Hackers unearth more underage gymnast allegations

The Olympics in itself is 17 days of worldwide distraction from what China has REALLY been up to. Tibet, anyone?

I could care less about the whole event, it's all a charade anyway, the competition is arbitrary, only the Chinese and the Europeans are competing against each other in Gymnastics? what a way to determine whose the best in the world, ha, Bull, where are the Arabic Hispanic and African nations? China and the other European nations wouldn't stand a chance against these nations!

It's unfortunate that we live in an age of skepticism. I'm skeptical of the Chinese. I'm skeptical of the Jamaican sprinters. Hell, I'm even skeptical of Michael Phelps.

Thanks a lot, Mark McGwire.

This should be resolved quickly and HONESTLY -- not for the USA or any other country, but for the sake of the athletes themselves. Then, if another competitor is found to have broken the rules, the placing should be revised. Give each athlete what he or she honestly earned.

oh man you're all hypocrites!
Bet if it was one of our countries they wouldnt want the medals taken away.

This is all Hogwash anyway, this isn't real competitiveness, where are the other nations competing gymnastically, Only Europeans and Asians, thats arbitrary, none of them can claim Olympic Success, where are the Arabic African and South American nations? in gymnastics, neither the europeans or the asians would stand a chance if they were competing against other nations outside of europe, this is all Bull, thats why, Track and Field is dominated by Afro Centric Nations, imagine Gymnastics! This Years Olympics is Bull!

I just wonder if america had an underage athlete, would we defend it? Or would we be as pissed as some people here are?

The truth is China was being watched so closely from the beginning that people are bound to say something.

The fact that they (China) took so much heat in the west for something nearly every single PROFESSIONAL performer does live on North American television is a pretty sad commentary of what we view as important...( I'm talking about the lip syncing of course).

With regards to the cheating... not sure if there's any actual proof, however until someone actually produces the "smoking gun" we should all allow the girl to enjoy her victory... not like they're reading this... or even allowed to read this, but we look pretty petty, and there are more important things to talk about.

Moving on.

I think it is to the point where they must do some testing on this.

The IOC is just as corrupt as the Chinese Government, yet are worse because they hide behind false honor and integrity. DQ the girls!

boring

everybody SHHHH. as soon as they get everyone out of China they can take away medals. before hand the chinese can take away freedom. no joke.

time will fix this error

If a fourteen-year-old is trained properly, she or he can beat a older teen in gymastics because it is proven that a gymnast peaks around the pre-teen age. And anyway if America did the same thing you all would probably say something different.

It comes down to this. The planet is a "win or nothing" society. It's all for the million dollar endorsement deals. That's why there's cheating at all costs. It's all about the payoff. It's not about "it's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game" as it should be. It's "it's how you win, and how much you can set yourself for life." The work ethic is being chipped away bit by bit with this "win or nothing" credo.

It's really unfortunate that that they would cheat in my favorite event. On the other hand, everyone loves a good controversy!

I'll vote this one down. Not because China should not be exposed for undaerage gymnasts but honour is kind of taken away from this powerful gymnast

Im just tired of everyone trying to find something wrong with China right now. Yes the country is not perfect, but then again no country is. In the Olympics Americans have cheated many times and often gotten away with it. It just seems like right now people are trying to find everything wrong with China that they can and honestly its getting a bit childish. I could care less about a terrific athlete being 2 years too young...if anything why arent people raising a stink over Cheng Fei's fall still receiving relatively good scores?

I have no doubt in my mind that these girls are so unbelievably talented. That is not what is being disputed though, their age is. Rules are rules. It's not the fact that I don't believe they deserve their medals, its the fact that their ages were lied about and then were supposedly covered up. We might never know if thats the truth, but if it is, then I stand by the fact that they broke the rules and should suffer the consequences like everyone else who breaks Olympic rules. If they are, in fact, of legal age, then more power to them for winning gold.

Excuse me, but what difference would two years make on this little girl's ability? I doubt that she would lose any of her "youthful flexibility" by then.

Plus, she seems to have a heart of gold. Does anyone remember when He lifted her teammate up in the air after the her routine? I doubt that many other young olympians could be that genuinely excited over someone else's victory.

I for one are Chinese and I like to say at this very moment I am not very proud of being Chinese because they ways how they cheated i these games! SHAME ON CHINA FOR DOING THIS. YOU HAD DISGRACE ALL OF US WHO ARE CHINESE! AND YES THE MEDALS SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THOSE CHEATERS! IOC WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND TAKE AWAY THOSE MEDALS FROM THE CHEATERS! AND GIVE THESE MEDALS TO SOMEONE WHO IS MORE DESERVING OF WINNING.

hack the planet.

