The start times of the World Championships were changed.
The Japanese National Stadium was watered on Wednesday. The air temperature in the shade was about 30 degrees. On the surface of the field, the temperature rises above 50 degrees. Jenni Gästgivar
-The marathons and walks of the World Championships, partly also matches and 10,000 meters, will become very brutal events. The condition is quite horrible, especially for marathon and walks, analyzes Wednesday Iltalehti Athletics Specialist Arto Bryggare.
-There should be no top sports competition in a circumstance that is so dangerous to athletes, the expert added.
The International Athletics Association (WA) has reacted and signed the views of Iltalehti’s expert in its official statement.
“Due to the expected heat, which can pose a health and security risk to competing athletes, all road competitions on the first three days of the Tokyo World Cup start 30 minutes earlier than planned,” WA announced Thursday.
Saturday’s women’s and men’s 35km walks, Sunday women’s marathon and Monday men’s marathon start at 7:30 pm local time.
This means at 01.30 Finnish time.
For example, for Saturday’s walking competitions, temperatures of 24 to 28 degrees are predicted. The humidity of the air is forecast at 80 %. Air humidity is a water vapor in the air that is usually not seen or feeling.
– The moist and hot weather is clearly harder than the dry and hot weather. You have to drink a huge amount, but in damp weather the fluid does not evaporate in the same way as in drier weather. That’s why the body gets hot, Bryggare said.
The German of the Monday World Championship Marathon Elite Amanal Petros are sorry for the challenges caused by the weather.
– It’s very hot. It’s unfortunate. Due to the circumstances, the World Cup is becoming more and more tactics, Petros commented on Thursday at his partner’s press conference.
The hottest in history
The World Championships in Japan will begin on Saturday. Jenni Gästgivar
Wa was aware of long ago that there may be challenges in Japan because of the weather. That is why it was decided to organize the World Cup in mid-September.
This year, the weather in September has remained in Tokyo as a summer month.
Suvi 2025 in Tokyo has been the hottest in the history of measurement started in 1898.
“The Wa and the Tokyo Organizing Committee, together with the WA health and medical team, have made a decision in which athletes are prioritized.