Australian Open extreme heat policy
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australian-open-extreme-heat-policy-186-2361989
title:
Australian Open extreme heat policy
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The Extreme Heat Policy is a rule pertaining to the Australian Open (tennis). It was introduced in 1998 after consultation with a number of tennis players. Its current iteration was first implemented in 2019 and uses a scale of 1 to 5 that accounts for the physiological variances between adults, wheelchair and junior athletes while also taking into account the four climate factors – air temperature, radiant heat or the strength of the sun, humidity and wind speed – which affect a player’s abilit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Open_extreme_heat_policy
date created:
2007-01-17T00:48:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T21:30:07Z
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