2 Chinese Gold Medalist, Guess who is older?

Question

I am not American and am not bias against either country. But regarding the hype about the Chinese Gymnastic age controversy, lets be honest with ourselves... do you really think some of those kids are 16 years old? I am happy for those gymnast who work so hard to get there and win the gold medals, but at the same time, for a government to lies and telling the kids to lie, how do you think that is going to affect those impressionable teens? You don't have to be an expert to notice how young those kids are. I am of Chinese descendant myself, yes ... Asians do look younger.... but come on... look at that face and physique...

I was also watching the women diving finals just now and the Chinese won...gold medal... she was really awesome.... and she is 15. Her name is Ruolin Chen. If you google image her and compare her side to side with He Kexin, do you really think Kexin is older than Ruolin?

Answer 1

I agree with you, she is not of age to compete.

On a side note, didn't Ruolin do excellent?  Is there no wonder Chinese excell at diving?  They're so petite!  

Answer 2

Yeah.They said she was 15 years old

Answer 3

No. I don't.

Answer 4

Why are you comparing ordinary Chinese citizens to Women's gymnasts? Go to any gym in Chin and see the girls compete and you'll see the difference. They don't eat like ordinary Chinese girls. They don't eat junk food or raw vegetables just Bao Zi and crackers that is WHY they are thin.

Answer 5

They were under age I "think", The Olympics is no place for premeditated cheating.

Answer 6

If they are under age THEY DO NOT DESERVE THE GOLD MEDALS THEY GOT, it was an unfair advantage, younger is better in gymnastics.

Many other countries have girls the same age that could have competed against those youngsters but didn't use them because they follow the rules.  

China got to pick the best of the best regardless of age, nobody else did, who knows if they would have gotten beat or not.

Answer 7

Yeah He Kexin looks younger than Roulin. There's been other problem's in olympic like the girl who was singing in the opening ceremony turned out to be fake. So yeah I wouldn't be surprised if He Kexin is under age.

Answer 8

I think is really not fair to say the Chinese women's gymnastics team cheated because of their age. The girls did great, and they deserve the GOLD MEDALS THEY GOT. I especially think the age limit rule is unreasonable since there is no age limit restriction on any other Olympics event such as diving, track and field, etc.

Take a look back, if these girls were beaten and did not get any medals, would the age issue become such a big deal?