Japan reconsiders altitude trainings
2012-05-03
Fabio Terrone
Japan is reconsidering its altitude training programme after the death of Alex Dale Oen

With SwimNews. Japan, home of quadruple Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima, is reconsidering its altitude training programme after the death of Alex Dale Oen, the Norwegian 100m breaststroke world champion.

The Japanese swim federation had planned an altitude camp in June ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games but Japanese federation official Koji Ueno told reporters in Tokyo that "under the circumstances, we can't send our athletes who feel uneasy about what has happened".

In 2006, freestyle specialist Japan's Takehiro Miyajima died during an high-altitude training in China.

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