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Haven't these cyclists apologized enough for the masks?

By Jim Caple
ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

BEIJING -- Like, they're sorry already, OK? Can we all just move on now so they can compete in peace? Sure, in retrospect, it probably was not the greatest idea for some American track cyclists to wear surgical masks when they disembarked from their plane here last week. But they say that they didn't mean anything negative and that wearing the masks wasn't even their idea. The cyclists insist they were doing only what the U.S. Olympic Committee's medical staff advised because of concerns abou ...

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