Did the Chinese cheat? International Olympic Committee launches probe into He Kexin's age

the Chinese never know how to play by the rules they pollute alot they do all sorts of shit that the UN says you cant do we need to start cracking down on them one by one. we can deal without cheap plastic crap in our happy meals!

water is boiling now.....it's theatre....china..wants these arguments[.....way to start ww3]

I don't know if they cheated or not, but most of them do look younger than 16 years-old!

most of comment here seem that china has already cheated. At this point this news is pure conspiracy theory and cannot be taken seriously - there is not even any news about it on the IOC website. Could this just be jealousy?

Bout f*%ing time! I'm sick of seeing runners getting disqualified for stepping on or over a line yet there has been this HUGE allegation about this gymnast. Just think if she is actually 16, there would have been a plethora of documentation and proof given immediately. How are you gonna cheat when hosting something as big as this on your own turf?

Again i say..... How can you fall during the vault routine and still when a medal, when clearly Alicia was 10 times better than her!

I think that this is interesting because of the sheer hard work and dedication that goes into competing at this level. The gymnasts have only a few shots to compete at an Olympics level in this sport and the playing field should be fair. A rule is a rule. And cheating is cheating whether it be with drugs or an unfair advantage because of a younger pre-pubescent body. It's called Women's gymnastics not little girl gymnastics. Each sport has different rules that should be adhered to. The entire premise of the Olympics is thrown out of the window if you allow a cheater to keep their gold medal. Our own government went after Marion Jones vigorously for doping and lying. The problem here is that the government, parents, coaches and China's olympic committee is encouraging dishonest and a "win by any means necessary" attitude.

Aahh the beautiful spirit of sports!
It was told that American started this controversy… it’s also Americans who are fulminating because of the impressive results of the Chinese team in these Olympic games, Americans even invented a new performance ranking (counting all medals instead of gold medals) to put ourselves in front of the Chinese. What a shame, our greatness of spirit is obvious here. This being said, the efficient Chinese communists use children in their workforce to ensure the commercial surplus, and we don’t seam to have a problem with that, so why not to bring back gold from the Olympics??

No one has said they are bad gymnasts (in fact they are excellent) , they are just underage and that goes against the rules that apply to all. There are many rules that cover underage actions, and this is one of them, and they broke it. Now they (the government, not the girls) should pay the price for their actions.

i'll commend a 14-year-old all day for winning a gold medal.

good for her.

Really, people just need to calm down about the whole thing.
Everytime I read about the topic, all the replies I see are bad toward those hard working girls.

How do you think they feel in a situation like this?
This world runs on life ruining gossip!

who cares how old she is?! if you are 16, and get your ass kicked by someone younger, then guess what? YOU NEED TO TRAIN HARDER!!! fall with grace and lose with dignity! stop being a sore loser and just deal with it. i know its hard to deal with the fact that someone younger beat you at something you thought you were good at, but so what?! move on!!

i would feel sorry for her for working so hard at 14 and winning gold and getting them taken away. but im sure she was aware, if she is in fact underaged, she was breaking rules, thus she doesn't deserve the gold medal.

Even if china lied, it would be a darn shame to see someone work so hard and put their all into this and then being told to give them back.

i'm scared...feels like chinese olympic team...are sport robots...they are built in china.....
[made in china]

If China had not altered ages before and other countries have not fudged ages before...this wouldn't be so easy to point out.

But they have and so have other countries that happen to come from the same area.

It seems Japan is the only country that seems to be as "honest" as one country can be in a area of dishonest countries.

Terms used very loosely, of course.

It's about time! My local news reported that they are investigating 3 of China's team. If they are underage USA will win team gold as well.

What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Asians do look a lot younger than Westerners in most cases.

If there is a comment about China, people on this site and mostly in the US always assume the worst. They are ignorantly wrong most of the time. The amazing thing is they speak as if they are stating obvious facts when in reality they are just speculated based on some shady journalism.

I am not Chinese. I am an American who lived abroad most of my life. There is always propaganda coming from both sides. Of course, both sides think that they know the truth and the other side is propaganda.

First of all there's no real competition when no other nations are competing against the ASIANS AND EUROPEANS in gymnastics, This is Bull, where are the Ethnic nations, where's Africa? Where's Brazil? Where are the Arabic nations? where are the Hispanic Nations? if these nations were competing, neither the Chinese or the Europeans would have a chance, this is garbage, they can't be claimed World Olympians when only European nations and Asia are competing amongst each other, it's kind of Arbitrary. But anyway, I'm not surprised, I'm disgusted by China, as far as there regiment is concerned and their obsessive perfection complex, it's disgusting, these Asian kids have been tortured in the name of Athleticism. ARgh

I really don't understand why a host country would cheat at the Olympics. Surely they know they'd get caught and risk damaging their reputation in the international community.

Maybe I am being stupid but why can't 14 year olds take part?

If she is underage, I guess she may be stripped of her medal or face other possible consequence. But I don't think it is entirely her fault. It's the Chinese government's fault for pushing and rushing the gymnast into the competition. But, I still applaud her for a job well done. She still managed to beat the other participants.

But if she is 16 (which I still kind of not believe), then great job.

I think it is amazing that a 14 year old could dominate like she did, however, there are rules in place and she clearly broke them.

I love gymnastics and hate to see anyone work as hard as these girls do and then have someone lie just to win!!!!!!!!!

Shame on China.

Give the gold to the true winner.

I'm glad they finally decided to enforce their own rules.

All you have to do is check her diaper to see she was not 16.