A fascinating article on deaths caused from sports.  Claims that causes of death due to heat stroke and dehydration are largely untrue.
This raises interesting questions about how much hydration during an extreme event is necessary.
http://www.sportsscientists.com/2013/01/dangerous-exercise-hype-of-dehydration.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FcJKs+%28The+Science+of+Sport%29
 
What does everyone else think?
 
Tom

One study says olympic athletes live longer:
http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/14/fast-stronger-longer-olympians-outlive-the-rest-of-us/
Now another says being overweight is an advantage:
http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/02/being-overweight-is-linked-to-lower-risk-of-mortality/
 
What do you think?