[Tallguy]

Sad to say, but Kwan at 25 is a woman competing in a girls game. It's the same for gymnasts. It's a strength to weight ratio kinda thing. Mature women, in general, lack the explosiveness to compete in these events. I would favor upping the minimum age, or creating divisions by age. It's ridiculous to treat a collegiate gymnast as "over the hill" for international competition.

[originalbuckeye]

Agree. My niece was a competetive gymnast and was in SoCal for a Western States competition a few years ago.I was shocked at the beefiness of all the women. My sister-in-law told me that most gymnasts are bundles of muscles, very unlike the nubile little girls who always win in the Olympics. Skating seems to be much the same as gymnastics.