LONDON (Reuters) – Bad air could cause majorproblems for Olympic athletes who will have to deal with Beijing’spollution and strict anti-doping regulations surrounding asthmamedication in August.

Olympic teams across the world are rushing to screen theirathletes to determine who has exercise-induced asthma, which can betriggered by smog and hurt performance. Many competitors do noteven know they have the condition.

“What we are trying to do is diagnose who has asthma and getthem on the right medication,” said John Woodside, a physiologistwith the English Institute of Sport which is coordinating thetesting of Britain’s Olympic athletes.

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