Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 400m - Round 1 - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – August 1, 2021. Temperature in the Olympic Stadium during Heat 6 REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
TOKYO (Reuters) - As competitors battled for the podium on the third day of Olympic athletics on Sunday, it was Tokyo's stunning heat that perhaps dished out the most pain.
Punishing conditions greeted the athletes as a trackside thermometer in the open, placed about 50 metres from the finish line, touched 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) and the humidity hovered around 60%, with sun beating down on the fan-free Olympic Stadium.
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