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Date: 08 Aug 2007 05:49:08
From: Bill C
Subject: More IOC corruption?
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It sure looks and sounds like the IOC was aware from the beginning
that China would have serious problems staging the games. You have to
wonder who got the kickbacks, and favors this time, and how much the
price has gone up since Salt Lake.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/6934955.stm
Quoted:
Pollution risk for Olympic events
Rogge has expressed concerns about Beijing's air pollution problem
Olympic chief Jacques Rogge says air pollution could lead to some
events at the 2008 Beijing Games being postponed.
Bill C
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Date: 09 Aug 2007 07:42:02
From: Alex
Subject: Re: More IOC corruption?
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On Aug 8, 8:49 am, Bill C <tritonri...@verizon.net > wrote:
> It sure looks and sounds like the IOC was aware from the beginning
> that China would have serious problems staging the games. You have to
> wonder who got the kickbacks, and favors this time, and how much the
> price has gone up since Salt Lake.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/6934955.stm
> Quoted:
>
> Pollution risk for Olympic events
>
> Rogge has expressed concerns about Beijing's air pollution problem
> Olympic chief Jacques Rogge says air pollution could lead to some
> events at the 2008 Beijing Games being postponed.
You can be sure that the pollution is not going to get better anytime
soon.
I've been to Beijing and you can see all the crap in the air.
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Alex
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Date: 10 Aug 2007 16:03:26
From: Mike
Subject: Re: More IOC corruption?
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On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:42:02 -0700, Alex <adr5@columbia.edu > wrote:
>On Aug 8, 8:49 am, Bill C <tritonri...@verizon.net> wrote:
>> It sure looks and sounds like the IOC was aware from the beginning
>> that China would have serious problems staging the games. You have to
>> wonder who got the kickbacks, and favors this time, and how much the
>> price has gone up since Salt Lake.
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/6934955.stm
>> Quoted:
>>
>> Pollution risk for Olympic events
>>
>> Rogge has expressed concerns about Beijing's air pollution problem
>> Olympic chief Jacques Rogge says air pollution could lead to some
>> events at the 2008 Beijing Games being postponed.
>
>You can be sure that the pollution is not going to get better anytime
>soon.
>I've been to Beijing and you can see all the crap in the air.
All it will take is a total shutdown of industry, commerce and private
transport for a month, strong winds and a lot of rain.
If anyone can do it the Chinese can.
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Date: 10 Aug 2007 11:47:40
From: Carl Sundquist
Subject: Re: More IOC corruption?
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"Mike" <nospam@nospam.com > wrote in message
news:fcmdnfVD37_d4yHbnZ2dnUVZ8tDinZ2d@pipex.net...
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> All it will take is a total shutdown of industry, commerce and private
> transport for a month, strong winds and a lot of rain.
>
> If anyone can do it the Chinese can.
Don't the French do that every August?
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Date: 10 Aug 2007 19:31:06
From: Sandy
Subject: Re: More IOC corruption?
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Dans le message de news:sF0vi.164666$LE1.85017@newsfe13.lga,
Carl Sundquist <carlsun@cox.net > a réfléchi, et puis a déclaré :
> "Mike" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:fcmdnfVD37_d4yHbnZ2dnUVZ8tDinZ2d@pipex.net...
>>
>> All it will take is a total shutdown of industry, commerce and
>> private transport for a month, strong winds and a lot of rain.
>>
>> If anyone can do it the Chinese can.
>
> Don't the French do that every August?
Not only August.
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Bonne route !
Sandy
Verneuil-sur-Seine FR
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Date: 09 Aug 2007 08:25:02
From: Kyle Legate
Subject: Re: More IOC corruption?
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Bill C wrote:
>
> Pollution risk for Olympic events
>
> Rogge has expressed concerns about Beijing's air pollution problem
> Olympic chief Jacques Rogge says air pollution could lead to some
> events at the 2008 Beijing Games being postponed.
