> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:04:43 GMT, "RussellT"
> telus.net> wrote:
>

>>"Xangdi" mail.com> wrote in message
>>news:5bcdb832-4f7f-4f91-aa9e-fe4fc1060fa6@34g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
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>>>About this issue? Nothing more than what we have all read, that the
>>>International Olympic Committee is launching an investigation into
>>>Chinese gold-medal-winning gymnast He Kexin's age, the Times of London
>>>reported. Mounting allegations that Chinese authorities covered up her
>>>age triggered the IOC to act."If there is a question mark and we have
>>>a concern, which we do, we ask the governing body of any sport to look
>>>into it," IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said Friday.Messages for the
>>>International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) were not immediately
>>>returned.Mike Walker, a U.S. computer expert, said he had uncovered
>>>Chinese documents that prove He is 14, making her ineligible to
>>>compete. Officials in China insist she is 16. If an investigation
>>>finds that He is indeed 14, and not 16 as her passport indicates, she
>>>could be stripped of her gold medals in the team competition and on
>>>the uneven bars.Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics, said in a
>>>statement that an investigation "would help bring closure to the issue
>>>and remove any cloud of speculation from this competition."In November
>>>2007, Xinhua, the Chinese government's news agency, reported that He
>>>was 13. The Associated Press found that report on Xinhua's Web site
>>>the morning of Aug. 14, but the page was no longer accessible by
>>>afternoon.When asked about the Xinhua report, Zhang Hongliang, an
>>>official with China's gymnastics delgation at the Olympics, had said
>>>it was "definitely" a mistake. He has told reporters that "my real age
>>>is 16." The FIG has said repeatedly that a passport is the "accepted
>>>proof of a gymnast's eligibility," and that China's gymnasts have
>>>presented ones that show they are eligible. The IOC also checked He's
>>>passport and deemed it valid. Good enough?

>>
>>Not bad. This is how they, the IOC try to push aside the questions. My
>>previous replies already showed how they respond. The government in China
>>can make any passport they want. Who can stop them? Who can challenge
>>them?
>>The FIG knows this, but it gives the FIG a way to avoid a real
>>investigation. Everyone in the world will know the lies. The FIG has a
>>choice between shame and a real investigation which may also expose
>>themselves. They will choose shame. Then they will also get the real
>>investigation, because of being chased by free media.
>>

>
> If the IOC has never been able to give a medal to a loser, I wish they
> can accomplish this feat in this Olympic game in Beijing. There should
> be a special ceremony held for such occasion for all the world to see.