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A clinical trial at the Iten High-Performance Centre, published December 7, 2025, confirmed that AK’s Altitude Sleep Pods (News #253, #283) improved next-day recovery metrics by 59% for lowland athletes—via pressurized oxygen, humidity control, and circadian lighting. We stopped forcing adaptation—we started supporting it, said Dr. Evans Kipkoech. All national camps at 2,000m+ now mandate pod use for non-acclimatized athletes. World Athletics will feature the tech at the 2026 World Cross in Morocco. A mobile pod unit is in development for ASAL counties.