Acute Mountain Sickness
My friends taking part on the South American Powerlifting Championship in Quito, Equador, are having problems with the altitude. This is called Acute Mountain Sickness and can develop complications. It is recommended that athletes increase their water intake and completely avoid alcohol, anti-histaminics and sleep medications.
There are other alternatives, but many included the use of substances that are banned by WADA.
I had never thought of this before, but maybe it is a good idea not to host competitions in high altitude towns, since high altitude dwelling people have no problems down here, but we do, if we climb up there without proper acclimation, which takes about two weeks.
Just an idea.
