> nothing to do with sportmanship but alleged cheating by the facist regime
> in China. No indication of cheating - no potential foul - DUH
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> 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.
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> explain the official docs retrived from the net ?
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> "none" <""bbb\"@(none)"> wrote in message
> news:67lua450glhcc403q2bqr924qnsavru56k@4ax.com...

>> 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
>>>news:q34ua4ps4kjblfcpic38cn1bjho7moegn7@4ax.com...

>>>> 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...
>>>>>

>>>>>>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.
>>>

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