IOC monitoring case of Chinese gymnasts suspected of being underaged - ESPN

ESPN - June 24, 2009

Gymnastics ESPN360 SPORTSCENTER Updated: June 24, 2009, 1:45 PM ET IOC scrutinizing gymnasts' case Share Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The International Olympic Committee is following developments in the case of two Chinese gymnasts suspected read more

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  1. On July 25, 2009 Julie Weller wrote

    I still do not believe that at least two of the Chinese olympic gymnasts at Bejing were 16. They didn't even have their adult teeth in! That should be a big clue right there and also Alicia Sacramone being out of the medals is just not right at all. I mean Cheng Fe FELL ON HER FACE! That should be an automatic disqualifation there. How can you give a medal to someone who is at the Olympic games, which is the ultimate competition of athletes, world wide and give a medal to someone who falls on their face? Also, Hex Le ties with Nastia Liuken? She could not have been more then 13 years old, at most. There is in place, a certain time frame that baby teeth fall out and adult teeth take there place. I do understand that you (The U.S. and I.O.C.) are under intense pressure to not aggrivate the Chinese. But these are the Olympic Games. Either, lower the age limit (as Marta and Bela Karolyi suggested), or enforce the rule for ALL OLYMPIAST'S world-wide. Julie Weller, Long time Gymanstic fan since 1972

  2. On August 15, 2009 Carly Caruso wrote

    It's interesting that they're finally looking into Yang Yun since I had heard about her before being underaged at the 2000 games. This will definitely not help the Chinese team's reputation if they do in fact find proof. I had also heard that Romanians Gina Gogean (in 1992) and Andrea Marinescu (1996) were also underage. I think if they take any action against one gymnast they should against everyone. Maybe not the gymnast themself, but the country since the gymnasts were most likely forced in to lying about their age. The IOC needs to make sure that athletes and countries know that cheating is not tolerated in the Olympic Games.

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