Some skiers have complained that the cold weather is making them feel ill.
The weather at some of this year’sWinter Olympicevents inBeijinghas been cold than many jock look to . According toInsider , Sweden ’s cross - country ski team is now trying to take steps to protect athletes from freeze cold-blooded temperatures at the National Cross - Country Center in the spate of Zhangjiakou after a weekend of radical parky conditions .
During Swedish athlete Frida Karlsson ’s ride in Saturday ’s Skiathlon , her manager reported that the farting chill caused the temperature to experience close to -30 point Fahrenheit . By the metre she finished her race , she could be seen shaking . She later pronounce that she had felt up close to collapsing .
Swedish Team Anders Bystroem toldReutersthat the squad planned on contacting the International Ski Federation ( FIS ) to move the start time of the event to earlier in the daylight . issue that initiate by and by in the day are more likely to have wind chill that is forged and temperature that are much crushed .
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" We have the moth-eaten limits we have , there is not much to say about that . I do not know if they also measure the tip effect , " Bystroem said .
The current temperature banner correct by the FIS have a competition limit of -4 degrees Fahrenheit , in other words , competitions are put over if it ’s any colder than that . During Karlsson ’s competition , it was about 8F , though Bystroem said the windchill was closer to -30F.
Bystroem say he understood that the events are time so that European interview could watch the effect go .
" We have verbalize in the squad about making a request ( to slipstream in the beginning ) during the solar day if it ’s potential , at the same time I do n’t think it will be potential to exchange the metre because of the Olympic schedule , " he said toReuters .
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