Just don't breathe in

NPR has the story of the pollution problems that athletes will be facing during the Beijing Olympics: "The Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee says most athletes will not have trouble with Beijing's bad air, with the exception of endurance athletes. 'There may be some risk for outdoor events that include minimum one-hour continuous physical efforts at high level', the IOC commission reported in March. That includes sports such as the triathlon, road cycling, mountain biking, race walking, and the swimming and running marathons."
"There are no magic bullets for smog, except rain, which temporarily clears the air. Chinese officials have an extensive cloud seeding program under way to try to induce rain."

Rico says those records will forever require an asterisk, because times in many events will likely go up in these Olympics...