Justine Henin might not defend her tennis gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, fearing the city's air pollution could trigger her asthma. The top-ranked Belgian withdrew from the China Open in September because of the complaint.
"I've had asthma for a few months now and I felt very bad in New York at the end of the (US Open), so Beijing, I was really concerned about that," Henin, pictured, said. "I was pretty disappointed because I wanted to play the (China Open) and get used to the conditions."
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