Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sending underaged athletes to gymnast competitions is nothing new. I believe the former romanian athlete Nadja Comaneci was declared 16, too, when she won in Montreal '76, but her birthdate is still rumoured somewhere between 1961 and 1964, depending on different sources. The GDR was also famous in that, as well as sending regiments of fully "loaded" athletes. But I wouldn't bash China too much. Ok, they cheat, but all others do it, too. I believe most, if not all, track athletes are doped, as well as swimmers, for instance, and both categories are partially dominated by us-americans. And no one there thinks about boycotting the next super bowl final because of Guantanamo, isn't it? Didier >How about the "passports" of the underage female gymnastics competitors? >Using 14 year olds when the rules say 16 is no less cheating than doping >is. Nothing against those kids, they did a beautiful performance and >deserved to win, however I find it very wrong that fake documents were >created to show the girls as older just so they can win in the event. > >The full story is at: >http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/sports/olympics/27gymnasts.html > >And another story is here: >http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=gymnastics&id=3507735