Do you think China should be banned and kicked out from the Olympics if gymnast Kexin is found to be underage?

Question

China has had many opportunities to confirm her real age, but not only has it continuously denied she's underage, but has now removed her info from the country's online birth certificate registry! Liars don't deserve to win medals - agree? She does NOT look like she turned 16 on Jan 1 of this year! in fact she looks 12 but many are saying she's 14 1/2. She has to turn 16 in 2008 to qualify.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/IOC-orders-investigation-into-He-Kexin-s-age?urn=oly,102564

Answer 1

YES  someone that agrees with me they should get kicked out   they can't prove that they are underage because the government gave them permission to compete BUT, they should get kicked out!  

Answer 2

I don't agree, why should any of the other athletes from China be penalized because of one person?  To all the other people who agree, be rational, so far they found 4-5 people from Spain, North Korea, Greece that failed the drug test, so does that mean they should ban the whole country b/c they cheated?

Edit:  The government ONLY covered up the girl gymnast.  Why do you want to penalized all the other innocent Chinese athletes who put their hard work and dedication into training just because one incident?  It wouldn't make sense.

Answer 3

yeh its bullshit! even though everyone says china ages gracefuly etc etc!

she still is no where near 16 years of age! even though there extreemely hard working gymnast at 16 you are a bit developed no matter what! nd yeh she lookes 12.. if that!

they should def be banned

if you look at all the olympic chinese gymnasts from all the years! THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR SOO LONG! its not just this year!

the chinese need to just wake up to themselves!

Answer 4

Its kind of late for that already, they should be ban from the 2012 London Olympics.

Answer 5

i think that the gymnast medals should be recontested, or at least reconsidered, but stripping china of ALL their medals would be unfair to their other athletes.

Answer 6

i agree that she does look really underage, but gymnastics is over soooo, they have nothing to worry about now.  but if they do find she is underage, i dont think china should be banned, i think the one gymnast should, and the medals she won should go to the silver medalist

Answer 7

I don't think China should be banned and kicked out but any medals earned with her help should be taken away and given to the rightful owner!

Answer 8

Just Girl's Gymnastics.  

Answer 9

No. That's total bullsh*t. If they did ban China from the Olympics. Less people would watch. The Olympics would not be very competitive anymore. Well about the underaged gymnast, we have to wait until people have hard cold evidence. She is innocent until proven guilty. That wouldn't be fair also. If you want to ban China just because of one person. Then all the other countries that had an athlete cheat should be banned as well.

Answer 10

I  agree that cheating is not acceptable in any world scene..

so having said so, they should be at least sancioned and if a medal was won in this competition take it away from them.

maybe it is difficult to bann them from all competions as after all they are hosting the games.

Answer 11

No, I don't think that's a good solution- don't upset the host! I just think China should be left one short and have her medals taken back too.

Answer 12

Do you think USA should be banned from Olympics because SOME of their athletes used steroids?

Of course not.

Answer 13

Why am I not surprised macarena used this another immature attempt to attack the U.S., every question answered attacks the U.S. pathetic and lame, you must be proud.

Answer 14

you can't ban a country for that they'd just take away the medals

Answer 15

I dont think that they should be kicked but they should be striped of the medal. Cheating is cheating!

Answer 16

its to late to kick them out and not fair to ban them. I think the embarrassment they will face is enough. No ones going to trust them again. She should however have her metals taken.

Answer 17

they say that the younger the girl the easier they can preform but if you think a bout it they are young and probably verry shy when preforming so its impresive that they can do it infront of the whole world, also just think of how much more practice they could get in if they waited tell next olympics and how much better they would be so no i dont think so

Answer 18

China should only if Team USA be striped off all the glories in the past for their track/field team's excellent track record of doping and banned for the same cause.

Where is your ground of asking such an illogical question like that?

Answer 19

NO, I just think they should lose all medals that she was a part of earning.  

Answer 20

NO WAY man that would deff. cause WW3 haha.

Nah, strip her from all her medals, fine China and that's about it. Kicking out would be extreme dude.

Answer 21

nope i think we should laugh at the ppl who lost to her

Answer 22

gee... well... I guess that would be one way to knock China off the top of the tally boards...

a bit drastic don't you think....

Answer 23

i think that's a bit severe, just the medals that the under aged chinese gymnasts have. Just because of that mistakes they shouldn't take away from all the other chinese athletes who competed fairly and won their gold fair and square. Plus the government will be deeply humiliated, what more do you want.

Answer 24

If He's info was removed from the country's online birth certificate registry, I agree it is suspicious and IOC should do some investigations. BUT never judge someone's age by looking at his/her appearance. My father and I thought Phelps was around 30 yo, and I was shocked to find out that he's actually younger than me! Another day, I saw a 25 yo german athlete that looked like 40~50 to me. Just because white people usually look older, it doesn't mean Asian too.

If it's prooved that He was underage, her medals should be taken away, but not all the medals China has won. Why would you like all the medals taken? So USA team can have them?

Answer 25

Yes.  These olympics were fake.  Check out Rick Reilly's newest post on espn.com.

Answer 26

I think they should take away her medals if she is found to be underage, but they aren't checking, are they?  Anyway, she is obviously not sixteen.

Answer 27

Yes.  She looks like she's still in elementary school.  Does China think everyone is stupid?