Tokyo Update Webinar 3 Updates from webinar 1… Sapporo coaching • Mike Van Tighem has agreed to replace Richard Lee as the Marathon coach in Sapporo (Richard had to withdraw due to unforeseen personal commitments). Introduction Webinar 1 Basic information for 2020 Games team members Webinar 2 Planning for a successful Games Webinar 3 Endurance athlete update Staff Updates Athlete Mental Health Endurance Update • Heat & Altitude Considerations • Flagstaff pre-Games altitude camp • Questions & Answers • Sapporo • Specific advice for Walks & Marathon • Questions & Answers All subject to COVID uncertainties Heat & Altitude Considerations for Endurance Athletes Trent Stellingwerff, PhD Athletics Canada Sport Science Sport Medicine & Innovation (SSSMI) Lead (IST Lead)
[email protected] Mobile: +1.250.208.6674 The Team for Heat & Altitude – from Flagstaff to Gifu to Sapporo to Tokyo Olympics Paralympics Flagstaff, Gifu Gifu Holding Camp Gifu Holding Camp & Sapporo Gifu Holding Camp Gareth Sandford, PhD Jen Sygo, RD Jessalyn O’Donnell, RD Physiologist Registered Dietitian Cameron Gee, PhD Registered Dietitian Post-Doctorate Fellow Athletics Canada East Hub Physiologist, ParaSport expertise CSI Pacific CSI Pacific / UBC / AC West Hub Post-Doctorate Fellow Athletics Canada West Hub Supported Medically UBC Okanagan Gifu & Tokyo Paddy McCluskey, MD – Gifu / Tokyo Gifu & Tokyo Supported Medically Mike Koehle, MD – Gifu / Sapporo Kim Coros, MD – Gifu / Tokyo Trent Stellingwerff, PhD Patricia Roney, MSc PT Physiology & Nutrition / Cat Herder Physiotherapist AC IST Lead & West Hub / CSI Pacific Athletics Canada Para IST Lead / AC West Hub Athletics Canada – Key Heat Performance Enhancing Strategies Tokyo 2021 The following are the 5 key cornerstone recommendations, in order of importance, that also aligned with the official World Athletics recommendations for heat (next slide): 1) A well-monitored ~12-14 day heat-acclimation camp prior to the major champs will maximize heat acclimation and performance outcomes (while minimizing potential heat health issues).