Summary: Four Olympic Cyclists previously wore masks upon arriving in Bejing. Today those same riders apologized for any problems this may have caused their hosts. Bejing is known for it’s heavy pollution and the USOC had handed out the masks to all its athletes, for those who may have wanted to wear them.

Four US Olympic cyclists who caused an outcry when they arrived at Beijing airport wearing smog masks have today apologised to Games organisers.

The four – Mike Friedman, Bobby Lee, Sarah Hammer and Jennie Reed – said that they were wearing the masks because of pollution fears, a touchy subject for the Chinese authorities.

As the Chinese capital remains shrouded in smog today, Jim Scherr, the chief executive of the US Olympic Committee, revealed that the four had said sorry.

“It probably wasn’t the most opportune time for these athletes to wear these masks,” he said, adding they had written an apology to Beijing Olympic Organising Committee (BOCOG).
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