FIG Expands Chinese Age Investigation
Wednesday September 24, 2008
 Yang Yun and Dong Fangxiao Photo © Billy Stickland / Getty Images |
The federation is looking into the ages of Yang Yun and Dong Fangxiao, two members of the bronze medal-winning team. Yang Yun, who is engaged to 2008 Olympic All-Around Champion Yang Wei, had said in an interview on Chinese TV that she was only 14 at the time of the 2000 Olympics.
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It seems pretty clear to me that the Chinese have been cheating. The question is, what will be done if they are?
They aren’t going to do anything about it. I dont know why people think this is right, but you can look at their face and see that they are not much older then 12 or 13.
Yes, but gymnasts always look young. Looking young isn’t really enough to go on. I don’t know how they can ever proof it.