This is why I don't watch the Olympics

redrumloa said:
smithy said:
Does it matter if they are children? I mean, does it give them any advantage?

In tennis, for example, under 16s can play in the adult tournament at Wimbledon.
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In gymnastics young children have a huge advantage in coordination over adults, night and day.
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Actually, Slate had a little Explainer bit on this. They claim it's the weight to strength ratio that gives prepubescent girls the advantage. There are also theories that older girls worry more, but that's never been proven.

I'm not sure what the rules for age are. However, not all girls go through puberty at the same age and gymnastics scouts may be looking for late bloomers. And as for her tooth, could she have fallen off the beam and have face planted herself onto concrete, thus breaking her tooth? I know I broke a tooth like that when I was learning how to skate (actually, I was trying to learn how to stop skating, when I somehow tripped myself and face planted onto the hard ice). Lost my front tooth that way, and it wasn't a baby tooth either.

And I don't know if you've noticed, but Asian girls always look about 10 years younger then they are. Look into the Asian fetish thing.

- Mike
 
redrumloa said:
smithy said:
Does it matter if they are children? I mean, does it give them any advantage?

In tennis, for example, under 16s can play in the adult tournament at Wimbledon.
Click to expand...

In gymnastics young children have a huge advantage in coordination over adults, night and day.
Click to expand...
Actually, Slate had a little Explainer bit on this. They claim it's the weight to strength ratio that gives prepubescent girls the advantage. There are also theories that older girls worry more, but that's never been proven.

I'm not sure what the rules for age are. However, not all girls go through puberty at the same age and gymnastics scouts may be looking for late bloomers. And as for her tooth, could she have fallen off the beam and have face planted herself onto concrete, thus breaking her tooth? I know I broke a tooth like that when I was learning how to skate (actually, I was trying to learn how to stop skating, when I somehow tripped myself and face planted onto the hard ice). Lost my front tooth that way, and it wasn't a baby tooth either.

And I don't know if you've noticed, but Asian girls always look about 10 years younger then they are. Look into the Asian fetish thing.

- Mike
 
redrumloa said:
smithy said:
Does it matter if they are children? I mean, does it give them any advantage?

In tennis, for example, under 16s can play in the adult tournament at Wimbledon.
Click to expand...

In gymnastics young children have a huge advantage in coordination over adults, night and day.
Click to expand...
Actually, Slate had a little Explainer bit on this. They claim it's the weight to strength ratio that gives prepubescent girls the advantage. There are also theories that older girls worry more, but that's never been proven.

I'm not sure what the rules for age are. However, not all girls go through puberty at the same age and gymnastics scouts may be looking for late bloomers. And as for her tooth, could she have fallen off the beam and have face planted herself onto concrete, thus breaking her tooth? I know I broke a tooth like that when I was learning how to skate (actually, I was trying to learn how to stop skating, when I somehow tripped myself and face planted onto the hard ice). Lost my front tooth that way, and it wasn't a baby tooth either.

And I don't know if you've noticed, but Asian girls always look about 10 years younger then they are. Look into the Asian fetish thing.

- Mike
 
redrumloa said:
smithy said:
Does it matter if they are children? I mean, does it give them any advantage?

In tennis, for example, under 16s can play in the adult tournament at Wimbledon.
Click to expand...

In gymnastics young children have a huge advantage in coordination over adults, night and day.
Click to expand...
Actually, Slate had a little Explainer bit on this. They claim it's the weight to strength ratio that gives prepubescent girls the advantage. There are also theories that older girls worry more, but that's never been proven.

I'm not sure what the rules for age are. However, not all girls go through puberty at the same age and gymnastics scouts may be looking for late bloomers. And as for her tooth, could she have fallen off the beam and have face planted herself onto concrete, thus breaking her tooth? I know I broke a tooth like that when I was learning how to skate (actually, I was trying to learn how to stop skating, when I somehow tripped myself and face planted onto the hard ice). Lost my front tooth that way, and it wasn't a baby tooth either.

And I don't know if you've noticed, but Asian girls always look about 10 years younger then they are. Look into the Asian fetish thing.

- Mike
 
redrumloa said:
smithy said:
Does it matter if they are children? I mean, does it give them any advantage?

In tennis, for example, under 16s can play in the adult tournament at Wimbledon.
Click to expand...

In gymnastics young children have a huge advantage in coordination over adults, night and day.
Click to expand...
Actually, Slate had a little Explainer bit on this. They claim it's the weight to strength ratio that gives prepubescent girls the advantage. There are also theories that older girls worry more, but that's never been proven.

I'm not sure what the rules for age are. However, not all girls go through puberty at the same age and gymnastics scouts may be looking for late bloomers. And as for her tooth, could she have fallen off the beam and have face planted herself onto concrete, thus breaking her tooth? I know I broke a tooth like that when I was learning how to skate (actually, I was trying to learn how to stop skating, when I somehow tripped myself and face planted onto the hard ice). Lost my front tooth that way, and it wasn't a baby tooth either.

And I don't know if you've noticed, but Asian girls always look about 10 years younger then they are. Look into the Asian fetish thing.

- Mike
 
redrumloa said:
smithy said:
Does it matter if they are children? I mean, does it give them any advantage?

In tennis, for example, under 16s can play in the adult tournament at Wimbledon.
Click to expand...

