Rosie Brennan of the United States will compete in the Tour de Ski, women's 10-kilometer freestyle, interval start cross-country ski event, in Dobbiaco (Toblach), Italy, on January 5, 2021. She is going to compete in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The person is Alessandro Trovati.
The Winter Olympic Games are at risk because their locations would be too warm without drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
By the 2080s, all but one of the 21 cities that hosted the Winter Games would not be able to do so again if the world's high emissions continue.
The right conditions for snow and athlete safety can't be met in six cities.
Daniel Scott, the lead researcher for the University of Waterloo's report, said that it won't happen if the world takes drastic action. Nearly 200 countries agreed to cut their greenhouse emissions.
Scott told NPR that under a low-emissions future, we don't really see much change in the climate reliable locations. We keep all of the things we have.
The report comes as the world prepares for the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Climate change is already having an effect on sports, according to athletes and coaches surveyed by the researchers.
Scott said that some of the coaches that did the survey have been in the sport for 30 years. They've traveled the world, back to the same competitions, and they've seen that certain competitions don't happen as frequently as they used to because of warmer temperatures.
Rosie Brennan said race organizers rely on technology to work around the climate impact. Brennan is going to compete in Beijing.
She told NPR that with warmer weather, we're more reliant on man made snow. Natural snow doesn't act the same as man-made snow. It's a faster surface and it tends to be more firm.
Brennan's sport is normally rare in the injuries to athletes that have resulted from that.
There have been a number of World Cup races in the last few years where people have broken bones from crashing.
According to a new report, a warming climate could endanger winter Olympic sports.
The person is Jonathan Hayward.
Climate change is felt by the Summer Olympics.
This summer's Tokyo's Olympic and Paralympic Games are likely to be the hottest and most humid Games on record. It could feel like 100 degrees with the high humidity.
Winter sports are vulnerable to the impact of a warmer world.
Skiers were overheating in the same way a marathon runner would be during the Winter Olympics in Russia, according to Scott.
He said that there may come a point when outdoor games have to be moved indoors or held at a different time of year in order to accommodate higher temperatures.
Climate change may cause outdoor winter sports like skiing to go indoors. People dine at a restaurant overlooking a ski slope in the United Arab Emirates.
Kamran Jebreili.
Some countries with hot climates have indoor ski resorts.
Six years in a row, the first indoor ski resort in the Middle East has been deemed the "world's best", and it is located in the city of Dubai.
Brennan said a major part of why she loves her sport is lost if this becomes the norm.
She said she is a skier because she loves being outside. I enjoy being in the mountains and in nature. I enjoy being alone on the trail. It's not possible when you're indoors.
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