Does anyone else agree that the Chinese gymnasts are to young?

Question

Seriously? You have to be 16 and these girls look like they're 12!!!! And I've heard Bela Karolyi talk about it and it's pretty funny...

Answer 1

No you don't HAVE to be 16. You have to be 15 going to 16 THIS year. That is the requirement.

Koko the Japanese girl is 15 and she looks like 12 or 13.

Look isn't everything. You shouldn't judge the Chinese because you have no proof.

Answer 2

We shouldn't judge any one by our own mind or eyes !! let IOC to find down and to decide, Shawn look 14 to me and sharon Stone look 20 to me too.

Answer 3

yeah i agree its cheating and it is funny too

Answer 4

They ARE too young. Those girls aren't even 14. China is getting away with it because IOC is too scared of going against China.

Answer 5

Haha YES!

Me and my parents are Chinese too and those girls look soo young!

The main purpose of the age restriction is so that the girls don't work their body too hard at a young age and damage something, but it turns out the countries are doing it anyway.

And there was this one girl who claimed she was 20, one that sorta has a upturned nose, and she got the bronze medal, instead of Alicia Sacramone!

Answer 6

women's gymnastic is over, why are you still talking about it

Answer 7

Yeah, it's pretty obvious that they are under 16.  It could be settled pretty quickly with a small amount of investigating.  Talk to the parents, get hospital records, talk to girls that competed against the Chinese girls as they were growing up, talk to their friends in school.  It isn't really rocket science.  

Answer 8

Every country has their own method of training. this is theirs.

Answer 9

If they are, i think its pretty pathetic the Americans lost to a bunch of girls and complain about it later.  

Answer 10

Shawn(Shaun, Shone, Sean?) Johnson looks like she is about 12 or 13. The only girl that looks her age in my opinion is Nastia Luiken. The Chinese gymnasts are probably their age. Gymnastics does something to the bodies of girls. I've known many gymnasts, and all the girls look underdeveloped and much younger than their age.

Answer 11

well yes

Answer 12

Some of them.  But the olympic committee can't do anything about it because their passports say they are at least 16.

Answer 13

Yes, especially considering their are documented news reports from when He was 13...2 years ago...and another girls birthday is officially listed as 10/1/94, then all of a sudden its changed on her passport as November, 2 years later. How stupid does China really think the rest of the world is?

Answer 14

yes there is no way they're 16

Answer 15

kevdtm:

And I think it's pathetic that you are so ignorant about the reason behind the controversy of very young gymnasts. Girls 12-14 are more flexible and able to perform routines much better than older girls of legal age, giving them an unfair advantage. There's a minimum age rule for a reason.

Answer 16

yeah.

Answer 17

YES THEY LOOK FIVE!

Answer 18

Yes! They should investigate.