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  • IOC Finally Takes Action on Gymnast Scandal but is it Too Late?

    08/22/2008 6:25:44 PM PDT · by robertvance · 11 replies · 141+ views
    TeachAbroadChina.com ^ | 8/22/2008 | Robert Vance
    am not going to allow myself to wonder why the IOC (International Olympic Committee) waited until three days before the end of the Olympics to fully address the Chinese gymnastic age scandal. I am not going to even dwell on the fact that the ID’s and birth certificates that China provided to the IOC last night could easily have been modified or reissued. I am just happy to see that the IOC took action...
  • Chinese Say They Always Knew Olympic Gymnasts Were Under Sixteen Years Old

    08/17/2008 6:58:25 PM PDT · by robertvance · 191 replies · 1,963+ views
    The China Teaching Web ^ | 8/18/2008 | Robert Vance
    "We always knew they were under sixteen years old," a group of Chinese students told me yesterday. "We had no idea that there was an age limit for gymnastics in the Olympics. If there really is, then China did break the rules." We were discussing the real possibility that three members of China’s gold medal winning Olympic gymnastics team did not meet the minimum age requirement of sixteen years old to compete. Chinese students and other friends of mine have said that as late as last week, Chinese state run television had admitted that Yang Yilin, He Kexin, and Jian...