WEEK 9,Current issues affecting the 2008 Beijing Olympics

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Because of thick air pollution in Beijing,most of it's host factories have been shut down,while many others have been moved out of town,but even so non stop construction and booming car sales, the pollution is more worse than before.Beijing's filthy air and clogged traffic have been worrying organizers and IOC for some time now.

This is Brad Walker vaulting over a bar.

WEEK 8,Choose a sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympic games

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Pole Vaulting is an event for athletes where a person uses a long and flexible pole (today is usually made of fibreglass or carbon fibre) as an aid to leap over a bar.Brad Walker is a pole vaulter from Seattle,America and is ranked No. 1in the world.He is the favourite for this year's Beijing Olympics in Summer and he has won 2 championships including one last year at Osaka,Japan.Brad has vaulted just 6 inches below his sports Holy Grail,Sergei Bubka's15 year old record of 20 feet and2 1/2 inches.