Why US public is so concerned about the ages of Chinese gymnasts?

Question

" Olympics' big injustice

Nastia Liukin should feel cheated after scoring the same as gold medalist He Kexin. » Blogger is mad "

above is from todays yahoo so the question is,

while noone even thinks the ages of Chinese workers while shopping at Wal-Mart how come everybody is so mad about the ages of these girls?

Answer 1

Your kidding right, there is a lot of difference between shopping at Wal Mart and the Olympics.  If your so concerned about the Chinese workers then I would suggest you contact the Chinese Government.  One other thing there is this little thing called rules, if every one breaks the rules at the Olympics then why even bother having them.

Answer 2

I completely agree with the above answer. It doesn't matter if you don't think the rules are wrong, they are RULES and they are supposed to be followed. It's f'ed up that the chinese gov will falsify documents to let their people compete.

Answer 3

Well first of all, would you ever compare Wal-marts events, and the Olympic Events? I read on article (Im sorry I can't list the source as I used google to search it) that showed tons of evidence showing her age to be only 14. The article said, and had pictures, of when there was a magazine that showed He to be 14, and around the Olympics, it was changed to 16. Even more, the age is important because at around the age of 14, while your body is developing, it's not beneficial to them by performing at their age. It's simply just bad for their bodies. Another reason is, rules are rules, and they should be followed, especially for a big event like the olympics. And why it would matter, because most people would think the younger you were, the harder it would be to perform right? Thats true to a certain age, but around 14, they're nimbler and they can move better, which is crucial for gymnastics. I hope that helped.

Answer 4

They are jealous. It's a natural response. America is supposed to be the best nation in the world, so when China defeats them, they're all of a sudden riled up. If those gymnasts were competing for the US, they wouldn't even say a word. Don't worry about all of those people complaining about the ages of Chinese gymnasts. We're naturally younger looking, and to say that we look like kids is simply racist. No, it's not the typical American definition of racism, but we as Chinese do consider it racist. There is really no need in discussing this. Those people in the US (note that I am American myself) can complain all they want, but they'll just go down in history as a dismal pile of whiners. Give me all the thumbs downs you like, but I speak the obvious truth you don't want to, and probably never will hear because you lack the education in the matter. How can we expect to compete with the Chinese when they are going to all of the best schools and performing the best on average in college? We need to work harder, not sit idly and complain that China is taking over the world.

Answer 5

why are you so concerned that the US public is concerned?? that, my friend, is a question you may spend a while answering to yourself...