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About the CoverIn fencing, athletes are required to wear full-body protective clothing when competing.The strenuous physical activity of fencing, especially at latter rounds of competition (direct elimination), when rest periods can be insufficient for full thermoregulatory recovery, puts high demands on the thermoregulation system.The article by Luke Oates, Michael Price, and Lindsay Bottoms, which concludes this issue of Temperature, describes thermoregulatory responses of pe fencers and suggests a thermoregulation-based impact on performance, thus highlighting the need for heat exertion guidelines for this sport.