By JULIET MACUR Published: August 22, 2008 BEIJING — With the closing ceremony only two days away and questions of age falsification lingering, the Chinese Olympic women’s gymnastics team met about 200 fans Friday on the Olympic Green, beaming and posing for photos. Skip to next paragraph Interactive Schedule Interactive Olympics Tracker Follow the schedules of

On Aug 22, 7:56 pm, "RussellT" <RussellDTur...@telus.net> wrote: "Micky Wong" <micky...@11thdimension.ca> wrote in message news:48aecc5e@newsgate.x-privat.org... Shame! Shame! Shame on China! -- International Olympic Committee asks for inquiry on age of Chinese gymnasts/IHT International Herald Tribune International Olympic Committee asks for inquiry

Shame! Shame! Shame on China! -- International Olympic Committee asks for inquiry on age of Chinese gymnasts/IHT International Herald Tribune International Olympic Committee asks for inquiry on age of Chinese gymnasts Juliet Macur Friday, August 22, 2008 Beijing: The International Olympic Committee has asked the world governing body for gymnastics to investigate whether members of the

BEIJING (AP) -- 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. In its report Nov. 3, Xinhua identified He as one of "10 big new stars" who made a splash at China's Cities Games. It gave her age as 13 and reported that she beat

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:05:36 -0700 (PDT), PeterL <po.ning@gmail.com> wrote: On Aug 13, 2:17 pm, Vick444~No Sp...@aei.ca wrote: -- Vick BEIJING -They look like they are anywhere between eight and 11 years old, but five of the six girls on the Chinese gymnastics team hold passports that say they are 16 -- the minimum age to be competing in the Olympic gymnastics competition