British Olympians use red contact lenses in bid to beat Beijing smog

by stvalentine | July 30, 2008 at 02:37 am
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British Olympians use red contact lenses in bid to beat Beijing smog

British Olympians use red contact lenses in bid to beat Beijing smog

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The British women's hockey team are wearing red contact lenses to train for the Olympics because of the smog in China.

Goalkeeper Beth Storry and her team-mates were affected by hazy conditions as they played on the island of Macau, near Hong Kong which, like Beijing, is blanketed in pollution. The lenses help focus in the smog.

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