China Already Cheating in Attempt to Dethrone US

[TexasTerror]

How long was this going to take before it was discovered? Great job, China. It's on -- we know it is. Your going to try to cheat, probably have a few dopers, a few under-aged competitors, doing what it takes to top the United States. No problem...

BEIJING -- Two female Chinese gymnasts, including a gold-medal favorite, might be too young to participate in the upcoming Beijing Olympics.

Several online records and reports show He Kexin, the host nation's top competitor on uneven bars, and Jiang Yuyuan might not yet be 16, the minimum age for Olympic eligibility. Both were chosen for China's team last week.

On the Web site of the Chengdu Sports Bureau -- Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province in southwest China -- a file dated January 2006 shows He Kexin as being born Jan. 1, 1994.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/gymnastics/news/story?id=3507084

[Baldy]

How long was this going to take before it was discovered? Great job, China. It's on -- we know it is. Your going to try to cheat, probably have a few dopers, a few under-aged competitors, doing what it takes to top the United States. No problem...

BEIJING -- Two female Chinese gymnasts, including a gold-medal favorite, might be too young to participate in the upcoming Beijing Olympics.

Several online records and reports show He Kexin, the host nation's top competitor on uneven bars, and Jiang Yuyuan might not yet be 16, the minimum age for Olympic eligibility. Both were chosen for China's team last week.

On the Web site of the Chengdu Sports Bureau -- Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province in southwest China -- a file dated January 2006 shows He Kexin as being born Jan. 1, 1994.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/gymnastics/news/story?id=3507084

Be careful, Syntax Error will get for for picking on the Chicoms.... xlolx

[Syntax Error]

with no evidence this TT report is laughable as is always the case with Eeeessssspeon

[Syntax Error]

Be careful, Syntax Error will get for for picking on the Chicoms.... xlolxor I could start taking shots at your family xsmhx

[Grizalltheway]

The Chinese are the East Germans of today's Olympics. xnodx

[Syntax Error]

The Chinese are the East Germans of toady's Olympics. xnodxyeah, Yao Ming is a doper

come on Americans, get some facts before the rampant nationalism

[Grizalltheway]

yeah, Yao Ming is a doper

come on Americans, get some facts before the rampant nationalism

Funny, that's exactly what I would call the way China is behaving.

[Syntax Error]

cheaters should be disqualified with evidence not political rhetoric, get real Americans... don't disgrace us further

[NDSUFREAK]

China will get their asses kicked....olympics shouldn't even be in bejing....

[Dane96]

yeah, Yao Ming is a doper

come on Americans, get some facts before the rampant nationalism

Well...I could get some facts for you...you really want them? I mean, I am American...and well informed: I get my infor from the Director of USOC Event and Marketing...and the Director of USA Triathalon.

They are there now...and the "LOCAL" story is that this is very true.

[Baldy]

or I could start taking shots at your family xsmhx

What? xconfusedx

Now you're not even making sense..... xnonono2x xoopsx

[Baldy]

Well...I could get some facts for you...you really want them? I mean, I am American...and well informed: I get my infor from the Director of USOC Event and Marketing...and the Director of USA Triathalon.

They are there now...and the "LOCAL" story is that this is very true.

Doesn't matter what the evidence reveals, blind hatred rules the day for Syntax Error. xnonono2x

[Baldy]

yeah, Yao Ming is a doper

come on Americans, get some facts before the rampant nationalism

Will you even be cheering for the Americans during the Olympics? xeyebrowx

[Go...gate]

Is anybody really surprised at this? I keep thinking of East Germany and the bunch of robots they had.

[andy7171]

Two things...

1- Since when is the minimum age for female gymnasts 16? Why do I seem to remember 14 and 15 year olds in previous games? Gymnasts at age 20 are practically obsolete, I know there have been multi year Olympians. Odd.

2- Whats S/E's deal with China? I know he went there. Did he get married over there? Is that why he is blindly defending China on all fronts lately? Odd.

[TheValleyRaider]

1- Since when is the minimum age for female gymnasts 16? Why do I seem to remember 14 and 15 year olds in previous games? Gymnasts at age 20 are practically obsolete, I know there have been multi year Olympians. Odd.

I think they recently raised the age

HBO recently did a story about the "dark side" of women's gymnastics, and talked about how it could be physically and psychologically damaging to girls that young to have to prepare in the way you need to for the Olympics

Not sure if the two are related, but it wouldn't surprise me

[andy7171]

I think they recently raised the age

HBO recently did a story about the "dark side" of women's gymnastics, and talked about how it could be physically and psychologically damaging to girls that young to have to prepare in the way you need to for the Olympics

Not sure if the two are related, but it wouldn't surprise me

Well if it's new, I like the rule. Wonder if they'll do it for figure skating?

[NDSUFREAK]

but seriously though, go USA

[citdog]

IT MUST BE HARD TO BE AN ATHLETE IN COUNTRY RUN BY THE GHOST OF A MASS MURDERER WHO INSISTS ON ALL CARRYING HIS "LITTLE RED BOOK" AT ALL TIMES.

[onbison09]

Didn't Roy Jones lose to a Chink in one of the Olympics years ago? what a joke he banged that guy out, and they gave the decision to the home town boy, Roy just sat in the ring even after the lights went out.

Boxing is a joke in the Olympics. But then again it pretty much is everywhere. Any sport with judges is going to be terrible.

