{"id":7597,"date":"2021-07-09T14:09:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T12:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/tokyo-olympics-2021-the-battles-in-the-japanese-heat\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T09:07:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T07:07:31","slug":"tokyo-olympics-2021-the-battles-in-the-japanese-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/tokyo-olympics-2021-the-battles-in-the-japanese-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Olym\u00adpics 2021- The batt\u00adles in the Japa\u00adne\u00adse heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Final\u00adly, in 2 weeks the Olym\u00adpic games in Tokyo are about to begin. With one year of deay due to a glo\u00adbal pan\u00adde\u00admic and much uncer\u00adtain\u00adty and com\u00adplex plan\u00adning, the games will be car\u00adri\u00aded out wit\u00adhout audi\u00adence and ath\u00adle\u00adtes only pay\u00ading short stints on site.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Games wit\u00adhout Olym\u00adpic spirit<\/h4>\n

Becau\u00adse of the Covid 19 pan\u00adde\u00admic, even a year later the event is only a shadow of its ori\u00adgi\u00adnal self. While the Olym\u00adpic move\u00adment is a sym\u00adbol to unite peo\u00adp\u00adle and bring peace, this year, distance and secu\u00adri\u00adty are of big\u00adgest prio\u00adri\u00adty. Ath\u00adle\u00adtes are only allo\u00adwed to be in the offi\u00adci\u00adal space and faci\u00adli\u00adties for a very short peri\u00adod of time and must report dai\u00adly for covid test\u00ading. This week it was deci\u00added to host the games wit\u00adhout any audi\u00adence, which will be a sad view on TV and for the ath\u00adle\u00adtes com\u00adpe\u00adting. which will be a sad view on TV and for the ath\u00adle\u00adtes competing.<\/p>\n

Sound decis\u00adi\u00adon or madness?<\/h4>\n

Even under this cir\u00adcum\u00ads\u00adtances, I am glad that the Games are being held. On the one hand, it has to do with the incre\u00addi\u00adble sym\u00adbo\u00adlic cha\u00adrac\u00adter that the Olym\u00adpics always have. It cap\u00adti\u00adva\u00adtes fans world\u00adwi\u00adde and gives hope, moti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon and pas\u00adsi\u00adon in a peri\u00adod coin\u00aded by uncer\u00adtain\u00adty, distance and fear.<\/p>\n

Even more important, I see the Games hap\u00adpe\u00adning for the ath\u00adle\u00adtes. Espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly tho\u00adse, from sports that only get a wort\u00adhy appearance at the Olym\u00adpics. The cano\u00adeists, the shoo\u00adters, the hep\u00adta- or pent\u00adath\u00adle\u00adtes and many more. Many of them have deci\u00added to go on for one more Olym\u00adpic cycle and have put their exis\u00adtence on this thin rope. Tha\u00adt\u2019s why, in my opi\u00adni\u00adon, ghost games with a safe\u00adty con\u00adcept make per\u00adfect sense.<\/p>\n

Spe\u00adcial men\u00adtal and cli\u00adma\u00adtic stress<\/h4>\n

For the ath\u00adle\u00adtes this enti\u00adre cir\u00adcus with coro\u00adna tests, tight timing, dif\u00adfi\u00adcult accli\u00adma\u00adtiza\u00adti\u00adon in extra hard cli\u00adma\u00adtic con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons is a real chall\u00adenge. Tokyo curr\u00adent\u00adly has a very hot, humid cli\u00adma\u00adte. The\u00adse games are almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly going to be a his\u00adto\u00adric heat battle.<\/p>\n

