Underage Gymnasts

China Loses Bronze Medal Won By Underage Female Gymnast, U.S. Gets It Instead

AP | STEPHEN WILSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Ten years after its gymnastics team won an Olympic bronze medal in Sydney, China was ordered to give it back for u...

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Chinese Gymnast Was Underage At 2000 Sydney Olympics, Officials Rule

AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 05.25.2011

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The international gymnastics officials who cleared China's team of age violations during the Beijing Games now say...

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Female Gymnastics Is Always About Child Abuse

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Francis

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.

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