Battling the heat, Russian championships begin in Saransk
13.07.2010
Saransk, Russia - The Russian championships were greeted in the capital of the Republic of Mordovia with extremely hot conditions as the four-day competition kicked off on Monday.
t’s over 33 C in the city, forcing organisers to take necessary precautions. Valentin Balakhnichev, President of the All-Russian Athletics Federation said that the start of 5000m may be changed if required, that there will be special “refreshment points” at the stadium where athletes may take cold drinks and have a kind of a shower, and that doctors will be on their guard in the call room and will watch attentively if any of the participants have any health problems.
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