Heat and radiation are emerging as factors that can impede the successful opening of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Not only foreigners but also Japanese media and athletes asked for measures.

The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee held an open water test contest at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo on November 11th.

Concerns poured in before and after the game.

In addition to AFP communication, Japanese media such as Sports Ho Chi and Sports Nippon also pointed out that "there is a problem."

The temperature was so high that it was delayed from the start of the game.

The Open Water Men's 5 km race began at 7:00 three hours earlier than the scheduled 10 am.

The girls started 5km at 7:02 instead of 7:00 am, and 34 men and women (22 men and 12 women) played almost simultaneously.

The official Olympic games were 10km for both men and women, but only half of the test race was 5km.

Sports Nippon reported, "Many athletes pointed out the bad smell and high water temperature. One male player also said shockingly," It smells like a toilet. " This has been detected. Many measures have been passed, but improving water quality is still a challenge. ”

It was a water temperature problem.
Open Water will cancel the game to protect athletes' health if the water temperature exceeds 31 degrees.

The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee did not disclose the temperature of the test match on the 11th, but Sports Nippon said the water temperature was 29.9 degrees at 5 am.

Osama Melulli (Tunisia), who won the 10km Olympic Open Water Men's 2012 London Olympic Games, said in an interview with AFP, "It was the hottest open water course I've ever experienced," after the Tokyo Olympic test.

FINA also voiced concerns and took action.

FINA Secretary General Cornell Marculescu said, "The water quality and water temperature problems were also raised at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, but the game was well done. I will work with the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee to solve the problems." There is also a way to pull. "

The Tokyo Olympic Open Water will be played on August 5, 2020, for women's and men's for six days.

Both men and women are scheduled to start at 7:00 am, but if there is a water temperature problem, they can pull to 5 am.

Yusuke Suzuki, a Japanese warning sign and 20km world record holder, told a Japanese reporter on August 8, "We trained at the Tokyo Olympics warning course. There is no shade, which can cause dehydration." "

The marathon runners also pointed out, "It's so hot that you're going to have trouble playing. It's harsh for the crowd."

The 20km warning for men starting the Tokyo Olympic Athletics starts at 6am on July 31, 2020.

The women's 20 km alarm opens at the same time on August 7.

The departure time was drawn considering the summer weather in Tokyo, which rises to 40 degrees.

The men's and women's marathon departs at 6 am.

The IAAF was expected to start at 7:00 am, but the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee took more time.

The 50 km alert, which required a four hour walk, was scheduled to begin at 5:30 am on August 8.

I pulled the departure time 'daybreak time', but worry about the heat is not disappearing.

(Photo: Kyodo, Yonhap News)