Ath\u00adle\u00adtes have trai\u00adned in advan\u00adce in cli\u00adma\u00adte tents to simu\u00adla\u00adte the con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons on site (about 35\u200a\u2013\u200a40\u00b0 cen\u00adti\u00adgra\u00adde and 80% humi\u00addi\u00adty). Access\u00adories such as ice ves\u00adts, ice baths, coo\u00adling sports drinks with men\u00adthol or so-cal\u00adled ice slus\u00adhies (vis\u00adcous drinks made of crus\u00adhed ice, car\u00adbo\u00adhy\u00addra\u00adtes a\/\u200bo pro\u00adte\u00adin) pro\u00advi\u00adde addi\u00adtio\u00adnal coo\u00adling from the insi\u00adde and out\u00adside. The body heats up very stron\u00adgly under maxi\u00admum per\u00adfor\u00admance and cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00adding con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons. A core tem\u00adpe\u00adra\u00adtu\u00adre of over 41\u00b0C is rea\u00adched and dra\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly redu\u00adces the abili\u00adty to per\u00adform and recover.<\/p>\n

Tha\u00adt\u2019s why the teams will not only have a lot of their own infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre (many nati\u00adons avo\u00adid the gene\u00adral ath\u00adle\u00adte space and sup\u00adp\u00adly their ath\u00adle\u00adtes com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly self-suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent\u00adly) but also ice tubs, ice machi\u00adnes and many blenders.<\/p>\n

Whoe\u00adver can best cope with the\u00adse many\u00adfold chal\u00adlenges will bring home a medal. And even if not cele\u00adbra\u00adted live in front of crowds, it can be con\u00adfi\u00addent\u00adly said that the\u00adre will not only be one of the most hea\u00adted batt\u00adles for gold, but also the most com\u00adplex by far.<\/p>\n

Swiss team big\u00adger than ever<\/h4>\n

The Swiss dele\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon also has reason to rejoice. Once again Ralf St\u00f6ck\u00adli, for\u00admer Cur\u00adling Olym\u00adpic bron\u00adze meda\u00adlist (Van\u00adcou\u00adver 2010) will lead the Swiss ath\u00adle\u00adtes to the Games. The\u00adre will be 116 of them in 2021 \u2013 more than ever befo\u00adre. This is thanks to good repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon in new sports like BMX and clim\u00adbing and a so far unseen bench strength in estab\u00adlished sports such as track and field. The big\u00adgest title con\u00adten\u00adders defi\u00adni\u00adte\u00adly include tri\u00adath\u00adle\u00adte Nico\u00adla Spi\u00adrig, moun\u00adtain bikers led by a uber-strong Mat\u00adthi\u00adas Fl\u00fc\u00adcki\u00adger and the still some\u00adwhat undera\u00adchie\u00adving Nino Schurter, kara\u00adte\u00adka Ele\u00adna Qui\u00adri\u00adci, sport clim\u00adber Petra Klin\u00adgler and time tri\u00adal spe\u00adcia\u00adlist Ste\u00adfan K\u00fcng. But the Olym\u00adpics live just as much from the breadth and the sports that are other\u00adwi\u00adse rare\u00adly seen in the head\u00adlines. Tha\u00adt\u2019s why the Swiss fen\u00adcers, the shoo\u00adters and the riders should not be for\u00adgot\u00adten here. I don\u2019t know that much about the lat\u00adter \u2013 I do recom\u00admend oats to my ath\u00adle\u00adtes, but tha\u00adt\u2019s as far as the par\u00adal\u00adlels with hor\u00adses go.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I am alre\u00ada\u00addy extre\u00adme\u00adly exci\u00adted and loo\u00adking for\u00adward to the games \u2013 I root for some ath\u00adle\u00adtes more than for others, but abo\u00adve all, I wish ever\u00adyo\u00adne com\u00adpe\u00adting the very best, unfor\u00adgettable moments and that each and ever\u00adyo\u00adne can per\u00adform to their full potential.<\/p>\n

Let the games begin!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Final\u00adly, in 2 weeks the Olym\u00adpic games in Tokyo are about to begin. With one year\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8002,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597\/revisions\/8002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danihofstetter.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}