[Syntax Error]

... he is blindly defending China on all fronts lately?1. I don't defend cheaters. 2. I point out hypocrisy. 3. I don't defend China on points 1 and 2. xpeacex

[Syntax Error]

Didn't Roy Jones lose to a Chink...Why only the racial slur/hate speech for one side? xsmhx xnonox

[Syntax Error]

Give me the origin of the word chink?Mr i hate my country.xsmhxxlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx spouts a racial slur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chink) then tells someone who is disgusted by the hate speech that they hate their own country. xsmhx xsmhx xsmhx xnonono2x xnonono2x xnonono2x xnonono2x xnonox xnonox

[Rob Iola]

Didn't Roy Jones lose to a Chink in one of the Olympics years ago? what a joke he banged that guy out, and they gave the decision to the home town boy, Roy just sat in the ring even after the lights went out.
Chink's derogatory - dude, hold yourself to a higher standard than some of the other posters around here...

Roy Jones lost to a South Korean at the Seoul games...

[Grizalltheway]

Chink's derogatory - dude, hold yourself to a higher standard than some of the other posters around here...

Roy Jones lost to a South Korean at the Seoul games...

Didn't a South Korean boxer die in those games, too?

[BlueHen86]

Didn't a South Korean boxer die in those games, too?

I don't remember that. I do remember when Ray "Boom Boom"
Mancini killed a South Korean fighter named Duk Koo Kim in 1982.

[BlueHen86]

Chink's derogatory - dude, hold yourself to a higher standard than some of the other posters around here...
Roy Jones lost to a South Korean at the Seoul games...

Exactly.

[citdog]

ERROR....TELL THEM TO "KISS YOUR YELLOW ASS"xnodx xlolx xthumbsupx

[Grizalltheway]

I don't remember that. I do remember when Ray "Boom Boom"
Mancini killed a South Korean fighter named Duk Koo Kim in 1982.

That must be what I'm thinking of. xreadx

[citdog]

That must be what I'm thinking of. xreadx

FROM WHEN YOU WERE -7 YEARS OLD?

[Appaholic]

Chink's derogatory - dude, hold yourself to a higher standard than some of the other posters around here...

Roy Jones lost to a South Korean at the Seoul games...

Correction: he was ROBBED by the judges, not beaten by the south korean.....the south korean thought he was waving down the hot dog man when they raised his arm in victory after the fight....xcoffeex

[BlueHen86]

Correction: he was ROBBED by the judges, not beaten by the south korean.....the south korean thought he was waving down the hot dog man when they raised his arm in victory after the fight....xcoffeex
I watched that fight, it was unbelievable that the judges could give it to the South Korean. As I recall the two judges who voted for Jones were from Eastern Bloc countries. It was the "Western" judges that screwed him.

The fight is on youtube if you haven't seen it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0cNugcG6zg

[Purple Pride]

1. I don't defend cheaters. 2. I point out hypocrisy. 3. I don't defend China on points 1 and 2. xpeacex
What about the US. We're the biggest dopers of all.

The U.S. 4x400m relay team that won gold at the Sydney Games in 2000 have been stripped of their medals after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to doping, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Saturday.

It was the sixth American medal from the Sydney Games lost to doping in the past eight months after U.S. sprinter Marion Jones was stripped of her five medals due to her doping confession last year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080802/ts_nm/olympics_doping_pettigrew_dc_3

[ngineer]

I've lost interest in the 'spectacle' for years now because of the jingoism that surrounds the event. I'll check in for some track and field, and maybe some swimming, but that's it. Don't even bother with the 'judging' sports. xsmhx

[Grizalltheway]

I've lost interest in the 'spectacle' for years now because of the jingoism that surrounds the event. I'll check in for some track and field, and maybe some swimming, but that's it. Don't even bother with the 'judging' sports. xsmhx

Add tennis and soccer to that list and I agree.

[Go...gate]

IT MUST BE HARD TO BE AN ATHLETE IN COUNTRY RUN BY THE GHOST OF A MASS MURDERER WHO INSISTS ON ALL CARRYING HIS "LITTLE RED BOOK" AT ALL TIMES.

xoutofrepx

[Appstate29]

this shouldn't be a surprise at all. China will do much more than just try to get in underage athletes.

[th0m]

What about the US. We're the biggest dopers of all.

The U.S. 4x400m relay team that won gold at the Sydney Games in 2000 have been stripped of their medals after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to doping, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Saturday.

It was the sixth American medal from the Sydney Games lost to doping in the past eight months after U.S. sprinter Marion Jones was stripped of her five medals due to her doping confession last year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080802/ts_nm/olympics_doping_pettigrew_dc_3

Ah finally a voice of reason.

[BlueHen86]

What about the US. We're the biggest dopers of all.

The U.S. 4x400m relay team that won gold at the Sydney Games in 2000 have been stripped of their medals after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to doping, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Saturday.

It was the sixth American medal from the Sydney Games lost to doping in the past eight months after U.S. sprinter Marion Jones was stripped of her five medals due to her doping confession last year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080802/ts_nm/olympics_doping_pettigrew_dc_3

They should put a statute of limitations on rescinding medals from innocent relay team members. Taking a medal from a guilty individual is fine, but striping the teammates 8 years after the fact seems silly IMO.