Indian triathlete Pragnya Mohan, a professional triathlete for a decade, raised her voice on sport at stake due to the alarming climate across the world at a panel discussion of the United Nations climate talks in Baku. 

She explained how summers in India are becoming hotter and will be major obstacles to proper training. Mohan, while speaking to AP, described that she cannot train in such sizzling weather anymore.

Mohan left India to train in the United Kingdom but worries about the day "when a warming world kills my sport entirely."

The South China Post newspaper ran a story on the same day stating that temperatures reaching 50 degrees could pose a problem for India's bid to host the 2036 Olympics.

One of three athletes who spoke at the UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan she joined American discus thrower Sam Mattis and New Zealand football player Katie Rood to speak about the threat that climate change poses to sport.

“In the future, if climate change is not addressed and is not thoughtfully handled, triathlons can cease to exist,” Mohan said at the panel discussion. “It’s not all about heat.” Mohan was quoted as saying by Associated Press that this year’s Paris Olympics had to delay some triathlon events because heavy rains – which have increased as a warming atmosphere holds more water – contributed to high bacteria levels in the Seine River.

Climate change is also severely impacting athletes’ health. Tina Muir, a former English elite runner, added that athletes are conditioned to push themselves beyond their limits, but the last year has been unprecedented and a warning for sport. “It’s going to be almost like a war of erosion for many athletes,” Muir was quoted by AP.