Chinese gymnast age probe continues - SYDNEY 2000

gymrat · #1 10-05-2009

Age probe continues for Chinese gymnasts in Sydney

Senor Nico · #2 10-05-2009

Wow, pushed back till next year? How about we just forget about it?

That article has some mistakes, though, about Kim Gwang Suk. She wasn't stripped of her gold medal nor were her results wiped out. The only disciplinary action that FIG took was banning North Korea from the 1993 Worlds. That's it.

LilyPod · #3 10-05-2009

I'm still amused by this.

Nothing the FIG ever does can take away the beauty of Yang and Dong's performances. They stand forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08HjhZviAMo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apf35VVgakQ

Senor Nico · #4 10-05-2009

Yang Yun is one of my favorite Chinese gymnasts of all time. Along with Mo Huilan, she truly is one of China's most complete all-around gymnasts. She was terrific on all four events. It's a shame all those injuries after Sydney kept her from achieving more.

Senor Nico · #5 10-05-2009

I think regardless of all the age crap that comes up, Kim Gwang Suk remains the only gymnast to be caught red-handed with documentation and disciplined.

All these other age falsifications came up years after the fact and were orally revealed, not by documentation. Who knows if those are really truth or not?

LilyPod · #6 10-05-2009

The PRK handed themselves in by submitting 3 different birthdates for her.

I will say that China needs to get their act together this quad. They're on the red-hot list now (even though they've probably been falsifying ages for years). They were quite careless leading up to Beijing.

ldoo · #7 10-05-2009

They were beautiful, absolutely. But if they weren't of age - and I don't believe they were - their results should be nullified and China should be disciplined. I do hope, though, that if it comes to that (which it won't, cause if the Beijing team got away with it, I bet Dong and Yang will), that it will happen as soon as possible. I'd hate to see China not allowed to compete in 2012.

WangXiangu · #8 10-05-2009

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Originally Posted by ldoo

They were beautiful, absolutely. But if they weren't of age - and I don't believe they were - their results should be nullified and China should be disciplined. I do hope, though, that if it comes to that (which it won't, cause if the Beijing team got away with it, I bet Dong and Yang will), that it will happen as soon as possible. I'd hate to see China not allowed to compete in 2012.

This is actually my biggest fear, and I have a sick feeling that it will come to pass.

gymrat · #9 10-05-2009

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Originally Posted by ldoo

They were beautiful, absolutely. But if they weren't of age - and I don't believe they were - their results should be nullified and China should be disciplined. I do hope, though, that if it comes to that (which it won't, cause if the Beijing team got away with it, I bet Dong and Yang will), that it will happen as soon as possible. I'd hate to see China not allowed to compete in 2012.

Agreed. No matter how beautiful the gymnastics or how great the gymnasts, if they weren't playing by the rules, they deserve the penalty. I personally think the age limits are ridiculous, but they are what they are so we all have to comply. The Chinese need to get their acts together on this issue and suck it up just like the rest of us are doing.

theghastlypirate · #10 10-05-2009

Do you guys really think that they lied in 2008?

I say from the footage from Dream Weavers, we know that Deng (Who no documentation was ever found saying her birthdate was wrong) and Jiang were the correct ages. To me, He Kexin is the only tricky one because she came out of nowhere.