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Athletes will not be able to compete effectively with face masks at the Olympics

MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
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In order to deal with the air pollution problem, and they would not work anyway in keeping out the pollutants according to an
expert I saw on TV tonight.

There is not much that Beijing can do to keep out the air pollution since a lot of it is generated hundreds of miles to the south of the
city and just blows in.

Long distant runners especially are in a potentially serious situation in breathing the polluted air in their event over a long
period of time.

Comments

  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496
    China has humiliated themselves on the International stage and the outlook for this Olympics can be summed up by one word.....disaster.

  • yawie99yawie99 Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭
    I'm sure they'll be just a shadow of the epic Games staged by Atlanta.
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  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    ~"I'm sure they'll be just a shadow of the epic Games staged by Atlanta."~

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  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496


    << <i>I'm sure they'll be just a shadow of the epic Games staged by Atlanta. >>



    I wasn't really aware of the world back then (I was 5), so could you elaborate a little more? I know about the bombings, but what else went wrong?
  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    The most lackluster and draby Olympics of recent memory has to be Athens. Was that in 2000?

    Venues not finished in time, poor turnout for many events and a constant fear of terrorism because it was located so close
    to the mideast made for a less than memorable Olympic games.
  • bdunndchibdunndchi Posts: 650


    << <i>I'm sure they'll be just a shadow of the epic Games staged by Atlanta. >>



    ouch
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  • ajmoeller81ajmoeller81 Posts: 258
    Greece in general is home to a lot of terrorists. Plus they hate the US with a passion.
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