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Ice jackets are cool
Scientists at the Australian Institute of Sport have developed a jacket for pre-cooling athletes before endurance events in the heat. The jackets are made from wet-suit material and are packed with ice. Athletes who wore the jackets at the Atlanta Olympics probably boosted their output power by 1-2%.
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| Notations: | endurance sports biological and medical sciences |
| Published in: | Sportscience |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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| Online Access: | http://sportsci.org/jour/9804/dtm.html |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |