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Archer Collapses From Heat Exhaustion

Svetlana Gomboeva of Team ROC is treated for heat exhaustion in the Women’s Individual Ranking Round during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
Svetlana Gomboeva of Team ROC is treated for heat exhaustion in the Women’s Individual Ranking Round during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Justin Setterfield (Getty Images)

Archery competitions have also been blisteringly hot. During the first week of the Olympics, Russian archer Svetlana Gomboeva collapsed while she was checking her final scores. That day in the archery dome, highs were forecast at 91 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees Celsius).

Gomboeva’s staff and teammates rushed to her side and put bags of ice on her head to cool her down, and she quickly regained consciousness. But she still left the arena on a stretcher.

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