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Gebrselassie: Beijing too polluted for marathon (Read 241 times)

Tramps

posted: 3/11/2008 at 1:11 PM

Sad. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/sports/othersports/11olympics.html?ref=othersports

Be safe. Be kind.

spacityrunner

posted: 3/11/2008 at 6:15 PM

Many of the athletes will be affected by the pollution. It is a sad state of the world today for sure.

Trails Rock!

dromedary

posted: 3/12/2008 at 12:33 PM

Geb is smart for not wanting to damage his lungs. I visited Beijing in the early 1990s. Dirty brown air gave me a lung infection within a few days Dead

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