Bella Karoli said the Chinese girls were 14 and 15 but since the Chinese government lied with their passports, there is nothing anyone could do about it. I'm guessing they were more like 12. "Too bad they are underage," he says.

Seriously, I'm not taking anything away from their athletes but when the qualifying age is 16 and their team is littered with girls so clearly under age, it really pisses me off. As much as we hear about steroids and the integrity of the games, then the host country so blatantly pisses on the rules, it is annoying as hell. Fuck you China. Just like the cute girl lip sinking in the opening ceremonies, this gold medal team was a fraud and it can't be proven because the government had everything to do with it. Bullshit, shady and pathetic.

The American girls looked like old women (average age of just over 17) compared to a few of the Chinese girls. If a government feels the need to cheat in the sporting endeavors, can we really trust them with anything?

Anywhoo, America still could have won but choked. They took down the silver. The individual competition is coming up. Shawn Johnson (below) is an absolute baller so I'll be pulling for her. She stepped up big and looked as good if not better than everyone, even the underage homegirls.

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He Kexin said:

	Don't hate, congratulate!
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Bugeatersteve said:

	Read an article on Yahoo this weekend where they said it would be very easy, simple and non-evasive to check their ages. By doing an X-ray of them and looking at their bones and teeth. That is the one place where certain things develop that can be pin-pointed to a single year. (bones fusing, teeth developing). It is used to determine age of unidentified children that are found.
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PK said:

	Gymnasts Underage? Maybe Not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtB5VLxOBsQ&fmt=6
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September 10, 2008
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