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Though the case is closed on China's Olympic gold medalists, the age controversy in gymnastics is far from over. Documents confirm all six members of...
ESPN | Posted 09.24.2008 | Home
China today acknowledged the confusion about the ages of its Olympic gymnasts. China's deputy sports minister blamed paperwork problems. ESPN has th...
AP | Posted 09.21.2008 | Entertainment
The International Olympic Committee will investigate whether the Chinese women's gymnastics team that won the gold medal had underage athletes, saying...
AP | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home
China gets gold on pommel horse China has made it 4-for-4 in men's gymnastics, with world champion Xiao Qin winning the pommel horse gold medal. Eve...
Meghan Peters | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media
Media here in China are running stories about Chinese gymnasts defending their ages of "16," though the rest of the world knows about the 11-year-old.
Diane Francis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
The 16-year age rule is irrelevant. All females who eventually become world-class gymnasts have been exploited while they are children -- because, for them, developing Gold Medal skills is a race against puberty.
David Flumenbaum | Posted 09.14.2008 | Home
Not only was He Kexin, the Chinese gymnast in question, born in 1994 and ineligible to compete in the Olympics, but Chinese officials, over the last few weeks, have tried to cover it all up.
Disgrasian | Posted 09.12.2008 | Style
Gymnasts have it tough in the hair department. Their first priority is to keep that shit out of their faces in order to do all of those crazy circus moves. Hence, the gymnasty hair trends that won't die.
AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 09.11.2008 | Home
BEIJING — China won the gold medal it has long craved in men's gymnastics Tuesday, while the Americans settled for bronze. China's score of 286...
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AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 11.01.2008 | Home