IOC orders investigation into He Kexin's age

Yahoo News ^ | 8/21/2008 | Chris Chase

[Red in Blue PA]

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.

[Red in Blue PA]

Re: hanged for their murderous deeds against their own people

Aye, but there’s the rub.

The Chinese people are some of the most nationalistic people onthe planet and will defend the dictatorship is place. Reminds me of those who support the regimes in the middle east.

Personally, I understand neither.

[grellis]

All I was trying to point out is that, as the rules are now, they will not be stripped of their medals. One of the many reasons gymnastics is so screwed up.

I don't care if they are stripped of their medals. I do care that a gymanst like Nastia played by the rules, waited until she was old enough for Olympic competition, gave a flawless performance on the bars, and lost to a child who should be playing with teddy bears.