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COLUMBIA, Mo. -- It's the show-me state games, and for many, that means "show me what you got."
But even with the competitive atmosphere of the events, officials are making sure no-one pushes it too hard.
"We have lots of precautions in place to make sure we're keeping our participants and volunteers safe,” said Show-Me State Games official Emily Lorenz. “We work really closely with the University of Missouri healthcare. They advise us on our heat policy at to whether we need to shorten games, or add in water breaks, things like that.”
Events like the Show-Me triathalon started early in the morning, when the weather was cool.
"Well, being in the summer, and knowing that Missouri is hot often, we scheduled that kind of in advance. We schedule our runs, cycling, early in the morning to make sure we try to avoid that hottest part of the day," said Lorenz.
Although these iron-willed men and women made it look easy, the heat still affected them.
Ed Quest was an athlete in the Show-Me Triathalon.
"It was hot, I didn't feel dehydrated too much, but man it was hot. Once you got through the run, for sure.” said Quest.
Some competitions were held indoors...making heat concerns less of a problem.
Lilly Johns was a basketball player who was glad to be out of the heat, outdoors or in.
"We played at Hearnes, and it's, like, not air-conditioned, so this is a lot better," said Johns.
And the games aren't over; officials like Lorenz say they have one more weekend of hot competition.
"We're encouraging people to stay hydrated,to go indoors in-between games, to seek out shade if they can during their events, so we're just trying to educate people then to look out for any warning signs as well, and report that to medical or officials, just to make sure we keep everybody safe.”
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