Vancouver chills leave top triathletes hypothermic
...That's when things really got chilly, according to Jeff Hayne, one of the dozens of athletes shivering under a reflective Mylar blanket in the medical tent after the race.
""It was about as cold as I have done in Canada... even Fort McMurray 12 years ago wasn't this cold. To get out and get on a fast downhill is what really got you in a bad spot. [During] the run, you finally warm up a little bit," said Hayne.
Dr. Sam Gutman said it was controlled mayhem in the medical tents at the finish line where many athletes collapsed from hypothermia.
Ambulances had to be used to warm up the athletes because the warming tents were too cold. It got close to the point where it was not safe to continue the event, said Gutman.
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