How do you feel that the American gymnast Shawn and the team was being investigated for being under 16?

Question

There were suspects of how the Americans cover up the paper trail, to enable underaged gymnasts participating in the olympics. Is that cheating?

Answer 1

wow.....this is really incorrect.  What a load of bulsh it.  No one thinks the Americans are underage and its een virtually proven that He Kexin is........god

Answer 2

Ummm...you need to catch up.....

Answer 3

how the h**l would it be cheating? The younger they are and they could bust crazy stuff like that, thats fricken awesome

if anything the old people are cheaters lol  

Answer 4

I know, I heard that too, what a scandal. US have falsified paperwork, hand those medals back cheats.

Answer 5

There were suspects?  Your translator needs work.

If they are under 16, take away the medals.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing...

Answer 6

You got it wrong. It's not the Americans being investigated, it's the Chinese:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/o...

Why don't you check it out 'thumbs-downers'? it's true!

BTW: China has a history of falsifying documents to get underage gymnasts into the Olympics as recently as 2000... just google 'Yang Yun' who admitted to being only 14 when she won 2 bronze medals in the 2000 games.

Answer 7

You have evidence to show the Americans are underage?

In the US, it is easy to prove date of birth as the records are open and official. In china, the official documents that have been found show He Kexin is 14 years old which makes her too young and ineligible.

Cheating is cheating. China broke the rules.

And the IOC did not confirm the ages...the FIG did by just looking at their passports (which could have easily been forged). The IOC is now ordering the FIG to investigate and find Kexin's true age.

Answer 8

Im not sure if its cheating but it makes it even more impressive how skillful they are.  

Answer 9

it wasnt the americaanns.

get your facts right.

its the chinese gymnasts that are being investigated.

have you seeen them?

they look like their 12

Answer 10

did I miss it?

Were americanas also accused of being underage?

Answer 11

If its covered up, yes it is.  However, in the US it is VERY hard to forge that sort of thing - too many agencies involved from the hospital to the County and State, none of whom answer to the Federal Government, not that the Feds would EVEN get involved in such a scam.  In a totalitarian state like the PRC, however, such items can easily be changed by a call from the top down...

Answer 12

i would be embarrassed if my home team was cheating, caught cheating, suspected of cheating, etc

how can people "thumbs down" that answer?

Answer 13

something got lost in translation there