Comments on: Olympic Air Quality Still Troubles Athletes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/07/14/olympic-air-quality-troubles-athletes/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:16:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jessie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/07/14/olympic-air-quality-troubles-athletes/comment-page-1/#comment-1611 Jessie Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:18:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/07/14/olympic-air-quality-troubles-athletes/#comment-1611 <strong>Jessie</strong> Good work. Jessie

Good work.

]]> By: cause and effect of air pollution http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/07/14/olympic-air-quality-troubles-athletes/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 cause and effect of air pollution Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:06:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/07/14/olympic-air-quality-troubles-athletes/#comment-1606 <strong>cause and effect of air pollution</strong> Just came across this site and its very nice to read all the info. Thanks. cause and effect of air pollution

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]]> By: Ryan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/07/14/olympic-air-quality-troubles-athletes/comment-page-1/#comment-1344 Ryan Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:21:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/07/14/olympic-air-quality-troubles-athletes/#comment-1344 "Haile Gebrselassie, an asthmatic Ethiopian favored to win a second straight gold medal in the marathon..." Geb did not win the gold in the marathon in 2004. In fact, he didn't win any medal in 2004 and didn't even compete in the marathon. His two Olympic medals were golds in the 10,000 in 1996 and 2000. That said, had he competed in the marathon, he would have been among the favorites. His public statements are indeed that he chose the 10,000 due to concerns over the polution. “Haile Gebrselassie, an asthmatic Ethiopian favored to win a second straight gold medal in the marathon…”

Geb did not win the gold in the marathon in 2004. In fact, he didn’t win any medal in 2004 and didn’t even compete in the marathon. His two Olympic medals were golds in the 10,000 in 1996 and 2000.

That said, had he competed in the marathon, he would have been among the favorites. His public statements are indeed that he chose the 10,000 due to concerns over the polution.

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