So the athletes started to arrive. And some U.S. cyclists arrived wearing masks to shield themselves from the poor air quality in Beijing. Of course the Chinese were not pleased with it. But seriously, clean up your friggin air quality if you are going to hold the Olympics.
In the article, I agree with one of the athletes when they said that they have been training their whole life for this moment and would not take any chances. Think about that, you train hard for years, work your butt off and then you get to the Olympics and you start coughing and do poorly. Screw that, wear the masks. Sorry Chinese, I know its egg on your face but you had like 8 years to plan for this. Get over it, you are not perfect and your air quality sucks.
Get on the Green train.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/sports/olympics/06masks.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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