I’m very okay with the Chinese gymnasts winning the gold, but you’ve failed to factor in some things in your argument. Do you honestly believe that countries like Romania, Russia, Japan, and others….including the US, DON’T have fabulous 14 year old gymnasts that were excluded from these games? There are thousands of little gymnastists just like He Kexin. Everyone knows that in gymnastics, the super flexible bodies of younger gymnasts and their dimunitive size gives them an advantage….and let’s not forget that the rules were originally written to stop exploitation of these little girls. The rules in the Olympics are designed to level the field for atheletes. If the rules don’t matter…only winning matters….then why not let some people use enhancement drugs?, bigger tennis rackets?, take short cuts in the marathon? Where do you draw the line and who gets to decide which rules are important and which ones don’t matter?

He Kexin will have many Olympics to kick ass because she is astounding, and her age advantage will allow her many more attempts….however, some of her competitors who are of regulation age will not see another competition and this robs them of their chance to go home to their countries with a medal. Why should everyone else follow the age rule….but because China has a 14 year old phenom…they don’t have to? If the rules should include underage gymnasts….then every country should be allowed to showcase their kickass little girls.

It’s a question of ethics….and if these allegations are true….breaking the rules should carry the same exact consequences for everyone….gold medalists or not….kickass or not. He Kexin and the Chinese government will have to face the same shame that so many other countries have had to face. The US has certainly had to face the consequences of having their atheletes stripped of medals for breaking rules. Greece was stripped just the other day. If there’s a crybaby in the bunch….it’s the folks who think the rules don’t apply to them.

Seriously, Nastia already has many ads with her face shown on China’s ATM machines. She already makes tons of money on Chinese advertisements. Do we see Kexin’s ads on American ATM machines. No, she got bashed by American adults. Poor little girl.

Lying gets the Americans in a deep doodoo sinking in Iraq war for more than five years. Let’s pull out and build the economy instead of blaming China for the war deficit. China certainly did NOT cause it.

“In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these

Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the

true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.”

Also, we need to get our facts straight. The Chinese do not ALWAYS lie about Everything that comes their way. That is racist to the whole of the Chinese culture. It is the Chinese Government that is covering for things, just as ALL country governments do. Understand this, all of our governments lie to us at least once a year. Why make such a huge deal about a lie China made about a girl’s age when there are other lies that are resulting in deaths?

tsk tsk tsk, if there are more Americans that behave like, I’d be sad, but fortunately there are still many rational ones that we can respect. … ;-0

AGE does matter and the younger you are, the more advantage you have. younger bodies are less mature and are more flexible. therefore, if He is underaged, it is unfair to those who are 16 at age minimum.

now if this turns out be true, what does it say about CHINA?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080822/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_gym_underage_chinese;_ylt=AvyP8VfH9TcqK241sgpzulms0NUE

LOL (Sorry I didn’t mean to laugh!)