Singapore is fielding 23 athletes across 11 sports in the Paris Olympic Games from Friday (Jul 26) to Aug 11.
Singapore is fielding 23 athletes across 11 sports in the Paris Olympic Games from Friday to Aug 11.
When even a change in weather can affect their performances, it will take a village to help them deliver under pressure. He added that the Olympics comes with the challenges of both qualifying and performing at the global Games. “We can also manipulate the humidity to mimic somewhat dry, hot weather like in Paris. We can also mimic very warm and humid like in Tokyo, so that allows us some flexibility in preparing our athletes to compete in different environmental conditions,” Dr Choo added.
"For example, for some of our athletes who take some ergogenic aids like caffeine - going into their competitions, will help to fine-tune in terms of how much they should be taking, when they should be taking,” said senior sport dietician and team lead Huang Liyan.
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