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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 |
Olympics boss Jacques Rogge admits air pollution worry
Jacques Rogge of the International Olympic Committee admits that he is concerned that air pollution in China may pose a threat to the health of contestants in the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Although Olympics boss Jacques Rogge had earlier denied fears over any problems resulting from polluted air, he now says that some events of more than one hour could be made worse by the weather, and he said: "We will see the weather, we may have to postpone some events."
On Saturday Jacques Rogge had maintained that the health of the athletes was "absolutely not in any danger," but he has since changed his opinion somewhat.
The marathon, road cycling, triathlon, open water swimming and race walking are the sporting events that could be affected adversely by the weather, and referring to contestants taking part in any of these sports, Jacques Rogge added: "In these cases, we will analyse with the meteorological experts the predictions of the weather. But for every effort under one hour there is no problem, no danger. The same goes for indoor sports."
A check was kept on the air quality during last summer's test events in Beijing and no health problems were reported.
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