|
» GC Stats |
Members: 329,902
Threads: 115,689
Posts: 2,207,165
|
| Welcome to our newest member, Deepak43 |
|
 |
08-10-2008, 03:12 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Mile High America
Posts: 17,088
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Benzgirl
Dara is my idol!
|
And she starts out with a Silver Medal.
Outstanding.
__________________
Fraternally,
DeltAlum
DTD
The above is the opinion of the poster which may or may not be based in known facts and does not necessarily reflect the views of Delta Tau Delta or Greek Chat -- but it might.
|
08-10-2008, 03:15 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Out in Left Field
Posts: 7,555
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DeltAlum
And she starts out with a Silver Medal.
Outstanding.
|
I keep laughing that people are accusing her of doping.
__________________
When did GC become Twitter?
|
08-10-2008, 07:42 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Mile High America
Posts: 17,088
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Benzgirl
I keep laughing that people are accusing her of doping.
|
NBC's medical expert, Dr. somebody, did a story on doping that played this afternoon. The USOC (or maybe the IOC) has begun a new program of voluntary urine and blood tests taken every week or two in order to help set up some kind of genetic profile to better enforce anti-doping in the future.
She is one of the volunteers.
__________________
Fraternally,
DeltAlum
DTD
The above is the opinion of the poster which may or may not be based in known facts and does not necessarily reflect the views of Delta Tau Delta or Greek Chat -- but it might.
|
08-10-2008, 08:31 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: ooooooh snap!
Posts: 11,156
|
|
|
I'm watching the gymnastics right now... supposedly the "competition age" is 16. Those Chinese girls look 9!
Great gymnastics work though
|
08-10-2008, 08:37 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Out in Left Field
Posts: 7,555
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by texas*princess
I'm watching the gymnastics right now... supposedly the "competition age" is 16. Those Chinese girls look 9!
Great gymnastics work though
|
The girl that fell off the bars is as much 16 as I am 29.
Ok, so I'm 29 and holding.
__________________
When did GC become Twitter?
|
08-10-2008, 08:43 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: USS Insanity
Posts: 4,977
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by texas*princess
I'm watching the gymnastics right now... supposedly the "competition age" is 16. Those Chinese girls look 9!
|
Bela Karolyi agrees with you.
China needs to do a better job keeping track of their forgery.
Those girls are NOT 16. Hell no. I wouldn't be surprised if come 2012, those same girls appear again but with their ages modified. 
Seriously. The age thing sucks but you can't prove their real ages if the government controls every aspect of their training.
__________________
By the time a woman realizes her mother was right, she has a daughter who thinks she is wrong.
|
08-11-2008, 08:27 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: California
Posts: 1,808
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes
|
Even my husband, who hates watching women's gymnastics said, "I don't for one second believe that these girls are 16. Not possible."
Total BS if you ask me...but hey, China, go ahead and falsify your stuff...
__________________
Adam and Eve were lucky, neither had a mother-in-law.
|
08-11-2008, 11:36 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: May 2000
Posts: 5,719
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by AOII_LB93
Even my husband, who hates watching women's gymnastics said, "I don't for one second believe that these girls are 16. Not possible."
Total BS if you ask me...but hey, China, go ahead and falsify your stuff... |
For any gymnasts who don't medal, they can go and get jobs in Cirque du Soleil afterwards. 
|
08-10-2008, 08:36 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Out in Left Field
Posts: 7,555
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DeltAlum
NBC's medical expert, Dr. somebody, did a story on doping that played this afternoon. The USOC (or maybe the IOC) has begun a new program of voluntary urine and blood tests taken every week or two in order to help set up some kind of genetic profile to better enforce anti-doping in the future.
She is one of the volunteers.
|
That's what she said in an interview. Michael Phelps is another volunteer.
__________________
When did GC become Twitter?
|
08-10-2008, 10:22 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: USS Insanity
Posts: 4,977
|
|
I found it interesting that powerhouse soccer-mad Brazil has never won an Olympic gold medal.
As for those Chinese girls, they are SO NOT 16. If they're 16, I'm 21. 
It's pretty sad that they are that desperate to win a gold medal that they would push these children so hard. Look at a 17 year old gymnast from any other country & compare it to a 16 year old Chinese gymnast. Major differences.
__________________
By the time a woman realizes her mother was right, she has a daughter who thinks she is wrong.
|
08-10-2008, 11:44 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 18,190
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes
Look at a 17 year old gymnast from any other country & compare it to a 16 year old Chinese gymnast. Major differences.
|
Yeah I agree. I'm fairly sure that they restrict the girl's diets and such to help them stay small, which delays the onset of puberty (since you don't menstruate once you hit a certain low weight/body fat %), which stunts their growth and keeps them small.
__________________
"Remember that apathy has no place in our Sorority." - Kelly Jo Karnes, Pi
Lakers Nation.
|
08-11-2008, 12:03 AM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: USS Insanity
Posts: 4,977
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
Yeah I agree. I'm fairly sure that they restrict the girl's diets and such to help them stay small, which delays the onset of puberty (since you don't menstruate once you hit a certain low weight/body fat %), which stunts their growth and keeps them small.
|
I actually meant to say to compare a 16 year old from any other county to a 16 year old from China. Still, the point is the same.
It's sad that they do these things to these poor girls just for the sake of winning.
__________________
By the time a woman realizes her mother was right, she has a daughter who thinks she is wrong.
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
Similar Threads
|
| Thread |
Thread Starter |
Forum |
Replies |
Last Post |
|
Founders Day 2008
|
twotimestalia |
Beta Sigma Phi |
5 |
09-11-2008 11:40 PM |
|
Convention 2008
|
cuteASAbug |
Alpha Sigma Alpha |
54 |
07-29-2008 12:16 PM |
|
Recruitment 2008!
|
SWTXBelle |
Gamma Phi Beta |
12 |
04-04-2008 09:17 AM |
|
Rush 2008
|
ElynLovesYou |
Sorority Recruitment |
30 |
12-06-2007 05:50 PM |
|
Hybrid Mode