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Italy preparing for high altitude

Updated: May 26, 2010, 10:37 AM ET
Associated Press

SESTRIERE, Italy -- Italy is four days into its World Cup training camp and players are already reporting a series of physical ailments: headaches, dehydration, nausea and problems sleeping -- with shortness of breath the least of the worries.

That's all to be expected when the squad's "base camp" is at an elevation of 6,677 feet.

"At 1,800 meters [5,900 feet] and up, altitude sickness is normal," team physician Enrico Castellacci said. "At that elevation you tire quicker if the body ...

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