As opponents battled for the rostrum on the third day of Olympic athletics on Sunday, it was Tokyo’s beautiful warmth that maybe dished out essentially the most ache.
Punishing circumstances greeted athletes and officers as a trackside thermometer touched 40 levels Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and the humidity hovered round 60%, with solar beating down on the fan-free National Stadium.
Sweat-soaked reporters donned moist towels as the ladies’s 3,000-meter steeplechase qualifiers performed out, the occasion’s trademark water hazard showing extra attractive than ever.
The dangers of heatstroke at one of many hottest Games on report are borne by the athletes, but in addition by the 1000’s of employees, particularly at out of doors venues.
Some 30 individuals concerned within the group of the Olympics have suffered heat-related sickness thus far however all had delicate signs, Games director normal Toshiro Muto mentioned.
– Japan Times
Nagase wins Japan’s fifth gold medal in judo
Japan Today – Jul 28
Takanori Nagase on Tuesday gained Japan’s fifth gold medal in judo on the Tokyo Olympics, beating Mongolia’s Saeid Mollaei within the ultimate of the lads’s 81-kilogram division.
Japan’s Ono wins judo gold
NHK – Jul 27
Japan’s Ono Shohei has gained the gold medal within the males’s judo 73-kilogram class. He beat Georgia’s Lasha Shavdatuashvili within the ultimate.