IT'S no longer just muscle strains, diet and optimum conditioning athletes have to worry about. As final Olympic preparations are made, a new threat to their health has been identified – the iPod.
Scotland's national athletics body has drawn up a strict new health and safety code. The track guidelines describe iPods and MP3 players – used by leading athletes to psyche themselves up before major events – as "potentially dangerous" because of fears they could lead to collisions.
Jason Henderson, the editor of Athletics Weekly, says that the issue of MP3 players was becoming a hot potato in the running world: "People are already getting hot under the collar. It is interesting that Paula Radcliffe, the ultimate role model when it comes to distance running, wears an iPod when she trains.
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