IOC refuses to doubt underage gymnasts

[SpikedRocker]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/selena_roberts/08/13/china.gymnasts/index.html?cnn=yes

 

Looks like we'll never find out if they really are underage.

[jeN]

I started to read another article linked off that, apparently China's lied about gymnast ages before.

 

"Yang Yun of China won individual and team bronze medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and later said in an interview on state-run television that she had been 14 at the time of those Games. A Hunan Province sports administration report also said later that she had been 14 when she competed in Sydney."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/sports/olympics/27gymnasts.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&hp&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1218647075-owJ7gwIenC3bWIoaz4QHOA

[Red]

Of course they wont look in to it. Those liberal Europeans wouldn't want to upset the Chicoms. Heaven forbid, it might result in the horrible rule abiding capitalist pig Americans taking home the gold. We can have big bad America showing off anymore.

 

The IOC Is a fucking appeasing joke.

[PotshotPolka]

It'll all be in the past when the Georgians decide to pull a Munich and kill the entire Russian soccer team. Good times.

[Guest barackobama]

It'll all be in the past when the Georgians decide to pull a Munich and kill the entire Russian soccer team. Good times.

 

They look 12!!

[Italian Jew]

We wouldn't be talking about this if we had won. Since we lost, it is convenient that the Chinese may have lied about the ages, but we blame them because we don't want to blame ourselves even though our team screwed up.

[Itch]

We wouldn't be talking about this if we had won. Since we lost, it is convenient that the Chinese may have lied about the ages, but we blame them because we don't want to blame ourselves even though our team screwed up.

 

I don't disagree that the US didn't earn the Gold. However, Cheating is cheating and shouldn't be tolerated. They should properly investigate and if proven strip the gold medal. I don't care if the US keeps the silver, it's the act of cheating that shouldn't be tolerated.

[XeNo]

Iunno about the Olympics, but I like 'em young.

 

 

 

Kidding

[Red]

Sorry, but...how is it cheating?

 

cheat[1,verb] :

2: to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice

1 a: to practice fraud or trickery b: to violate rules dishonestly

 

 

 

The Olympics have rules for that say Gymnasts must be 16 when they compete in the Olympics.

 

Chinese gymnast

 

Other sports have different rules

 

We can be sore losers because we follow rules and China didn't. Not that that's anything new.

 

Don't know how much clearer I can make it.

[Repeat]

They look 12!!

 

Tops. There is NO WAY they are over 12.