08-28-2008, 01:48 PM | #121 | |
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As for the gymnasts, of course they lied on purpose. Of course the coaches, Chinese Olympic Committee and some level of the Chinese government was directly in on it. Gold was absolutely a must. Anything else on your own home turf would have been considered an unacceptable failure and heads would have rolled if a bunch of 17 year olds had finished with a pack of silvers. The Chinese felt this was their most important shot at proving to the world (especially the west) that they could run an A-1 top notch state of the art world class series of games from top to bottom. And that meant dominating in the areas they were strongest in. And if it took falsifying a few birth certificates to get there then so be it. Although frankly it seems ironic to me that we are in such an uproar about the fact that they were too young. How dare they have 14 year olds! That’s not fair! Seems to me that says something about your sport not about your athletes if prepubescent girls can always do better then adults or even “older” teens… Why has the sport evolved toward that exactly?
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09-03-2008, 10:14 AM | #122 |
Enting
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I AM SO SAD I DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE OLYMPICS !!!!!!!!!!!! But i heard that they were amazing.
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