CHINA: OLYMPICS BEIJING 2008 - U.S. cycling team members arrive to Beijing wearing smog masks /Japanese and South Korean teams members arrive as well
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CHINA: OLYMPICS BEIJING 2008 - U.S. cycling team members arrive to Beijing wearing smog masks /Japanese and South Korean teams members arrive as well
- Title: CHINA: OLYMPICS BEIJING 2008 - U.S. cycling team members arrive to Beijing wearing smog masks /Japanese and South Korean teams members arrive as well
- Date: 6th August 2008
- Summary: VARIOUS OF MEMBERS OF U.S. CYCLING TEAM ARRIVING WEARING BLACK MASKS (2 SHOTS)
- Embargoed: 21st August 2008 13:00
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- Location: China
- Country: China
- Topics: Environment / Natural World,Sports
- Reuters ID: LVA39CUONDSVD9JLPV7HROYI1XDJ
- Story Text: Some members of the U.S. cycling squad wear masks at they land in Beijing aware that the air must be clean for them to compete in the Olympic Games.
As athletes from all over the world continued to arrive in China on Tuesday (August 5), unidentified members of the U.S. cycling squad came out at Beijing airport wearing black respiratory masks, a U.S. Olympic committee spokesman said.
One woman wearing a mask which covered the nose and mouth was in what appeared to be an American team T-shirt, photographs showed. A male wore a white T-shirt with BEIJING in black letters across the chest.
A U.S. team official said members of the cycling squad were wearing the masks but declined further comment.
Beijing's pollution has been a cause for concern for athletes heading for the Games which begin on Friday (August 8). - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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