Check out the air conditioner at the World Championship stadium

This weekend are the Asian Athletics Championships which are doubling as a dry run for the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Leading into worlds, there have been many worries about Qatar’s climate and its inhospitality for endurance events due to extreme heat.

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Due to the environment in Doha, the event which usually takes place is August has been moved to October, and the marathon will be run in the middle of the night. Another measure that the organizing committee put into place was to install an air-cooling system in the stadium. Bob Ramsak, an IAAF reporter, tweeted on Sunday that the system is working extremely well. It’s also the most intense air conditioning unit we’ve ever seen.

Ramsak writes, “It’s bordering on the insane how well the air-cooling system is working in the stadium. It’s a parallel universe away from what’s outside of the walls. The ground level blowers will be turned off during competition so they won’t have any impact on wind conditions.” Today in Doha the temperature reached 32 degrees celsius.

It's bordering on the insane how well the air-cooling system is working in the stadium. It's a parallel universe away from what's outside of the walls. The ground level blowers will be turned off during competition so they won't have any impact on wind conditions.#AAC2019 pic.twitter.com/8rPlbLZwhy

— Bob Ramsak (@BobRamsak) April 21, 2019

Despite the state-of-the-art stadium and quality air conditioning unit, the stands appear to have been empty for Sunday’s session. In any picture on Twitter, athletes are pictured in front of vacant chairs. Hopefully the turn out for the upcoming world championship will be significantly larger.

Scenes from the event:

#AsianAthletics Avinash Sable 3000m SC Silver medalist from India with his earning from #AAC2019 @afiindia @toisports @TOISportsNews @IExpressSports pic.twitter.com/oYI7oOI57O

— Nitin Arya (@nitinarya99) April 21, 2019

Asian Championships Doha 2019 – Day 1 thread
8 finals tonight (times local GMT+3):
17:20 women's Javelin Throw
17:28 men's Pole Vault
17:55 women's 5000m
19:28 women's 400m
19:35 women's Shot Put
19:45 men's Discus
19:50 men's 3000m Steeplechase
20:45 men's 10,000m#AAC2019 pic.twitter.com/lZnxwZosHP

— Bob Ramsak (@BobRamsak) April 21, 2019

I kinda feel like this will become my second home by the end of this year.⁣
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First up Asian Athletics Championships #AAC2019 pic.twitter.com/kEfTIZkyzv

— Michelle Sammet (@michellesammet) April 20, 2019