[Snail]

Have you been there?

Mika

Well, it better be nice, because my parents say they're going to send me there for an internship. But probably not before... national service (aww gawd).

[NGTM-1R]

Funny thing, you remember I was disturbed at how young the gymnasts were? Somebody digging around in the archival articles and such turned up an article for the LA Times; last year, one of China's gymnasts was 13 and was stated as such by an official of the Chinese government. But she's 16 this year.

In Communist China, birthday has you!

If the IOC was really on top of its game, they'll congradulate China on an excellent job when everything is done, then wait a week and pull that girl's gold. I've heard less-confirmable rumors some of the other gymnasts for the PRC are underage too.

[Stormkeeper]

Mmmmmm loli.

Is it worrying that the only thing I noticed in that passage was that the girl was 13?

[Nuclear1]

Funny thing, you remember I was disturbed at how young the gymnasts were? Somebody digging around in the archival articles and such turned up an article for the LA Times; last year, one of China's gymnasts was 13 and was stated as such by an official of the Chinese government. But she's 16 this year.

I wouldn't doubt the Chinese government fixed some passports to get a few of those gymnasts into the competition.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Funny thing, you remember I was disturbed at how young the gymnasts were? Somebody digging around in the archival articles and such turned up an article for the LA Times; last year, one of China's gymnasts was 13 and was stated as such by an official of the Chinese government. But she's 16 this year.

I wouldn't doubt the Chinese government fixed some passports to get a few of those gymnasts into the competition.

Well, there's a limit to how honest each individual government is...

[NGTM-1R]

Is it worrying that the only thing I noticed in that passage was that the girl was 13?

That depends on how you reacted to it.

[colecampbell666]

Cheap bastards, although I thought that all medals were silver, and not gold.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I don't think they use real gold in the Olympics; probably some cheap metal painted gold.

[Polpolion]

I don't think any decent medal is "real" gold. More like an alloy of real gold and something to prevent it from bending.

[Darius]

Since 1924, gold medals have been at least 92% silver with 6g gold plating.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

If the IOC was really on top of its game, they'll congradulate China on an excellent job when everything is done, then wait a week and pull that girl's gold. I've heard less-confirmable rumors some of the other gymnasts for the PRC are underage too.

They should go even further and pull the medals for the whole gymnastics team at least.  Since it was a government conspiracy I think they should take every medal away from the entire Chinese team.  If it was steroids then the person would be stripped, if the person was on a team the team would be stripped, if the country pushed it why not strip the country?  Same with the age thing. 

[S-99]

Uughh. I knew something was up when he kexin was doing her gymnastic routines. She looks like she's 12 and just begun puberty. Like hell they're going to get to pass as 16. If she would have at least looked 16, i'd be giving china more credit, but since she looks like she most likely is, then no, the china's sneaky points don't get off the ground for me. If she really is 13 or 12, they should get her medal pulled. As well as the media that's going to make a huge blast out of the subject too. For china's biggest sporting event ever, and one of their coaches decides to be a dip****, china better get some heat.

Might as well pull her medal and get humiliated for unsuccessfully sneaking into the olympics. Because if she's not of age, then by all means she's not a competitor.

Yes take all of their medals, i advocate that for the most populous nation on the planet for being dumb for their biggest sporting event period. China took all this care and preparation to break the rules? I wonder  how their orwellian experiment is going on at the same time?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

* CUT *

You should see the women's table tennis finals. It looks like an all-Chinese battle from different nations.

[Stormkeeper]

Phelps nearly lost his 7th gold medal. Cockiness.

[General Battuta]

The scoring was weird, but the US got gold and silver in all-around women's gymnastics. Cool!

[Stormkeeper]

Singapore actually got a medal. o_O

[NGTM-1R]

Well, it's probably better funded then some of the teams from Africa, sadly.

[S-99]

Phelps getting too cocky. That seems totally likely. If he let's stuff go to his head he'll get one upped one of these days or later olympics. And with the way the american media is portraying him literally calling him unbeatable and everyone is just totally depending on that for the pride in the american swimming team...i hope phelps isn't listening too it because he doesn't need more pressure, or more reason for letting stuff get to his head. Then again phelps is pretty darn dedicated to his swimming. He eats, sleeps, the rest of him at the olympics is swimming the majority of his time.

EDIT: In other news...the orwellian experiment goes on.

[Nuclear1]

And that's the eighth for Phelps.  Go USA!

[Androgeos Exeunt]

It is said that China has the most gold medals so far...but America has the most medals.