Beijing Olympics

[Maengelito]

However, its not like you're going to die in a day from breathing air in China and its also not like wearing a mask for 30 minutes in the airport is going to do anything. If they truly thought that the mask from what I can see in the picture is going to filter anything smaller than saw dust and didn't do it as a display of their concerns for pollution then I weep for them.

A lot of cyclists racing are professionals... this is how they make their living. If there was a concern that it would impact their performance, which it seems very realistic that there is, then who can blame them? They don't get the right to preserve their performance just to make a bunch of facists happy? Screw that.

Again, I'm not saying that they shouldnt be concerned about the air they breathe and preserving their health, but if that really was their concern, do it in a fashion thats actually effective.