Paris and pollution, heats in the heat: a topical discussion of the relationship between the climate and sport

Daniel Tinnion¹, Amy Harwood², Evert Verhagen³, Carole Akinyi Okoth^{4

5}, Diana Gai Robinson^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Life Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
² Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
³ Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO, Amsterdam UMC Locatie VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Internal Medicine/ Rehabilitation, National Spinal Injury Referral Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵ Directorate of HealthCare Services, Ministry of Health, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁶ Sport and Exercise Medicine, Sydney Sportsmed Specialists, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁷ STP Education Projects, Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians, Melbourne, New South Wales, Australia.

Editorial

Daniel Tinnion et al. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2024.

. 2024 Oct 3;10(4):e002249.

doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2024-002249. eCollection 2024.

Daniel Tinnion¹, Amy Harwood², Evert Verhagen³, Carole Akinyi Okoth^{4

5}, Diana Gai Robinson^{6

7}

¹ Life Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
² Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
³ Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO, Amsterdam UMC Locatie VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Internal Medicine/ Rehabilitation, National Spinal Injury Referral Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵ Directorate of HealthCare Services, Ministry of Health, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁶ Sport and Exercise Medicine, Sydney Sportsmed Specialists, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁷ STP Education Projects, Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians, Melbourne, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Environment; Exercise; Heat stress; Olympics; Performance.

Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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