nothing to do with sportmanship but alleged cheating by the facist regime in
China. No indication of cheating - no potential foul - DUH
Chinese athletes are not generally sportman but products of a state
apparatus - no country bar maybe N Korea does this. One of the most
succssful sporst nations - Australia - identifies talent but is well down
the path when a kid selected that sport and later showed apptitude.
explain the official docs retrived from the net ?
"none" <""bbb\"@(none)"> wrote in message
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> If you are not too stupid to get it, you choose to be too stupid so
> you don't get it. I'm talking about awarding a gold medal to the
> world's biggest loser of Olympic competition. So far the poor
> sportsmanship demonstrated by the people of America as a nation is
> ranking second to none on this "competition". You people deserve to be
> the gold medallist of the world's biggest loser. After what you have
> done to the young Chinese gymnasts, no one can compete with you on
> this. Apparently, you Americans are willing to go as low as you can
> possibly be just to get a medal even if it means to steal it from the
> winner *after* losing the competition. You can't win in the
> competition, but you can always steal despite the competition. That is
> very American I'm sure.
>
>
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:58:32 GMT, "RussellT"
>
telus.net> wrote:
>>>"none" <""bbb\"@(none)"> wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:04:43 GMT, "RussellT"
>>>
telus.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>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.
>>
>>I already wrote how they did that in the Winter Olympics 2002:
>>
http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0922269.html
>>
>>The French and Russian judges made deals to help each other winning
>>medals.
>>As a result, the clear losers, Russians were given figure skating gold
>>medals. This was proven. So, they have done that already: given medals to
>>the losers.
>>
