I haven't watched any gymnastics, live or on TV; don't follow the sport; and have no opinion on how old members of various teams look and how much that matters.But this new post, from the Stryde Hax blog, does an impressive technical job of finding... ...full story at James Fallows
from James Fallows on Wed, Aug 20 2008
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Top U.S. Female Gymnasts Go Head-to-head »
YouTube video SportsTop U.S. Female Gymnasts Go Head-to-headTop U.S. Female Gymnasts Go Head-to-headThe Associated PressShawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin all but sealed spots on the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team that will be favored to win the gold medal in Beijing.... |
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How young are those gymnasts, really? » Danwei I will study well and keep myself fit Looks like someone in the Chinese media has a sense of humor. Yesterday's Mirror ran a two-page feature on China's gymnastics teams, profiling the team members and applauding them for their fine performance at this... |
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The Chinese Gymnastics Association announces its Olympic team members » Shanghaiist Although it's not official yet, according to this Xinhua article, the following gymnasts are expected to be named to the Chinese Olympic gymnastics team next week (in ranking order): Men: Yang Wei (杨威), Li Xiaopeng (李小鹏), Chen Yibing (陈... |
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Gymnasts add to China's medal count » Shanghaiist Victories in men's gymnastics yesterday helped China add to its gold tally. The host country, as of noon on Wednesday, has 43 gold medals. Here are two gymnasts who had huge performances yesterday: Li Xiaopeng enters Chinese gymnastics pantheon Li... |
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Why it matters if a gymnast is 14. » Shanghai Scrap For what it’s worth, I have a feeling that the simmering controversey over whether or not the Chinese “women’s” gymnastics team has underage members is going to build into something much bigger, and possibly devolve into something... |
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