A few initial Olympic (intelligent) thoughts
While watching Women's Olympic Gymnastics I saw the Chinese women's team. The interesting thing about this team is they sure don't look like women. Whether or not these "women" have hit puberty is rather questionable. To participate in the Olympics you must be atleast 16 years old. The Chinese team looks like they are about 12 years of age. The most senior member of the team is listed at age 20 and she is the only one who even looks remotely old enough to qualify.
If they are not old enough what does it say abou China? Well first of all, China needs stricter child labor laws. Secondly, China needs to embrace the Olympic spirit and cheat correctly. Under-aged athletes isn't really fair. What China needs to know is that real Olympic powerhouses use steriods and blood dope.
For example: the seven Russian athletes who were suspended for drug violations. Or even better would be the 11 out 14 member Greek weightlifting team that were suspended for steroid use. The entire Romanian weightlifting was suspended. Even a race walker was suspended! Personally I am not very sure how doping would help a race walker, but that doesn't really matter.
At least these athletes have embraced the Olympic motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius" or “Faster, Higher, Stronger” not "Use, Younger, Athletes." But then again the Chinese are communists, so what can we really except from them?
If they are not old enough what does it say abou China? Well first of all, China needs stricter child labor laws. Secondly, China needs to embrace the Olympic spirit and cheat correctly. Under-aged athletes isn't really fair. What China needs to know is that real Olympic powerhouses use steriods and blood dope.
For example: the seven Russian athletes who were suspended for drug violations. Or even better would be the 11 out 14 member Greek weightlifting team that were suspended for steroid use. The entire Romanian weightlifting was suspended. Even a race walker was suspended! Personally I am not very sure how doping would help a race walker, but that doesn't really matter.
At least these athletes have embraced the Olympic motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius" or “Faster, Higher, Stronger” not "Use, Younger, Athletes." But then again the Chinese are communists, so what can we really except from them?
posted by Rick at 7:25 PM
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I have to agree with you first of all, that those girls were not 16. In another point of interest, the one who won the all-around had her birth date listed as January 1st, 1992. I think this was a small joke by Chinese officials to say, "ha ha IOC, there is no way you can prove us wrong." There is one other fact that I'd like to point out: there is no rule that says that 16 is the age limit for the whole Olympics, this is particular to the Gymnastics Federation, as Bela Karolyi pointed out in his somewhat unintelligible commentary. Also, the Chinese gymnasts weren't the only super-young competitors, there was a 14 yr old diver, I think he may have been from Canada, but I'm not sure. I'm going to ignore the whole rant about 'roids at the Olympics, because I don't know anything about that. I guess this severely long comment is coming to an end.
Thank God i have oppertunaity to ask someone my curious question about china.
Unquestionably there is no good human reccord, no one can protest against violation, no one can have more than one child,etc Chinese people are so innocent that they didn't try to ask for these things... Why Chine is in progress?
Kindly give me a solid and meaningful answer.
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