Athletes in Tokyo Olympic Games must wear masks. Will this affect their performance?

Due to the epidemic, not only the Tokyo Olympic Games was postponed, but also the latest regulations required athletes to wear masks all the time. Don't say that masks are uncomfortable, just say some special sports. Wearing masks will definitely have a negative impact on athletes' performance. It's not that we are against wearing masks. After all, life is paramount, which is unshakable, but it does add some pressure to athletes and will also affect their final results.

As we all know, the Olympic Games involves a wide range of sports, and wearing a mask may have little effect on some less intense sports, but for sports that consume a lot of physical strength, such as sprinting, long-distance running and team competitions, it will seriously affect the normal breathing of athletes, and the requirements for athletes' physical fitness and normal breathing without a mask are obviously higher. How to wear a mask for such high-risk projects as swimming and diving? Do I have to wear a mask in the water? These problems are all caused by wearing masks, which will inevitably affect the athletes' final performance.

Second, the arrival of the epidemic is too short. We can know that athletes are definitely not allowed to wear masks in daily training. Maybe athletes can usually get full marks, but many given situations, such as wearing masks and playing fields, will increase uncertainty. The reason is already obvious. Someone may have a big brain and say, isn't it going to start in a few months? It's a good idea to let athletes wear masks to simulate training now, but what I want to tell you is that it is not only unhelpful, but counterproductive. Athletes have developed the way of oxygen inhalation in previous training, which is difficult to adjust in a short time, and it will also lead to various physical discomfort of athletes. Therefore, such an idea is not desirable.

Athletes wearing masks is also a forced choice. In order to successfully host the Olympic Games, the organizer Tokyo has no choice. Although it will definitely have an impact on athletes, it also means that everyone will have an impact. Whether the overall evaluation result is good or bad may be much fairer.