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Thread: Chinese Women's Gymnastics Controversy
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[quote=JSUMMERS83,312456]I agree we must accept the ruling...I don't want an investigation or revoked medals or anything dumb like that. Medals don't mean that much to me. And Jimmy...OF COURSE the IOC is going to agree about the ages to avoid both controversy and offending China. I never had a doubt about that. They have no choice, really. But you know in the back of your mind, just as well as any person who watches the Olympics that those girls are too young and that somebody manipulated birth papers somewhere. Again, I realize this will never be proven and I knew someone would think I'm actually jealous about the gold medal, I'm just sad about the message this sends to Chinese youth (whom I care about and have a vested interest in). In America, most Olympic stars are forgotten after a couple months, but in China they are immortalized (see Mr. 100m Hurdler). Messages like this carry a lot of weight with 1.3 billion people.[/quote]
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