{"id":20786,"date":"2008-06-16T03:50:05","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T10:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/06\/athletes-banned-from-beijing-opening-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2008-06-16T03:50:05","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T10:50:05","slug":"athletes-banned-from-beijing-opening-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/06\/athletes-banned-from-beijing-opening-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletes Banned From Beijing Opening Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/stories\/2008\/06\/16\/2275834.htm?section=justin\">ABC News<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Athletics Australia says its Olympians will not march in the opening ceremony at Beijing because of concern for athletes&#8217; health and welfare.<\/p>\n<p>It is usual for swimmers and cyclists to miss out on marching because they are competing the next day.<\/p>\n<p>But Athletics Australia has pulled the entire Hong Kong-based squad from the opening ceremony even though athletics events are being staged in the Games&#8217; second week.<\/p>\n<p>Athletics Australia&#8217;s national performance manager, Max Binnington, says there are concerns that pollution in the host city will affect the competitors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read also <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2008\/olympics\/wires\/06\/16\/2090.ap.oly.ath.australia.opening.ceremonies.1st.ld.writethru.0477\/\">Aussie track athletes to miss opening<\/a> by AP, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/heraldsun\/story\/0,21985,23865337-14822,00.html\">Olympic athletes angry<\/a> by Jackie Epstein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From ABC News: Athletics Australia says its Olympians will not march in the opening ceremony at Beijing because of concern for athletes&#8217; health and welfare. It is usual for swimmers and cyclists to miss out on marching because they are competing the next day. 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