That one girl from the Chinese gymnastics team looks like she is 9 or 10. What do you think?

Question

I don't look my age either, I look a lot younger too. I know they have a different diet but she still looks way too young to me. That's all I'm saying.

Answer 1

I am sick and tired of this question. GET OVER IT!

Answer 2

the one where the chinese ppl where cheering her on and then her teammates jumped up and down? if so i agree...  

Answer 3

I would like to invite u to visit China, taiwan or Singapore or japan.

most westerners are stunned by how youthful we look.

american girls who are aged 16 looks like 20-21 to us.

u guys grow old faster. its a scientifically surveyed FACTS.

Answer 4

Yeah, and I've heard she also had two abortions already...

Answer 5

Yes; I think there has been some forging of birth certs here.     One of the Chinese girls was described as being 16yrs old; yeah right.   In about 4-5 years maybe.

Answer 6

I think at least two are under age. One of them is still losing her baby teeth. They should have given her a fake tooth to make it look legit.

Answer 7

I could care less that we got the silver, the thing that bothers me the most is that China is breaking the rules, the IOC should investigate as they did when the canadians lost the pairs skating medal to the russians, when it was questioned that there was a scandal.  The IOC is terrified of offending China, the host country, who are ridiculously trying th impress the world with the olympics. Personally I think the olympics should never be in a country that is communist. china is very shady, which is why I question the ages of the three gymnast, not to mention that two of them had missing teeth in pictures....that screams pre-teen (losing molars at 11-12 years old) to me. They are very very good gymnasts for their age, I have to give China that, I can see why they wanted them to compete, but there are rules, that should be followed.

Answer 8

so what shawn johnson doesnt look 16.....

Answer 9

All of the Chinese gymnastics girls look way under 16. I told my dad this last night as we were watching it, and he said something like the Chinese don't age as quickly as we do? I guess that makes sense.

Answer 10

she's not. Most gymnasts look smaller than they are. she's probably about 14-15.  

Answer 11

yep

Answer 12

Extreme athletic training delays physical development.  Combine that with very low body fat, and she looks much younger than she really is.  

Answer 13

There is evidence at least two of them are underage.

From the New York Times:

"In Chinese newspaper profiles this year, He was listed as 14, too young for the Beijing Games.

"The Times found two online records of official registration lists of Chinese gymnasts that list He’s birthday as Jan. 1, 1994, which would make her 14. A 2007 national registry of Chinese gymnasts — now blocked in China but viewable through Google cache — shows He’s age as '1994.1.1.'

"Another registration list that is unblocked, dated Jan. 27, 2006, and regarding an 'intercity' competition in Chengdu, China, also lists He’s birthday as Jan. 1, 1994. That date differs by two years from the birth date of Jan. 1, 1992, listed on He’s passport, which was issued Feb. 14, 2008.

"The other gymnast, Jiang, is listed on her passport — issued March 2, 2006 — as having been born on Nov. 1, 1991, which would make her 16 and thus eligible to compete at the Beijing Games.

"A different birth date, indicating Jiang is not yet 15, appears on a list of junior competitors from the Zhejiang Province sports administration. The list of athletes includes national identification card numbers into which birth dates are embedded. Jiang’s national card number as it appears on this list shows her birth date as Oct. 1, 1993, which indicates that she will turn 15 in the fall, and would thus be ineligible to compete in the Beijing Games."

An admission of cheating in 2000:

"Yang Yun of China won individual and team bronze medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and later said in an interview on state-run television that she had been 14 at the time of those Games. A Hunan Province sports administration report also said later that she had been 14 when she competed in Sydney."

China's People's Daily newspaper stating He Kexin's age as 14 on May 23, 2008:

"Olympic gymnastics title contenders suddenly have one more thing to worry about other than the eight gold medals China claimed at the Tianjin World Cup last week. Her name is He Kexin.

"The 14-year-old newcomer to the national team, who was recruited last year, has raised a lot of eyebrows recently after she broke two world records on the uneven bars in as many months. She will be just one more weapon on an already star-studded Chinese Olympic squad."

Answer 14

I've seen this question 10 thousand times.