Bianca Russell

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The Detail · The deadly opponent no athlete can outrun · 20 Jul 2026 podcast

Ultimately, you are steaming up a lot.

I mean, we do a lot in terms of ice buckets behind the goal, you know, rags, so you can grab an ice pack and stick it on the back of your neck, dribble some cold water, whatever you need to do.

But obviously, you can only do that when the play's not down your end of the field.

But what you'll find is that when you've left the field and you've rehydrated and you sort of come back to the next game or what happens on the next day, that's when you'll notice the impact of having played a hot game.

I know I had an experience in Argentina.

I think it might have actually been either a World Cup or one of those major tournaments.

But we had, again, it was an over 40 degree day.

And I think there were two games on and three out of the four goalkeepers involved in those two games ended up needing medical attention for a heat stroke or heat exhaustion.

I remember another occasion in, I think it was the Netherlands, and we did a Champions Trophy game there.

We played our little hearts out in, again, 40 plus degrees, rushed off the fields because an incoming electrical storm had to evacuate the stadium.

So we missed our ice bath opportunity after the game, which we would avoid.

normally used to rapidly cool back to safe temperatures in our muscles but then two days later against Korea I felt okay but my feet would not move and I had a terrible game and I just did not know what's going on until we figured it out it's like you've got a residual effect from playing that hot game and you haven't recovered so yeah it's an interesting process you learn a little bit about managing heat particularly as a goalkeeper but I mean look it's just as bad for the field players they're running around at

maximum effort for that time in dealing with the same issues.

You'll see, you know, people have understood that, you know, they understand the physiology of what's going on.

They understand that it's actually quite serious or it could be.

And so, you know, people are going to extremes to try and manage that risk for their athletes.

And Tour de France is a classic right now if you're watching.

But some of the post-race care that those athletes are having is basically hospital care in their tour bus.

to get them hydrated, to get fluids back into their muscles and salts back into their muscles, in horribly simplistic terms, of course.

But you see people out there, and I know for hockey they use a lot of ice vests,

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