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So HE Kexin is a SHE? LOL!

I wouldnt be suprised to find out HE is really born a boy and was pumped full of hormones ---or hismones :) The Soviets did things like that all the time. Which is why most of their female athletes looked like men.

So shouldn't they be disqualified and have their gold medal stripped? I watched when she performed and thought that there was so way she was 16.

I thought that there were two or three of them that couldn't possibly be 16. They would have trouble passing for 14, and as it turns out I was right. But of course, the IOC moonbats will do nothing, and the EU and UN moonbats will say nothing, which is exactly what China is counting on.

Look at Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, both of whom are 16, and then look at the Chinese women's team. I don't know who China thinks it's kidding.

The 'games' (particularly gymnastics) are a sham. Anything that depends on judges' partiality scores is suspect.

At least some of the events (basketball, track and field) the actual winners are clear.

Give me a real sport that doesnt hide behine subjectivity and lies, like swimming anyday.

If you have to be 16, the rules should apply to ALL athletes... All the americans and other countries were over the age of 16, China cheated by putting in little girls and they should lose their medals... and the gymnasts can blame China's sneaky cheating government for covering up their "true" age. So sad for China to be the host country and a blatant cheat and liar. I'm very Proud to Be an American!!!

Anyone notice the missing teeth on China's little ones. My daughter did. At age 16 you don't normally still have missing teeth.
How about checking there dental records for there ages.

I think you are right but its going to be hard to check dental records because they are keeping everything a secret. There has been few things saying she is 13 and the chinese written it off as a typo ! sure if it was one thing a typo is okay but 3 things i dont think so !

"I wouldnt be suprised to find out HE is really born a boy and was pumped full of hormones ---or hismones :) The Soviets did things like that all the time. Which is why most of their female athletes looked like men."

-you sound like a real credible source mate [borat] NOT [/borat]

OK, they look young. What if they really just look young but true 16. Should you guys feel embrassed of being bad losers? Of cousrse you won't, because that is you.

Ran, I think rather than just going on how they look we were going on the information that the government listed her as being 13 last year and are now saying she's 16 this year.

If she's of the required age to compete... then she deserves every bit of acclaim she has earned.

I personally root for everyone at these games... I never really got into the blind nationalism that so many people claim we Americans all engage in. Do I love my country? Yes. Do I firmly believe ours are the best atheletes in the world? No. Do I think a country like China is capable of shifty moves like this just to win? You bet your bippy I do.

the girl everyone says she has missing teeth, her teeth ARE NOT missing.
their just grown really awkwardly.
braces in china cost ALOT.
she probably can afford it considering what she does, but she'll get trashed for having braces when she's a gymnast.
she does not have missing teeth. okay??

Kind of funny the girl who performed the singing for the opening of the Olympics for China was recorded and and a child actress was put in to lip sync it for her. At least the poor girl who did the singing got to know she contributed. China is all about looks. Trying to make a sick communist goverment look like as succesful a country with a deomocratic goverment. The real shame is the show is not so much for us the outside world, but the inside. To show the people of their country they are making progress and every bit as successful as the western world. When in fact the goverment continues to skim off the grossly underpaid and oppressed people they are supose to represent. It is a total sham and I feel sorry for the people of China.

Another idea, have her take a end of school exam for the grade she says she has completed in China. There will be a big diffence between end of school exam for a 13 year old and a 16 year old. The test should be really easy to get and have no openings for interptation in my oppinion.

Maybe she slept in fertiliser the past year and grew 3 years older.

Of course the girls from more developed countries are going to look older. They receive better nourishment, and grow up in a more privileged environment than those who live in China. This is not an attack on any country- it is simply the truth. Yes, China is an up and coming country; but the sad truth is, many Chinese infants are malnourished, and life is hard for most of Asia. Even in the state-run training facilities, life is still hard, and the girls are intentionally kept small to be more agile and quick. The China and US are worlds apart, and comparing a 16 y/o from the US to a 16 y/o from China is nothing short of insane.

This is not the Chinese team's first international competition- if people had brought this up earlier, than maybe this wouldn't look so suspicious. But complaining after they won? That's just poor sportsmanship.

Every single athlete works so, so hard. Can't we just let them be? The Olympics are not about politics; nor are they about the political system of each country. It is about the athletes, truces, and a time where talented people can come together and compete.

The whole thing is a sham. I don't blame the Chinese gymnasts as they are mere pawns in the machine. You think He Kexin had a choice? If she refused, she'd subject herself to banishment, family ostracism, and probably much worse. It's all about winning at any cost for the Chinese govt, Just ask the poor souls who were killed in Tiananmen Square nearly twenty years ago. Anything unfavorable is quickly quashed, silenced. The Chinese can rejoice while the rest of the world looks down on their veiled victories.

I saw the post about her not having a missing tooth, but HELLO! The other night I pointed out to my husband the missing tooth (even found pics online and close ups to show him)....or gap (for you who think she isn't missing a tooth) and viola...tonight....no gap, or missing tooth (nor can I find the photos with her "gap" mouth). What's that about?

I understand how many people feel, and I'm not going to state my own feelings on the matter. I will however say, no matter how old she is, you've got to admit this is a very talented gynmatist.
Also, Nastia is 18, someone mentioned her being 16 and she is 18, born in 1989.

