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The IOC and USOC suck.  They keep kowtowing to China.  Why in the world is the USOC apologizing for the cyclists wearing masks?  I was recently in Beijing and the air is AWFUL.  LA is downright pristine in comparison.  It was hard for me to breathe and I’m not even an athlete!  I seriously doubt two months would’ve made that huge of a difference.  Now, I’m Chinese and I understand the whole “saving face” thing.  But still – the athletes have to do what’s best for them and they shouldn’t be forced to apologize for China’s crappy air.  Their health is at stake.  And the USOC and IOC shouldn’t be enablers for China.

And what happened to the opening of China?  Yeah, I think it’s been more firmly closed because of the Olympics.   That was really too kind of the USOC to nonchalantly dismiss the Joey Cheeks visa issue.  I understand that China can choose to let in who they want – but this surely violates the spirit of awarding them the Olympics.