China's girls too young to perform in the Olympics?

Question

Reports claim that some of these girls' passports in previous competitions show a later birth date than the passports used in the 2008 Olympics competition. They're under suspicion of being "too young" (under the 16 year mark) to compete. Is this true? What is your opinion on this controversial subject?

Answer 1

I think they should definantly investigate.  That way this will no longer be a rumor.  If these poor girls are actually 16 they are being robbed of their attention and glory for all their hard work. And if they are not 16 then the competition was not fair.  

and for all of you that i am sure will say it, yes i know the US made mistakes but this has nothing to do with the americans just with the rules of the competition.

the age limit does matter it is not only dangerous but there is alot of weight gain with puberty and at 16 someone weighs 15lbs more than a 14 year old and that would cause a great amount of unfairness because it is harder to go flying through the air

Answer 2

Honestly, no one knows and I believe that if they are younger ones they should keep their medals for doing a great job. Chinese seem to look younger in age as Americans or as people say "Whites" do. If the chinese are younger than 16 limit nothing will happen because China's government will calculate other wise. Since they already won the medals it would be against olympics rules to re-run that part of the olympics.

Answer 3

I have no idea if they are younger then the 16 limit or not. They did have an amazing run. But to all of those that say "oh it shouldn't matter" or "who cares if they are younger?" let me say this, the rules state that they need to be 16, therefor that is the age they need to be for ALL countries. If one decides to bend the rules, they they should ALL be allowed to do so. And then, the rules mean nothing and we are just pretty much saying we don't need guidelines.

What next .... "oh, who cares if he is juicing, that was fun to watch."

Really people, think about it.

Answer 4

Chinese just look very young while whites look very old for their age.

Answer 5

The only reason people are complaining about there ages is because they won the gold medal.  The IOC should have investigated their ages before they were allowed to compete.  If these girls had come into last place no one would have said anything about their age.  May be some of the girls from the countries that didn't recieve medals are under sixteen.  If someone is to blame for this it's the IOC for not doing their job, the girls from China should not be punished.

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Answer 6

The accusation that the Chinese girls are underage did not come out of thin air. These gymnasts have reported their ages in many previous competitions/events (non-Olympic related) and their ages have supposedly been documented then. Now all of a sudden, their ages have changed from all previous records??? Hmmmm.

For those who say non-Asians are just jealous, that's ridiculous.

If someone broke the rules, they should have their medal taken away.

What if it was you who were competing against someone and you later found you would have/should have won but didn't because someone cheated. You'd be upset too.

Don't make this a fight about nationality, only a fight about cheaters.

Answer 7

is because they are 4

4x14=56

56 is totally legal

Answer 8

I'm so sick of this question. They look young.  

Answer 9

im not sure but they shouldnt harass them about that

they are great and there shouldnt be a limit

Answer 10

right i thought this

here i am enjoying watching the hot american girls and there i see 5 yr old chinese gremlins running round doing flips etc.

NOT COOL

Answer 11

I personally think it doesn't matter how old you are.

Its about getting the medals not how old you are.

Answer 12

I don't think you should be jealous just because your bra size is double 0

Answer 13

Well Chinese people tend to look younger at the same age as other people.

Answer 14

They look 12

Answer 15

i think it's true they look 14!

Answer 16

Yes, the China cheated. They are definitely underaged.