There is no fucking way the Chinese gymnasts are 16+

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  • duffy
    duffy Posts: 74
    it's cheating big time and i hope they bust it wide open and lose their medal. how low can you go to be hosting the olympics and lying about your participants.
    can't stand that.
  • WildChildRose
    WildChildRose Posts: 568
    Read this in the NY Times.... they tell how the Chinese have cheated in the past and lied about ages.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/sports/olympics/27gymnasts.html?ref=sports&pagewanted=all

    I'm sure this scam will eventually come out when someone is not afraid to challenge the Chinese government.
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    WildChildRose wrote:
    LOL I have seen many children and it doesn't matter if you are Chinese, White, Black whatever.... you still develop a mature body and face! I guess you haven't seen too many children in your day.

    Fortunately I've seen a few in my day since I was Pre-School teacher for 5 years and ran a before and after school program for another 3 years ages 9-14. Also a summer camp program for a combined 7 years and these were children from ALL over the world. These children's parents were scientists, doctors and researchers from NIH here in MD.

    So I think the answer would be YES.

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  • Wobbie
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    duffy wrote:
    it's cheating big time and i hope they bust it wide open and lose their medal. how low can you go to be hosting the olympics and lying about your participants.

    Yeah, the Chinese looked a bit on the young side :p but at least they seem like a team. The US team, with their phony hugs, remind me of catty, backstabbing high school girls....which, I guess, they are :eek:
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  • eyedclaar
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    imalive wrote:
    Yeah, the Chinese looked a bit on the young side :p but at least they seem like a team. The US team, with their phony hugs, remind me of catty, backstabbing high school girls....which, I guess, they are :eek:

    High-larious. I said the exact same thing to my wife last night.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    imalive wrote:
    Yeah, the Chinese looked a bit on the young side :p but at least they seem like a team. The US team, with their phony hugs, remind me of catty, backstabbing high school girls....which, I guess, they are :eek:


    i noticed that too...not that i was watching ;):D
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    duffy wrote:
    it's cheating big time and i hope they bust it wide open and lose their medal. how low can you go to be hosting the olympics and lying about your participants.
    can't stand that.

    This only an assumption on our part, let's see anything comes of this story.

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  • g under p
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    imalive wrote:
    Yeah, the Chinese looked a bit on the young side :p but at least they seem like a team. The US team, with their phony hugs, remind me of catty, backstabbing high school girls....which, I guess, they are :eek:

    That's funny I got this feeling last night and it seem they're NOT having ANY fun at all. :(

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  • pearljammin41
    pearljammin41 Posts: 465
    they may not be 16 but i am 26... so that is a good thing
  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    That one girl from the US team named Shawn Johnson is very adorable and she kicks ass! I see her winning gold when they go to individuals!! :)
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  • know1
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    They should follow the rules, but shouldn't the olympics be about the best athletes regardless of age?
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  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    know1 wrote:
    They should follow the rules, but shouldn't the olympics be about the best athletes regardless of age?
    not if every country doesn't have the best athletes regardless of age....cheaters, i tell you!
  • zenith
    zenith Posts: 3,191
    to be honest i didnt realise there was an over 16 rule - i just always assumed those girls were young, around 12 or 10.
    it is wrong to pretend they are older so they can compete - but hell ... has anyone mentioned their skill!!! the fact that a girl of 12 can perform at a higher standard than a 20yr old! and yes, the certainly acted like a real team, so happy for each other and proud of their routines. The american girls had glares made of ice.
    what happens, i guess we'll see ... it seems sad that these poor young girls will be the ones to suffer tho
    impatience is a gift ........
  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    One of the little girls looks like she isn't a day older then NINE!
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  • Urban Hiker
    Urban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    I haven't been watching the Olympics. They haven't felt truly authentic in a long time.

    Regarding the gymnasts: If they have better performances at an earlier age, what it the reasoning behind the minimum age requirement?
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  • emily18
    emily18 Posts: 489
    Urban Hiker wrote:
    Regarding the gymnasts: If they have better performances at an earlier age, what it the reasoning behind the minimum age requirement?

    exactly! i mean it sucks and all that they're (maybe...most likely) lying about it, but they're young and they're STILL beating other teams. so it's pretty clear that they're deserving...

    i think we're just being sore losers, heh :p
  • ryan198
    ryan198 Posts: 1,015
    emily18 wrote:
    exactly! i mean it sucks and all that they're (maybe...most likely) lying about it, but they're young and they're STILL beating other teams. so it's pretty clear that they're deserving...

    i think we're just being sore losers, heh :p
    agreed...it's kinda weird that in gymnastics the older kids complain that the younger ones are beating them.
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    ryan198 wrote:
    agreed...it's kinda weird that in gymnastics the older kids complain that the younger ones are beating them.

    Sounds like we've become a bunch of whiners, nothing would come of this IF we were crushing the Chinese team.

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