I think that the reason this is creating so much controversy is because the girls are from the host country. It looks like China is trying to cover stuff up. It's not fair to the girls who wait and wait for years before they are able to turn 16 and compete in the Olympics. It doesn't matter how good the Chinese girls are, if they are competing under age, it's not fair to everyone else who waits. There is no reason to have rules in the Olympics if they aren't going to be abided by. It's a shame that the controversy over the age of the Chinese gymnasts has come to this, but they should have followed the rules in the first place.

what pathetic topic ! Any sports which decideing who win is based on the judge. It always can be argue whether hosting nation get advantage, therefore there is judge panel. However why American just can not accept the result, if IOC find her is underage, of course they will take action. However there are already so many disord news around this sites. Maybe in the future, everyone atheltic must take DNA or bone test just to know how exactly their Bilogical age is.

With or without Gold, The chinese faked it and we are the true winners... thruth will be exposed.

These stories keep popping up stating that China is cheating but there is no actual real evidence yet - because if there was then they would be in trouble with the Olympic officials. I think the fact that they have probably trained and trained (and trained some more) since the day they won the games has made them win so many medals and really excel. It's only natural for the host country to be more successful than before - perfect conditions no need to acclimatise, home support - everything in their favour.

I think sour grapes are playing a part in these arguments! No-one is claiming that the UK is cheating and it is their most successful Games for something like 100 years.

I think if they are cheating then take the medals back but let us wait and see what the truth is!

Rules are posted. China broke them. Take the medals and let the kids disappear. What kind of country trains their athletes from like age 3 and still has to cheat. And yes the reason this girl was chosen was be cause she was so good meaning china intentionally fudged her age so she could compete. Cheating.

P.S. Olympic boxing sucks it.

Also Phelps didn't take any drugs, he's just a badass. Thats what happens when you train in the greatest country in the world.

True, my comment was directed at the judging. If this were true, China is cheating in that sense.

How can China not be cheating? The age limit for gymnastics is 16, and the girl is 14. They broke the rules, period.

Although I don't think many of these events have been scored 100% fairly, I don't think China is cheating. It could be a psychological thing for the judges since the people being scored higher are those that are expected to win.

i think those chinese bash or olympic game bash is too often and too boring. I only see U.S. is getting so jealouse of what China has done in this game. By the way, if i say, it is so strange why phelps got 8 medal, ? whether he take drug. At the end, those sportmen or women work so hard.

how many people can really see the whole picture? everyone points fingers when they are not on top.

as if only the things that are spoken of exist.

how many of the tricks of those not mentioned go unnoticed?

how much can you see of yourselves let alone someone else?

cheating happens all the time by many.

take it easy and make sure you're clean before you start pointing.

I'll bet there celebrating in the streets. Oh I forgot thats illegal.

Either way its not about who won the most gold or silver or whatever. Its about the world coming together for a few weeks in a peaceful manner. Besides, Phelps is a record breaking athlete! Isn't that enough america?

Let's just pray that the truth comes out and the "rightful owners" of the Gold Medals are awared their medals.

...when it does come out, will China be forced to give back the medals and how will that rank the others? That is what remains to be a question.

I think the newspapers that state that China has won should have an * indicating these allegations of underhandedness.

CHINA WON*

*maybe.

Something is very odd about the Host Country Dominating. It looks very suspicious...if it were the USA as Host and we just Dominated other countries in the gold medal they would be having the same conversation, China would especially be up in arms. Let me leave you all with this...if you have been paying attention then you would have notice that even the commentators are commenting of the "scoring" by the officials and not just in gymnastics but diving also...just pay close attention there is a lot of suspect activity going on right now. Don't get it twisted the are definitely cheating and its pretty blatant...we just can't prove it...right now.

WHY WON'T THE IOC INVESTIGATE?

Sorry for the yelling, this is just ridiculous.

oh boy.

I think something odd is going on anyway, 45 gold medals...hmmm

What's the problem with an underage athlete?
It's not like she's doing slave work, getting sexually abused or anything.

She's still the best athlete there is at the Olympics in this particular category.
I think that's the only thing that counts.

This was probably the most corrupt olympics in recent history, not just by China either!

Along with the girl getting gold for falling over... you can tell China is cheating.

Something tells me this is only the tip of the iceberg.

I get the infraction, but a 14 year old beating adults in any Olympic sport is an amazing feat.
I would say to allow her to keep the gold for two reasons. 1. I believe the Athens womens gymnastics was fixed. 2. If she didn't win, she probably will never been seen again.

is it an amazing feat or is it the product of a country that takes kids (that they select at a very young age) away from their parents and basically tells them that their new life will consist of training for a sport at the expense of a normal life...these "athletes" are not asked if it is what they want they are told it is what they will do and then brainwashed into believing it is their duty to represent their country.
so yes congratulation to china for focusing so much energy on sport while the vast majority of their citizens live in squalor.
as for moceanu the age limit (16) was put in place in 1997 one year after the 1996 games

Whatever is said about China's athletes and how China is cheating, the level that Chinese sports performance has risen to is still quite amazing. Instead of calling them cheaters just because we aren't winning, we should acknowledge the Chinese for the amazing feat of human effort they have pulled off in this year's olympics.

those cheating bastards we should take there metals away and give them to the 2nd place people

I wish we could verify all of this information and present it to someone who could get something done about it. But who is going to accuse the host country, with information from ,"Stryde Hax?"