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WarEagle07 08-13-2008 08:18 AM
The difference between th Chinese gymnasts and the American gymnasts maturity was quite disturbing. The Chinese made our own 5 ft. gymnasts look like giants! One of the Chinese gymnasts is missing a tooth and weighs a measly 69 lbs!! That gold medal should be revoked. But kudos to the American team for being so gracious in the face of deception.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/sp...tml?ref=sports

moe.ron 08-13-2008 10:49 AM
http://www.virginmedia.com/microsite...ents/img_8.jpg

DaemonSeid 08-13-2008 11:14 AM
And if that wasnt enough...the Spansh Basketball team is in trouble too

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/bei...urn=oly,100152

BabyPiNK_FL 08-13-2008 11:30 AM
If those girls ever legally claim a younger age in the future, can the medals be taken away? I mean they do it to people who admit drug use at the time so I'm assuming that rules are rules are rules...(unless you are China).

DaemonSeid 08-13-2008 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL (Post 1696361)
If those girls ever legally claim a younger age in the future, can the medals be taken away? I mean they do it to people who admit drug use at the time so I'm assuming that rules are rules are rules...(unless you are China).
the IOC will have to make that determination then and even still they would come under scrutiny because they didn't bother to properly check the first time around. (if the allegations do turn out to be true)

pinksirfidel 08-13-2008 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by WarEagle07 (Post 1696245)
The difference between th Chinese gymnasts and the American gymnasts maturity was quite disturbing. The Chinese made our own 5 ft. gymnasts look like giants! One of the Chinese gymnasts is missing a tooth and weighs a measly 69 lbs!! That gold medal should be revoked. But kudos to the American team for being so gracious in the face of deception.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/sp...tml?ref=sports
Those girls are clearly babies! My goodness, just compare them to our women's team. Its soo obvious, I'm surprised there isn't more outrage about this. To play devil's advocate: if the girls are "babies" they are definitely very talented...beating out women with 4 to 6 years more training.

Is it true that the Chinese simply choose there gymnast in pre-school at the age of 3? I heard from that age, they are given elite training until they qualify for the olympics!

epchick 08-13-2008 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by pinksirfidel (Post 1696475)
Is it true that the Chinese simply choose there gymnast in pre-school at the age of 3? I heard from that age, they are given elite training until they qualify for the olympics!
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...65#post1696465

DSTCHAOS 08-13-2008 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by pinksirfidel (Post 1696475)
Those girls are clearly babies! My goodness, just compare them to our women's team. Its soo obvious, I'm surprised there isn't more outrage about this. To play devil's advocate: if the girls are "babies" they are definitely very talented...beating out women with 4 to 6 years more training.

Is it true that the Chinese simply choose there gymnast in pre-school at the age of 3? I heard from that age, they are given elite training until they qualify for the olympics!

Your last paragraph touched on why being younger doesn't mean that you have fewer years (or a less rigorous) training.

Plus, isn't gymnastics also easier when people are younger because their bones are more flexible and they weight less. Or something? :confused:

KSig RC 08-13-2008 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by pinksirfidel (Post 1696475)
Is it true that the Chinese simply choose there gymnast in pre-school at the age of 3? I heard from that age, they are given elite training until they qualify for the olympics!
You "heard this" because it is verbatim taken from what the color commentary stated toward the end of the team competition. Like, exactly, word-for-word.

I'd guess it's more true than not - NBC has mostly had on the kid gloves in their presentation, save for Bela Karolyi flipping his lid.

Unregistered- 08-13-2008 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by KSig RC (Post 1696561)
NBC has mostly had on the kid gloves in their presentation, save for Bela Karolyi flipping his lid.
No Olympics are complete without Bela Karolyi flipping his lid at least twice.

Leslie Anne 08-13-2008 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by OTW (Post 1696580)
No Olympics are complete without Bela Karolyi flipping his lid at least twice.
Absolutely! I'm so glad I got my dose of Bela.

AznSAE 08-13-2008 08:34 PM
with over a billion people, they couldn't find someone who was both pretty and can sing? they could have started a talent search.

BetteDavisEyes 08-13-2008 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Jen (Post 1696636)
I love that Bela said he knew they forged their documents because they'd done it in Romania back in the day lol.

I laughed when I saw that. Hello. Pot meet kettle.

knight_shadow 08-14-2008 03:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Senusret I (Post 1695427)

And now, just for the LGLO people:

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2...ong_xin101.jpg

The left arm is saying Lambda Pi Chi, but the right is saying Chi Upsilon Sigma.
LOL!

PhiGam 08-15-2008 03:49 AM
I dont understand why everyone is being so nice to the Chinese or so surprised at everything that's happened, they are what they are.


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