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In some athletes. you talked about those athletes training to get used to this kind of heat. what kind of things do they do in preparation? well, most athletes will expose themselves to the conditions that theyre going to be playing in in advance of a particular tournament, so i would imagine that most of the competitors in tokyo, for example, would have sought places to train for at least a couple of weeks in advance of coming to the games in an area that is hot and humid and then that would in...

Absorption through something darker, basically. in order to fix it, just how difficult is that? i basically. in order to fix it, ust how difficult is that?* basically. in order to fix it, ust how difficult is that? i think there is such a great — how difficult is that? i think there is such a great need _ how difficult is that? i think there is such a great need for— how difficult is that? i think there is such a great need for further. is such a great need for further research into this are...

You just pull this paddle here and obviously, you know, theres various levels of throttle you can apply there. on the other side is the brake paddle which works in exactly the same way, so you can modulate it. and then these grey buttons inside the steering wheel operate the gears. now, the way the cars set up, you have the up shift on the left side, so while youre on full throttle with your right hand, youve then got your left hand to change the gears, and then its vice—versa for braking as w...

Vice—versa for braking as well. so while youre braking with your left hand, you can go down the gears with your right hand. the key thing about these controls is theyre designed to be used by drivers with a range of impairments. these could be driven by someone with only the use of one arm, for example. aarons team—mate in this event is autistic and the car remains drivable by him in the usual way as the adaptations coexist alongside the regular controls. hand controls per se arent new. i us...

You just pull this paddle here, and obviously, you know, theres various levels of throttle you can apply there. on the other side is the brake paddle which works in exactly the same way so you can modulate it. and then these grey buttons inside the steering wheel operate the gears. now, the way the cars set up, you have the up shift on the left side, so while youre on full throttle with your right hand, youve then got your left hand to change the gears and then its vice—versa for braking as we...

Up with and its by far the best in the world. the control�*s linked to a system of actuators and sophisticated electronic systems to drive the vehicles. aaron, can you just explain to me a little bit about how the hand controls work and how you use them to drive the car? yeah, of course. so, with the accelerator, you just pull this paddle here, and obviously, you know, theres various levels of throttle you can apply there. 0n the other side is the brake paddle which works in exactly the same w...

Then have your left hand to change the gears and then it is vice—versa for breaking as well. when you break with your left hand you can go down with your left hand you can go down with your left hand you can go down with your right hand. the with your left hand you can go down with your right hand.— with your right hand. the key thing about these _ with your right hand. the key thing about these controls _ with your right hand. the key thing about these controls is _ with your right hand. th...

A little bit about how the hand controls work and how you can try the car? yeah, of course. the accelerator you just pull there is here and l obviously there is various - levels of throttle you can use there, and on the other side i of the brake pedal which works exactly the same way so you can modulate it and then these - great buttons - operate the gears. now, the way the car setup you have the upshift on - the left side of last year and full throttle with right hand i youve then got the left ...

You have the up shift on the left side, so while youre on full throttle with your right hand, youve then got your left hand to change the gears and then its vice—versa for braking as well. so while youre braking with your left hand, you can go down the gears with your right hand. the key thing about these controls is they are designed to be used by drivers with a range of impairments. these could be driven by someone with only the use of one arm, for example. aarons teammate in this event is a...

Particular those doing their exams next year, we cannot continue in this way. the other thing that goes alongside this is for young people doing exams next summer, there is no national strategy at the moment in that department for education and we are calling for them to tell these young people how they will be examined. when things have been so disrupted, they need to be adaptations to the exams and we need to know those things as soon as possible. to know those things as soon as ossible. ., .,...