Delhi smog: boxers forced to wear masks at world championships due to toxic air pollution
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Level of deadly particulate matter at least eight times safe limit, India’s pollution control board says.
By Harry Cockburn
Female boxers at the World Championships in Delhi have been forced to wear surgical masks, scarves or even t-shirts to cover their mouths during training as pollution levels have soared to several times above safe limits.
The boxers, who have gathered in the capital for the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, have said they have not been given protective gear, while the weather, with no wind to blow the smog away, has aggravated the problem in one of the world’s most polluted cities.
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