Researchers worry that Paris represents the latest in an Olympic trend that has winter athletes scrambling to find enough snow and their summertime counterparts facing health risks — cramping, vomiting, heat stroke — caused by peak temperatures. Many athletes said they spent a week or more training in hot weather to prepare. “Paris weather is quite unpredictable,” Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic said after a sweltering match at Roland-Garros Stadium. British tennis player Jack Draper, for one, said French organizers could do more to help athletes stay hydrated. We were drinking hot water out there.”Another tennis player, American Coco Gauff, mentioned taking an ice bath after her match.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 02, 2024 18:04 UTC