Inside the Tokyo Heat Project preparing Australia’s Olympians and Paralympians to compete in Japan – ABC News

Australia’s champion wheelchair rugby team the Steelers are currently in camp in Darwin preparing for the heat and humidity of Tokyo, where they hope to win a third consecutive Paralympic gold medal.

• Some athletes, for instance those with spinal cord injuries, can struggle to regulate their own body temperature
• That can be particularly challenging in sports like wheelchair rugby
• The Tokyo Heat Project is finding ways to help athletes cool down, using the heat and humidity of Darwin as a test environment
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