In Nice, this Sunday, on the Promenade des Anglais, the thermometer will be around 40 ° C. Despite everything, 4,800 athletes will start from Ironman France. This extreme triathlon is in itself a challenge. During a heat wave, it becomes an even more formidable test. Also test for the 15,000 supporters, and all the people who will encourage athletes.
In 2019, due to the hot weather and a peak of pollution, the cycling and pedestrian race had been shortened a few tens of kilometers. The objective was to reduce the exposure of participants to these conditions and the risks weighing on emergency services. What will he be this year?
“The event will take place normally, Balay Yves Cordier The director of Ironman France. We are not faced with the same conditions in 2019 with regard to temperatures. Above all, there is not this atmospheric pollution barrier which had then forced us, for security reasons, to review the format. “
“We are used to”
For Yves Cordier, former triathlete who became a conductor of this organization, “We have learned to do with these high temperatures that become recurrent. We always organize our tests in summer and inside the land, it is often even warmer than on the coast. And then this year, the heat has settled for several days already, there is no surprise effect. But it remains an alert that we do not minimize. The climatic side is an essential parameter to all our events. “
Hydrate, refresh yourself, to the many supplies
On the refueling points of the Ironman, the athletes will have everything available to cool off, cool and hydrate. “For the bike, we have eight refueling points, one every 20kmwhich corresponds on average to 40 minutes of racing. At each point, there are more than 2 liters in a drink per runner: 1.5 liters of water completed by electrolytes, drinks rich in mineral salts which help to endure the high temperatures. There is also ice on each refueling point to cool the bodies and showers on running. There, we have supplies every 1.8kmwhich corresponds between 7 and 12 minutes of racing. Finally, with regard to the swimming test, usually athletes set off in the water in combination. Tomorrow this will not be the case, the water is at 26 ° C, it will allow bodies to cool off for half an hour, three quarters of an hour. “
“This is almost the device we have on each test, Pondere Yves Cordier. We are also capable of remedying rain, cold, cold climatic events … To all this is added as of course medical support. “
Call to vigilance for the public
Regarding the public, expected in the course of this sporting show, “Vigilance must be put”urges the organization. Spectators will have to deal between the crowd and strong heat: “Remember to take a cap, put sunscreen and look for corners in the shade. And especially think about drinking to hydrate yourself without waiting to be thirsty. In case of high heat, you have to drink regularly.”
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