They kept saying 3 of the girls were underage . . . but now they are saying 5 of the gymnasts are underage. Wow . . . huge scandal!
It is kinda crazy that so many people knew about this beforehand . . . the Olympic Committee, other countries, and gymnasts have been talking scandal long before the Olympics started.
This is going to get ugly. I don't have any clue why the Chinese want to ruin their spot in Olympic history with such a big scandal. I mean the host country knowingly breaks the rules? They doctored passports for goodness sakes. This is quite different than a athlete doping or doing soemthing themselves . . . this lie was allowed to happen b/c of the government.
Wow.
Re: Holy Batman! Now 5 of the Chinese????
I agree -- this is not the first thing the Chinese have done "wrong". But I think there is a difference between getting a cuter girl to fly across the arena and falsifying documents. (They even said the were going to use "movie technology" to make the Opening Ceremony look better -- so I understand the fake firewooks thing -- plus Beijing has such bad air that you would hardly be able to see them on some nights!)
The Chinese do love perfection . . . too bad they had to teach kids and the rest of the country that it is okay to cheat. (Oh, and one of the girls was missing a tooth and still has other baby teeth -- you are totally right about that)
It is so wrong and obvious that they have cheated. I just dont think China is worth messing with. If the Olympic commitee strips them of their gold we will end up getting nuked!
Everyone in the world knows who really deserved those gold medals.