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IOC investigating claims of Chinese gymnasts cheating.

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:12 pm
by amyfairycakes
A hacker has allegedly found new information surrounding the true ages of the Chinese gymnasts.
Read about it here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 578241.ece

And now the IOC are investigating these claims.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... =12&page=2

Re: IOC investigating claims of Chinese gymnasts cheating.

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:55 pm
by guilder1st
It should be investigated. It's either true, and their medals should be stripped. Or it's false and their names will be cleared.
I personally think some of them are really only 12-13 years old. There was an interesting interview with a forensic expert on the other day, she does drawings etc to determine ages. And she said that most of those athletes have faces of 10-12 year olds. She can tell by the shape of the face, the size of the ears, the size of the iris etc. It was very interesting.