WingZero Wrote:I fail to see how that article is funny at all. We all knew that it was coming. If she really is underaged, I would feel bad if she got stripped of her medal. The Chinese officials that let her compete should be to blame, not her.
SuGaRnSp1C3 Wrote:I agree, that isn't funny at all. I'd be pissed off if I trained for all those months & got to the Olympics and kicked some major ass then come to find out that I have to have my medals taken away from me just b/c of my age. She's really good at what she does, maybe there weren't that many 16 year old as good as she is.
It's not funny, unless you're sour grapes over the American placings in the women's gymnastics. But if her age is faked, and I think even pro-China people are starting to agree that it might be, I don't have much sympathy for her.
"My real age is 16. I don't care what other people say. I want other people to know that 16 is my real age." How did you spend your 15th birthday? He pauses, and says: “I was with my team. It was an ordinary day." The implication is unspoken but obvious: not only is she underage, but she knows it too. As much as I could wish for some real Olympic spirit, I would hesitate to say that He has been a victim here.
EDIT: On the other hand, I didn't see any of the gymnastics because I was too busy with uni! They tell me that some sort of Youtube deal has been struck to broadcast the Olympics - I can't wait to watch them.