China Using Underage Athletes?

Posted by SunnySideUp 08/10/2008 11:22 PM

Tags: gymnasts, china, olympics

Comments

Valencia Chang says,

I think the cut off age for an Olympian is 14, actually. Posted 08/11/2008 07:49 AMReply

Samantha Beerman says,

It was actually changed in 1997 to be 16 I believe. Posted 08/11/2008 09:04 AMReply

Anonymous says,

She is clearly 25. You guys are nuts. Posted 08/11/2008 6:03 PMReply

Anonymous says,

i guess after nadia trumping all the hoes who failed to get a perfect score, the USA team got mad and complained. geez.

and it's such a shame cuz romania sucks in gymnastics. Posted 08/11/2008 7:05 PMReply

Anonymous says,

she is 10. in china, they take 3 year olds and train them 24 hrs into a gymnaist (or marine), use them for an olympics and discard them.

these girls later have no future as they never studied or have any useful skills :(

pathetic situation..

thats how chinese produce athletes in the absence of any college athletics environment (like the US).

I mean those boys or girls dont even know what they want to be ... they are not given a choice...

is sports really that important ?? Posted 08/13/2008 12:14 AMReply

Anonymous says,

It's crazy! Kids that are 10-14 have 10x more energy than a teenager, especially females which go through those "speacial" times of month. Who knows if China is forcing famalies to allow their kids to compete. Why cant China follow the rules like everyone else. Their has got to be people in China 16 years old or older that can do the same thing. Posted 08/13/2008 12:20 AMReply

Anonymous says,

China is forcing families.
If you watched the gymnast finals, it talks about how Cheng Fei begged her family to allow her to visit, but they denied. how awful, i couldn't imagine such a thing.

then again, my mom's a raging b**** so i think i would be content with seeing my family once a year. Posted 08/13/2008 12:26 AMReply