Tennis star says "I can die" in the heat at Tokyo Games and another player leaves the court in a wheelchair
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A Russian tennis star said he could "die" in the suffocating heat and humidity at the Tokyo Olympics Wednesday and a Spanish player had to be taken off the court in a wheelchair because of heatstroke. Players struggled as the temperature rose to 88 degrees but the heat index made it feel like a sizzling 99 degrees.
Daniil Medvedev, who took two medical timeouts and had one visit from a trainer, was struggling so much at the Ariake Tennis Park on Wednesday that at one point the chair umpire, Carlos Ramos, asked him if he could continue playing. "I can finish the match but I can die," Medvedev, the world's number 2 men's player, replied. "If I die, are you going to be responsible?"Noumea — France's president held a flurry of meetings with local representatives in the restive Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Thursday, urging calm after deadly rioting, and vowing thousands of military reinforcements will stay in place to quell what he called an "unprecedented insurrection."
Kathmandu — Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Mount Everest's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the world's fastest ascent of the mountain by a woman. Climbers usually take days to reach the top of the 29,032-foot mountain, spending nights on its different camps to rest and acclimatize.
New Delhi — Indian justice officials have changed course amid outrage over the bail terms set for a teenager accused of killing two people while driving a Porsche at high speed while drunk and without a license. The 17-year-old son of a wealthy businessman had been ordered to write a 300-word essay and work with the local traffic police for 15 days to be granted bail — a decision that was made within 15 hours of his arrest.