Other Sports Olympics: IOC orders investigation into He Kexin's age

**Tribal Warfare** · 06:08 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/bei...urn=oly,102564

IOC orders investigation into He Kexin's age

By Chris Chase

The International Olympic Committee has ordered an investigation into the age of Chinese gymnast He Kexin, The Times of London reports. Faced with almost insurmountable evidence which suggests that He is two years younger than the birth date listed on her Chinese passport, the IOC has launched an inquiry that could result in the stripping of He's gold medals.

This news comes on the heels of another Times report that details the findings of a New York computer security expert who found official Chinese documents that list He's age as 14 years and 220 days. Mike Walker used a Chinese search engine's cache feature to find He's actual date of birth on spreadsheets from a Chinese government website. The spreadsheets were taken down off the site recently and He's name had been removed.

Assuming the IOC is committed to a real investigation and not some dog and pony show, the revelation that the Chinese government covered up the ages of gymnasts could end up being the defining moment of these Games for the host country. Officials wanted the Olympics to be a coming out party for a new China. But while the Games have been a huge success, there is a legitimate possibility that China's legacy from Beijing '08 will be that of a massive government cover-up, not the magical Opening Ceremony or the transformation of Beijing or anything else positive.

All the good work China did to put on these Olympics could be forgotten because of an unnecessary, arrogant move by the government. Why risk everything to put a 14-year old in the competition when they could have replaced her with an of-age 16-year old gymnast? Sure, He is a better gymnast than the Chinese gymnasts who were eligible to compete, but with the judges they had at the Olympics, would it really have mattered?

teedubya · 08-21-2008, 05:35 PM

Greed by the Chinese, and arrogance. Must have every gold medal!!!

**gblowfish** · 08-21-2008, 05:36 PM

That chick looks like a smurf.

**DaFace** · 08-21-2008, 05:55 PM

I'm not sure they had any choice. The evidence out there is pretty damning.

**The Franchise** · 08-21-2008, 05:58 PM

Grass on the field.....play ball!

Oops....wrong thread.

irishjayhawk · 08-21-2008, 05:59 PM

China has had a good Olympics:

CGIing the Opening Ceremony
Lip syncing their National Anthem because the girl is "too ugly" for television
Underage girl gymnasts
Underage guy gymnasts

Silock · 08-21-2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

I'm not sure they had any choice. The evidence out there is pretty damning.

Pretty much. This would mean the women's team gymnastics gold goes to US, wouldn't it?

**DaFace** · 08-21-2008, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silock

Pretty much. This would mean the women's team gymnastics gold goes to US, wouldn't it?

I think so. Plus, Nastia would move from silver to gold in uneven bars (where she lost on a tiebreaker).

irishjayhawk · 08-21-2008, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silock

Pretty much. This would mean the women's team gymnastics gold goes to US, wouldn't it?

This is the mens team. I thought they didn't investigate the Chinese Women....

irishjayhawk · 08-21-2008, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaFace

I think so. Plus, Nastia would move from silver to gold in uneven bars (where she lost on a tiebreaker).

Which I heard was a judge disaster.

**DaFace** · 08-21-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

This is the mens team. I thought they didn't investigate the Chinese Women....

Huh? "He" is a girl. I hadn't heard about any underage men.

**DeezNutz** · 08-21-2008, 06:07 PM

Shocking news.

irishjayhawk · 08-21-2008, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaFace

Huh? "He" is a girl. I hadn't heard about any underage men.

Whoops, I read the second occurrence of "He" as lowercase, meaning the pronoun. Stupid names....

irishjayhawk · 08-21-2008, 06:08 PM

I would like to know how a Computer Security expert caught this. Hacking? Was that security firm hired by the IOC?

LocoChiefsFan · 08-21-2008, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

That chick looks like a smurf.

I think she looks like the female ET from Close Encounters.

08-21-2008, 05:25 PM
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