>
http://www.chinaexpat.com/blog/josh/2007/08/07/rain-366-days-olympics-more-coincidence.html
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Date: 08 Aug 2007 18:13:39
From: bjw@mambo.ucolick.org
Subject: Re: More IOC corruption?
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On Aug 8, 4:55 pm, kayride...@mail.telis.org wrote:
> On Aug 8, 9:07 am, MMan <mman...@cs.com> wrote:
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> > On Aug 8, 8:49 am, Bill C <tritonri...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > > Rogge has expressed concerns about Beijing's air pollution problem
> > > Olympic chief Jacques Rogge says air pollution could lead to some
> > > events at the 2008 Beijing Games being postponed.
>
> > Is "air pollution" a performance-enhancing substance banned by WADA?
> > Of course not!
>
> > So what's the problem?
>
> You've obviously never been to Beijing. The air pollution is so bad
> you often can't see to the end of the block. If you blow your nose,
> the kleenex is black with soot. Not a good place for athletic
> events. I'll be surprised if many records are broken at the Beijing
> olympics.
He was being facetious, but anyway:
http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/08/one_year_to_go_until_080808.php
http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/07/now_377_days_to_the_olympics.php
They'll probably just utter platitudes until a couple
of months before and then come up with some really
draconian temporary ban that palliates the problem,
although it doesn't solve it.
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Date: 08 Aug 2007 16:55:20
From:
Subject: Re: More IOC corruption?
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On Aug 8, 9:07 am, MMan <mman...@cs.com > wrote:
> On Aug 8, 8:49 am, Bill C <tritonri...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Rogge has expressed concerns about Beijing's air pollution problem
> > Olympic chief Jacques Rogge says air pollution could lead to some
> > events at the 2008 Beijing Games being postponed.
>
> Is "air pollution" a performance-enhancing substance banned by WADA?
> Of course not!
>
> So what's the problem?
You've obviously never been to Beijing. The air pollution is so bad
you often can't see to the end of the block. If you blow your nose,
the kleenex is black with soot. Not a good place for athletic
events. I'll be surprised if many records are broken at the Beijing
olympics.
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Date: 08 Aug 2007 17:01:31
From: bdbafh
Subject: Re: More IOC corruption?
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On Aug 8, 12:07 pm, MMan <mman...@cs.com > wrote:
> On Aug 8, 8:49 am, Bill C <tritonri...@verizon.net> wrote:
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> > Rogge has expressed concerns about Beijing's air pollution problem
> > Olympic chief Jacques Rogge says air pollution could lead to some
> > events at the 2008 Beijing Games being postponed.
>
> Is "air pollution" a performance-enhancing substance banned by WADA?
> Of course not!
>
> So what's the problem?
I do recognize that your post was tongue-in-cheek, but with 2 pros
holding TUEs recently flagged for inhaler use ...
"excessive inhaler use" is one potential problem.
-bdbafh
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Date: 08 Aug 2007 09:07:42
From: MMan
Subject: Re: More IOC corruption?
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On Aug 8, 8:49 am, Bill C <tritonri...@verizon.net > wrote:
> Rogge has expressed concerns about Beijing's air pollution problem
> Olympic chief Jacques Rogge says air pollution could lead to some
> events at the 2008 Beijing Games being postponed.
Is "air pollution" a performance-enhancing substance banned by WADA?
Of course not!
So what's the problem?
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Date: 08 Aug 2007 17:00:33
From: Dan Gregory
Subject: Re: More IOC corruption?
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Bill C wrote:
> It sure looks and sounds like the IOC was aware from the beginning
> that China would have serious problems staging the games. You have to
> wonder who got the kickbacks, and favors this time, and how much the
> price has gone up since Salt Lake.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/6934955.stm
> Quoted:
>
> Pollution risk for Olympic events
>
> Rogge has expressed concerns about Beijing's air pollution problem
> Olympic chief Jacques Rogge says air pollution could lead to some
> events at the 2008 Beijing Games being postponed.
The only sports they mentioned by name were Cycling & the Marathon!
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