Climate Change Means For Future Sporting Events

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As record heat threatens the Tokyo Olympics, here's what climate change means for future sporting events:

out of a World Championships marathon held in Doha, Qatar in 2019 due to the conditions, with one runner being taken away in an ambulance. The race started at midnight in an attempt to avoid the worst of Qatar’s heat. 71,000.

That’s how many people sought emergency care for heatstroke between June and September 2019 in Japan. 118 of these died. A smaller number—65,000 cases and 112 deaths—occurred during the same period in 2020, though fewer people were out due to the pandemic.

 

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