I can't be for sure about the age issues, but I can be sure about the perceived favoritism in scoring. I was not alone in this observation. In the overall competition, there were big visible errors that the judges seemed to not to see or not count against some Chinese female gymnastics. In the uneven bars, He Kexin again made visible errors including a step on the dismount and still the same score? What was up with the Australian judges scores? Frustrating to watch sometimes. I'm just an average viewer with little knowledge about the sport, but it is still obvious to me the scoring just didn't seem fair.

OK, first i am a red-blooded American. Secondly, i thought the Chinese gymnast were amazing. Third, if under-aged, then so what. If we cant beat some Chinese (toddlers) then we dont deserve to win.

Nuff said,

The Olympics should never be about proving a nation's superiority; they're a chance for the world's best athletes to compete at the planet's highest level, and provide the rare opportunity for people from around the world to root on total strangers from opposite hemispheres.

Sure, we'll keep on rooting our nation a little more than others, but that's natural and shouldn't cloud the true focus.

China's government has taken this national pride to an alarmingly competitive extreme.

Honestly, is their gymnastics program so horrible that only their 13-year-olds stand a chance of winning Olympic medals? Do their 16+ gymnasts already have arthritis or something?

personally--i believe that the government is lying about her age but its not the gymnists fault. I feel as though if the government is lying they should be stripped of their medals--and i'm pretty sure when they announced her age on the T.V it said 15 so for us to believe anything its really a hard thing to do. I am not trying to say that she is not an amazing gymnast but I know people who live in china and you can tell the difference. Alot of them did look about 16 but this one def. looks 13 or 14--its not fair to all countries not just the U.S. even though we have more to gain from it. I'd just think that in this day and age people would have learned that lying gets you nowhere but involved in more lies. What about dental records--health records--school records--if China really did falisfy this childs documents I feel bad for her and noone else.

if they cheated it needs to be exposed...nuff said!

it has nothing to do with "sour grapes" or "bad timing" ...if they cheated it needs to be exposed...nuff said! this could set a precedent for future events!

My kids are on usa team swimming and their are ages group. I think we all should follow the rules. We need to be sample. If their government is doing this.. I think the girls shouldn't get the medals and right teams get them... I think all of china girls needed to be looked at. Not just one. I think USA should get the gold for all around team. Because if any china girls under age was on team competed they should get the medals... No cheating allowed

The China Government can stick it where the sun never shines.

"I personally root for everyone at these games... I never really got into the blind nationalism that so many people claim we Americans all engage in. Do I love my country? Yes. Do I firmly believe ours are the best atheletes in the world? No. Do I think a country like China is capable of shifty moves like this just to win? You bet your swwet bippy I do."

Totally agree with this statement!!

For those who say it's not He's fault. WAKE UP... It's not about her. It is about the disgusting, shameful china gorvernment. They are desperate to show the world they're the best. But it is very sad that they're not even close. There are hungers everywhere in China, they imprison people who speak up... I do feel bad for He since she has no choice.. they may do her family harm if she refuses to do this. I can't stand Communist... It's not true that politics is not part of this event. People who watch this game encourage/support China's behavior... The world need to wake up. America should not buy any products from China, don't give them power to kill people..

chinese = cheaters, liers, loosers, but what else can we expect from a communist regime? LONG LIVE THE U.S.A.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's interesting all of the opions and calling name like the U.S.A are poor sports. The fact of the matter is there were specific age rules for this competion. Not only did the Chinese not obey the rules but they willfully falsified documents which lied about her age. That my friends is cheating. I'm sure there are 13 year old gymnasts in other countries who may have done better then their older team mates who did not compete at the Olympics. It doesn't matter the country they cheated.

"Give me a real sport that doesnt hide behine subjectivity and lies, like swimming anyday"

LOL YOU SAY THAT TILL WE FIND OUT THAT PHELPS IS ON THE JUICE. But i dont care about this girl being 16, i wanna know what that super tiny ones age is, looks like shes still in diapers

ok for those who say that its not the big of a deal that china used underage gymnasts u obviously dont know much about gymnastics. in gymnastics the younger you are the better. young gymnasts are smaller, more flexible and more nimble. so in this sport it is almost as bad as using steroids in other sports. its just another way to gain anunfair advantage.

I feel sorry for all the Chinese girls that their country made them go through this and taught them that somehow lieing is ok. We have to have rules in this universe and everyone needs to follow them otherwise there is chaos. The olympics should be about competition not about politics but some countries make it political - anything to beat Americans. They cannot understand a country that has exceptional athelics and they are free to choose to become that. We can be exceptionally proud of our athelics not only for their exceptional abilities but for their sportsmanship - even when the scoring was questionable. But I'm sure they are use to this happening in all the competitions they attend.

Lots of asian women look younger than they are. Althought I will agree it is suspect about her age being reported as 13 less than a year ago. Aside from that we should not fall in to judging people by the way they look. After all, it's not like America, Russia, Romania, Korea never lied about gymnasts ages. China is just more sloppy about it. That does not make any other country better than they are. =)

I am an asian and just celebrated my 40th birthday. Yet, my US co-workers and manager continue to think I am in early 30s.

People cannot impose their values and perspective on other people.

Just to face it, the Chinese team performed better this time and they should be recognized.

I am an Asian (not chinese) and just celebrated my 40th birthday. Yet, my US co-workers and manager continue to think I am in early 30s.

American always like to impose their value system on other people. This is very arrogant!

Just face it, the Chinese team performed better this time. They should be recognized.