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Algae Threat Allayed
A massive algae bloom that threatened the Olympic Games sailing venue at the Chinese coastal resort of Qingdao has now almost been cleared, state media reported on Wednesday.

“The sailing event, which will be held in more than 20 days, will not be threatened by the algae,” Wang Wei, vice president of the Qingdao Sailing Committee, said.

Sailing events are scheduled to start on August 9. More than 1,400 boats and 10,000 troops and volunteers were dispatched to help clean-up efforts at one stage, and 1 million tonnes of algae had been cleared, Xinhua added. “There’s so little algae out there now that I really don’t think it’ll be a problem,” said Morgan Reeser, a coach with the British sailing team. Qingdao authorities, however, warned officials not to be complacent. — Deccan Herald, www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jul172008/sports2008071679212.asp

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