Is He Kexin (chinese olympic gymnast) underage?

Question

Is He Kexin (chinese olympic gymnast) underage?

Answer 1

I think no,if you know Chinese ,you can see this.

http://baike.baidu.com/view/1753073.htm

But anyhow she did very well during the competition

Answer 2

Nobody can answer this question.

But if she can do what other older and more experience gymnasts can do, why don't give her a chance?

She's better than most other older participants.

Answer 3

I think He Kexin is underage.

Wikipedia state that "her age as of 2008 has been reported by the Chinese press as 14, and her birthdate has been given by the Chengdu Sports Bureau and other registration sources as January 1, 1994, which would make her 14 years, 220 days old during the Opening ceremonies, and therefore too young to participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics. In addition, in a November 2007 speech in Wuhan, Chinese sporting official Liu Peng introduced He as a 13-year-old. However, on August 2 the IOC stated that they would not be investigating the discrepancy in He's age, stating that it was a matter within FIG jurisdiction."

And if you think about her birthday "January 1, 1992", the exact month, day and year that she'd be 16 in 2008.

I'm not sure if she's underage but a lot of possibility that she is.

Answer 4

A bunch of the people on the Chinese team are underage... There were a few girls on the gymnastic team were clearly at most 12... I don't understand how they could not be penalized for that. It's like, child labor or something.

Answer 5

To Choplin-L:

Of COURSE she's better... she's YOUNGER!  

I don't think you realize when you're that young, and haven't reached puberty yet, you have an ADVANTAGE in women's gymnastics for several reasons which I won't get into here.