The Chinese gold-medal winning gymnast at the center of an Olympic age dispute isn't upset by the controversy. He Kexin -- who won two golds at the Beijing Olympics -- and four other members of China's women's gymnastics team were subject to persistent... ...full story at digg
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| 16 Aug 08 |
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Underage gymnasts : Is China cheating? »
YouTube video Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government's news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week. [ 15 AUGUST 15 2008 ]
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| 17 Aug 08 |
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The gymnast controversy - China’s censors at work » Peking Duck Raj The following article from the Globe and Mail gives an interesting point-of-view on the controversy over the age of some of China’s gold-medal winning women’s gymnastics team. What is really creepy about what’s emerged from the... |
| 21 Aug 08 |
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Olympic gymnastics age controversy tumbles on » Shanghaiist For those of you still dwelling on the age of a certain Chinese gymnast, we've got good news for you: Someone is more obsessed about the controversy than you! A blogger has done some internet sleuthing (see here and here) that has some people convinced... |
| 14 Aug 08 |
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Sourcing Around Chinese Excuses » Biz Cult With the Chinese women (and we use that term loosely) winning the gold medal in team gymnastics recently, more attention is now focused on the 16-years-old age minimum to compete in the Olympics event. Three members on the Chinese team look to be at... |
| 22 Aug 08 |
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Field hockey: China's last shot at team gold » Shanghaiist After losses for its women's basketball and volleyball teams last night, China has just one shot remaining at a gold medal in a team sport. The women's field hockey team takes on the Netherlands in the final tonight at 8:30, Beijing time. China upset... |
| 22 Aug 08 |
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Spare a thought for He in gymnastics row » Countdown to Beijing Whatever the results of the investigation into the date of birth of He Kexin, China’s double Olympic gold medallist, I hope we don’t lose sight of the fact that even in the event of any subterfuge the gymnast herself would not be the one t... |
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