runningchick wrote:
I'm friends with one of the women who dropped and she said here core temp was 40 degrees when they measured it in the medic tent. Its close to heat stroke and could lead to death. Thank god she dropped. Just because some survived doesn't excuse this insane situation athletes were put in willingly by the IAAF.
Why not make it a condition to put the marathon in a mild climate. In a winter olympics you also need snow. Why not make humane conditions for the marathon a requirement? And they could have sent them anywhere. Or even have them do the entire damn thing on the track with AC.
There is really no excuse.
I totally disagree with this.