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Putting athlete health first – Heat stress protocol
- Updated: May 4, 2016
Lausanne, Switzerland, May 4, 2016 – Kay Matysik may have been disappointed to forfeit the Fortaleza Open gold medal match on Sunday, but was able to do so in line with the measures put in place by the FIVB to ensure the health of players in extreme temperatures. Matysik and his long-time partner Jonathan Erdmann pulled out towards the end of the tie-break so as to avoid any long-term damage and in doing so allowed Brazil’s Oscar Brandao and Andre Stein to claim their first FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour gold medals. In 2009 the FIVB began a three-year study into how heat affects players based on the 32.3-degrees Celsius Wet …
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