Comments on: Too much, too young for Olympic gymnasts? http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/21/too-much-too-young-for-olympic-gymnasts/ Giant on the move Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:53:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Naomi http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/21/too-much-too-young-for-olympic-gymnasts/#comment-2608 Naomi Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:46:16 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/21/too-much-too-young-for-olympic-gymnasts/#comment-2608 If He is proven to be underage, it will be one of the biggest scandals at this Olympics. It would mean that the Chinese government has been willing to issue false official documents to allow ineligible athletes to compete, which is cheating. And this is not the first time they have done it. But again, this investigation will soon become futile. There is just no way that past news reports (which have almost all been removed, interestingly) can be used as evidence against official documentation (gymnasts’ passports, etc) issued by the Chinese government. Though everybody knows the former is far more reliable. Sad, and horrible for all other gymnasts who competed fairly. If He is proven to be underage, it will be one of the biggest scandals at this Olympics. It would mean that the Chinese government has been willing to issue false official documents to allow ineligible athletes to compete, which is cheating. And this is not the first time they have done it.

But again, this investigation will soon become futile. There is just no way that past news reports (which have almost all been removed, interestingly) can be used as evidence against official documentation (gymnasts’ passports, etc) issued by the Chinese government. Though everybody knows the former is far more reliable. Sad, and horrible for all other gymnasts who competed fairly.

]]> By: Shicheng Du http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/21/too-much-too-young-for-olympic-gymnasts/#comment-2589 Shicheng Du Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:22:01 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/21/too-much-too-young-for-olympic-gymnasts/#comment-2589 Not only one media was found saying He was 13 in the year 2007 during the City Sport Meeting. Even People's Daily, the most impressive newspaper in China said that. http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/images/2007-11/03/119403988885913935497752116555.pdf is the address of PDF format of that article from the official website of People's Daily Maybe a NMR is needed to get the truth. Not only one media was found saying He was 13 in the year 2007 during the City Sport Meeting. Even People’s Daily, the most impressive newspaper in China said that.

http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/images/2 007-11/03/119403988885913935497752116555 .pdf

is the address of PDF format of that article from the official website of People’s Daily

Maybe a NMR is needed to get the truth.

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