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Can the Olympics go the distance?
Climate change, keeping a lid on costs, and a shrinking pool of host cities threaten the future of humanity’s biggest sports celebration.
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Football players taking a cooling break at the Paris Olympics, at La Beaujoire Stadium in France, on July 31.
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At the Paris Olympics, it has been hard not to break into a sweat, even for those not competing. Climate change made its presence felt as temperatures rose 3 deg C or 4 deg C above what they were the last time Paris hosted the Games a century ago.
Table tennis and badminton players had to use ice packs to cool down, soccer teams took mandatory cooling breaks, and cold-water baths and air-conditioned changing rooms brought much-needed relief.
