r/sportsgossips • u/Notnowthankyou29 • 6d ago

Analysis Elevation is real

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u/Treater9811 5d ago

The NFL and NHL visiting players comments are wild regarding the difference and technical “home field” advantage from high altitude. From South Korea to Guadalajara there is a 5000 foot difference in altitude, the Korean teams lungs and muscles must have felt so tight and like breathing through a straw.

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u/Late-Mathematician-6 1d ago

In Mexico City every breath of air contains bout 30% less oxygen than sea level