It’s about time. Though College OTR (and the rest of the world) has been suspicious for more than a week, the International Olympic Committee is just now getting around to investigating the ages of the Chinese gymnasts.
 

What’s the rush though? The gymnastics competition only ended a full three days ago. A competition where these (alleged) child gymnasts helped the Chinese win the team gold, the gold on the uneven bars and 4 other medals.
 

The International Gymnastics Federation and Chinese officials have repeatedly claimed that the passports presented are legit, but apparently new evidence has surfaced that may challenge that fact.
 

So why now launch an investigation? CNN explains:

Chinese officials provided the Olympic committee with passports, showing that team members were of legal age, but numerous challenges have been made.

The latest came from a blogger known as "Stryde Hax." The blogger claims to have uncovered proof that Chinese gymnast He Kexin is only 14.

In Internet searches, "Stryde Hax" allegedly uncovered Web pages showing lists complied by China's General Administration of Sport that show a 1994 date of birth for He. That would make her 14 -- too young to compete in the Olympic Games. 

As chronicled on Stryde Hax’s blog, the intrepid blogger simply used something called the Internet to look into the matter, uncovering spreadsheets that list He’s age as 14. Stryde Hax concludes:

How official are these documents? Pretty dang official - they were issued by the General Administration of Sport of China.

Much of the coverage regarding Kexin's age has only mentioned "allegations" of fraud, and the IOC has ignored the matter completely. I believe that these primary documents, issued by the Chinese state, directly available from China by clicking on the links above rise to a level of evidence higher than "allegation". 

If you learn anything in college, it’s that you can’t go wrong with original, primary sources.
 

Stryde Hax: A+, China: FAIL