We tested the hypothesis that acute supplementation with nitrate (NO3 -)-rich beetroot juice (BR) would improve quadriceps muscle oxygenation, pulmonary oxygen uptake ( O2) kinetics and exercise tolerance (Tlim) in normoxia and that these improvements would be augmented in hypoxia and attenuated in hyperoxia. In a randomized, double-blind, cross-over study, ten healthy males completed two-step cycle tests to Tlim following acute consumption of 210 mL BR (18.6 mmol NO3 -) and NO3 --depleted beetroot juice placebo (PL; 0.12 mmol NO3 -). These tests were completed in normobaric normoxia [fraction of inspired oxygen content (FIO2): 21%], hypoxia (FIO2: 15%) and hyperoxia (FIO2: 40%). Pulmonary O2 and quadriceps tissue oxygenation index (TOI), derived from multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy, were measured during all trials. Plasma [nitrite] was higher in all BR compared to all PL trials (P<0.05). Quadriceps TOI was higher in normoxia compared to hypoxia (P<0.05) and higher in hyperoxia compared to hypoxia and normoxia (P<0.05). Tlim was improved after BR compared to PL ingestion in the hypoxic trials (250 ± 44 vs. 231 ± 41 s; P=0.006; d=1.13), with the magnitude of improvement being negatively correlated with quadriceps TOI at Tlim (r