Is the young chinese gymnast in the 2008 Beijing Olympics too young to compete?

Question

Is the young chinese gymnast in the 2008 Beijing Olympics too young to compete?

Answer 1

The age limit is 16, so if shes younger than that then yes she is. If your talking about the one girl who beat Nastia Liukin, then i'm pretty positive that she is. Shes way to tiny to be sixteen. That girl hardly looks 14 compared to 16.

Answer 2

3 of them are 14 years of age and China knows this but they altered the paper work to show 16 year sold. I really don't care China kicked but in Gymnastics's.

Answer 3

If only we knew the correct age of the Chinese Comp. we could give an answer.   We hear some girls are as young as 11 and 13.   There is a big cover up out there.

They will do anything for GOLD.

Answer 4

If they're 16 then they are.

If they weren't 16 before the Olympics they are now, forever.  They lost a couple years if they weren't 16.  They can still have their gold pulled in a couple years if it comes out they were 14 or 13 or 11 even at the time of the Olympics

Answer 5

absolutly. they could have walked under the balance beam.

Answer 6

evidence so far says no. it was on yahoo news. the IOC hasn't found any proof she is underage. o, and shawn johnson (who is a beast) could also almost walk under the beam. and so could that japanese girl.

Answer 7

what to do China has always been China they're just trying to grab everything or even conquer everything they're just everywhere you go and they're are there, you know what i mean(sigh).

Answer 8

If they can make fake convincing Louis Vuitton bags, they can make fake government documents.

Answer 9

AMERICANS = SORE LOSERS

I can't believe typing that gave me 2 points. !! Sweeet

Answer 10

I think it is not. Why will China risk the chance of having gold just because of losing by disqualification.

Come to think of it.

^^

Answer 11

Probably, but there should not be an age limit in the olympics.  If she is the best, why should she have to wait another four years?

Answer 12

According to documents she's old enough. Like someone else said, if she wasn't old enough in truth, she's old enough now and she'll forever have the birthday she was assigned.  

As for the question of the shame of being caught cheating, I think it's an equal weight to a country that puts such great honor and requirements into giving EVERYTHING for the country. Recall how sacrifice is so greatly valued and how high suicide is in this country for failing to achieve whatever goals they put upon themselves or that others put upon them.  For this reason I also say there is a legitimate reason to have an age limit because the developing body needs to develop to a certain point before being pushed as far as an olympian and their coach push the athlete.