Extreme heat making summer Olympics ‘impossible’, athletes warn ahead of Paris games

The Olympic rings are seen on the Eiffel Tower in Paris. File Picture: AP Photo//Thomas Padilla

Leading athletes and climate scientists have warned that extreme heat will make it “impossible” to hold the Olympics during the summer months amid fears of dangerous conditions at this year’s Paris Games.

A group of Olympians collaborated with climate scientists and heat physiologists from the University of Portsmouth to assess the threat warming temperatures could pose for athletes.