Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games

[hardcorecubfan]

There's not one chance in hell all those Chinese girls are 16. Not 15 even.

 

Agree, taght for 23 years now and that age and none looked that young...ok maybe one

[Soul]

There's apparently nothing that can or will be done. And to be fair, the Chinese girls simply didn't have as many collapses as the US girls, so it's over.

[OleMissCub]

Well, if the Chinese girls win, I won't feel so bad because I imagine if they had lost they probably would have been executed or something for failing the Empire....well not really....maybe.

[hardcorecubfan]

What I heard was they process their birth cert. through the Dominican Republic

[OleMissCub]

What I heard was they process their birth cert. through the Dominican Republic

 

:good:

 

Never thought I'd say this, but GREAT post.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

What I heard was they process their birth cert. through the Dominican Republic

 

Albert Pujols is next up on floor exercise.

[hardcorecubfan]

Ok girls, in the locker room beat the crap out of them or give them a wedgy

[shnsajax]

What I heard was they process their birth cert. through the Dominican Republic

 

Albert Pujols is next up on floor exercise.

 

That's the first thing I thought of :-).

[Soul]

Next time let's send our own troop of 12 year olds who have been sequestered since birth.

[hardcorecubfan]

What I heard was they process their birth cert. through the Dominican Republic

 

Albert Pujols is next up on floor exercise.

*L*

[shnsajax]

Even the old coach says they are underaged.

[Derwood]

is there no blood test or something to verify age?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

is there no blood test or something to verify age?

 

I've been saying all along, just cut their leg off and count the rings.

[imb]

is there no blood test or something to verify age?

 

I've been saying all along, just cut their leg off and count the rings.

 

get them drunk and ask them then

[Soul]

is there no blood test or something to verify age?

 

I've been saying all along, just cut their leg off and count the rings.

 

:lol:

[Transmogrified Tiger]

is there no blood test or something to verify age?

 

I've been saying all along, just cut their leg off and count the rings.

 

get them drunk and ask them then

 

We'll show them to be the last leg of the pub crawl.

[Guest]

is there no blood test or something to verify age?

 

I've been saying all along, just cut their leg off and count the rings.

 

"That only works on trees."

 

"And puppets."

[shnsajax]

is there no blood test or something to verify age?

 

I've been saying all along, just cut their leg off and count the rings.

 

"That only works on trees."

 

"And puppets."

 

There is a bone scan or bone marrow test they can do. I forget what it is, but they were pushing Freddy Adu to have it several years ago.

[OleMissCub]

16 years old my achin' ass

 

http://deadspin.com/assets/images/deadspin/2008/08/chinese_gymnasts.jpg

[Andy]

16 years old my aching ass

 

http://deadspin.com/assets/images/deadspin/2008/08/chinese_gymnasts.jpg

Dominique Moceanu in Atlanta had years on these girls

[Cynosure]

It really pissed me off that China cheated to let these girls in the Olympics... not like they were very impressive anyways... but still cheating.

[OleMissCub]

Here's what Bela had to say about them:

 

http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=190870.html#bela+karolyi+incensed+about+underage+rules

 

"They are using half-people," Karolyi said. "One of the biggest frustrations is, what arrogance. These people think we are stupid.

 

"We are in the business of gymnastics and we know what a kid of 14 or 15 or 16 looks like. You don't have to be a gymnastics coach to know what they look like at 16."

 

"What kind of slap in the face is this?" he asked. "They are 12, 14 years old, max. And they line them up for the world ... and having the government back them."

 

"They do good gymnastics and are a good service for the sport," he said of the Chinese. "They have the ultimate effective training program. That's why I am more upset that they are cheating. They don't need cheating. They would be just as good a lineup of eligible athletes."

[Wilson A2000]

If China broke the age rules, that is certainly wrong. But the U.S. girls didn't do very well on the balance beam and on the floor exercise. They have themselves to blame for that. Would they have won if the entry to the balance beam was landed, two girls hadn't stepped out on the floor exercise, and the girl hadn't fallen during her floor exercise?

[Derwood]

If China broke the age rules, that is certainly wrong. But the U.S. girls didn't do very well on the balance beam and on the floor exercise. They have themselves to blame for that. Would they have won if the entry to the balance beam was landed, two girls hadn't stepped out on the floor exercise, and the girl hadn't fallen during her floor exercise?

 

still wouldn't have been enough. we lost by over 2.5 points

[Derwood]

I'm looking forward to this girl's performance in London, 2012:

 

http://www.uoregon.edu/~cstein/cute-chinese-baby.jpg