It looks like a vitamin, but functions like something out of a science fiction movie.
Canada’s team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be prepared for the heat thanks partly to a computerized pill that measures core body temperature during training and competition.
“We can take someone like Evan [Dunfee, a race walker], have him swallow the little pill, do a full four-hour workout, and then come back and download the whole thing, so we get from data core temperature every 30 seconds through that whole workout,” said Trent Stellingwerff, a sport scientist who works with Canada’s Olympic athletes.
“The two biggest factors of core temperature are obviously the outdoor humidex, heat and humidity, but also exercise intensity.”
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