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25 July 2024
Olympics 2024: How athletes are preparing for the heat of Paris
With only days to go until the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, we feature our next expert insight from an Oxford Brookes University academic.
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With only days to go until the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, we feature our next expert insight from an Oxford Brookes University academic.
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