In gymnastics young children have a huge advantage in coordination over adults, night and day.
Click to expand...
Actually, Slate had a little Explainer bit on this. They claim it's the weight to strength ratio that gives prepubescent girls the advantage. There are also theories that older girls worry more, but that's never been proven.

I'm not sure what the rules for age are. However, not all girls go through puberty at the same age and gymnastics scouts may be looking for late bloomers. And as for her tooth, could she have fallen off the beam and have face planted herself onto concrete, thus breaking her tooth? I know I broke a tooth like that when I was learning how to skate (actually, I was trying to learn how to stop skating, when I somehow tripped myself and face planted onto the hard ice). Lost my front tooth that way, and it wasn't a baby tooth either.

And I don't know if you've noticed, but Asian girls always look about 10 years younger then they are. Look into the Asian fetish thing.

- Mike
 
When I walked into the TV room and my family were watching the Olympics the first thing I saw was the US women's team and I thought they were all 13 or 14. Quite frankly it's difficult to tell how old the female gymnasts are but gymnasts are female gymnasts are notorious for being under-developed, partly because of their intensive training which seems to retard puberty, and I'm sure there is a genetic component in that later developers are more likely to be able to train long enough to get into these levels of competition. You can't discount the selection process - else, where are all the fat one legged gymnasts? eh?
 
When I walked into the TV room and my family were watching the Olympics the first thing I saw was the US women's team and I thought they were all 13 or 14. Quite frankly it's difficult to tell how old the female gymnasts are but gymnasts are female gymnasts are notorious for being under-developed, partly because of their intensive training which seems to retard puberty, and I'm sure there is a genetic component in that later developers are more likely to be able to train long enough to get into these levels of competition. You can't discount the selection process - else, where are all the fat one legged gymnasts? eh?
 
When I walked into the TV room and my family were watching the Olympics the first thing I saw was the US women's team and I thought they were all 13 or 14. Quite frankly it's difficult to tell how old the female gymnasts are but gymnasts are female gymnasts are notorious for being under-developed, partly because of their intensive training which seems to retard puberty, and I'm sure there is a genetic component in that later developers are more likely to be able to train long enough to get into these levels of competition. You can't discount the selection process - else, where are all the fat one legged gymnasts? eh?
 
When I walked into the TV room and my family were watching the Olympics the first thing I saw was the US women's team and I thought they were all 13 or 14. Quite frankly it's difficult to tell how old the female gymnasts are but gymnasts are female gymnasts are notorious for being under-developed, partly because of their intensive training which seems to retard puberty, and I'm sure there is a genetic component in that later developers are more likely to be able to train long enough to get into these levels of competition. You can't discount the selection process - else, where are all the fat one legged gymnasts? eh?
 
When I walked into the TV room and my family were watching the Olympics the first thing I saw was the US women's team and I thought they were all 13 or 14. Quite frankly it's difficult to tell how old the female gymnasts are but gymnasts are female gymnasts are notorious for being under-developed, partly because of their intensive training which seems to retard puberty, and I'm sure there is a genetic component in that later developers are more likely to be able to train long enough to get into these levels of competition. You can't discount the selection process - else, where are all the fat one legged gymnasts? eh?
 
When I walked into the TV room and my family were watching the Olympics the first thing I saw was the US women's team and I thought they were all 13 or 14. Quite frankly it's difficult to tell how old the female gymnasts are but gymnasts are female gymnasts are notorious for being under-developed, partly because of their intensive training which seems to retard puberty, and I'm sure there is a genetic component in that later developers are more likely to be able to train long enough to get into these levels of competition. You can't discount the selection process - else, where are all the fat one legged gymnasts? eh?
 
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijin ... &type=lgns

Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government’s news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week.

In its report Nov. 3, Xinhua identified He as one of “10 big new stars” who made a splash at China’s Cities Games. It gave her age as 13 and reported that she beat Yang Yilin on the uneven bars at those games. In the final, “this little girl” pulled off a difficult release move on the bars known as the Li Na, named for another Chinese gymnast, Xinhua said in the report, which appeared on one of its Web sites, www.hb.xinhuanet.com

The Associated Press found the Xinhua report on the site Thursday morning and saved a copy of the page. Later that afternoon, the Web site was still working but the page was no longer accessible. Sports editors at the state-run news agency would not comment for publication.

If the age reported by Xinhua was correct, that would have meant He was too young to be on the Chinese team that beat the United States on Wednesday and clinched China’s first women’s team Olympic gold in gymnastics. He is also a favorite for gold in Monday’s uneven bars final.

Yang was also on Wednesday’s winning team. Questions have also been raised about her age and that of a third team member, Jiang Yuyuan.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijin ... &type=lgns

Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government’s news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week.

In its report Nov. 3, Xinhua identified He as one of “10 big new stars” who made a splash at China’s Cities Games. It gave her age as 13 and reported that she beat Yang Yilin on the uneven bars at those games. In the final, “this little girl” pulled off a difficult release move on the bars known as the Li Na, named for another Chinese gymnast, Xinhua said in the report, which appeared on one of its Web sites, www.hb.xinhuanet.com

The Associated Press found the Xinhua report on the site Thursday morning and saved a copy of the page. Later that afternoon, the Web site was still working but the page was no longer accessible. Sports editors at the state-run news agency would not comment for publication.

If the age reported by Xinhua was correct, that would have meant He was too young to be on the Chinese team that beat the United States on Wednesday and clinched China’s first women’s team Olympic gold in gymnastics. He is also a favorite for gold in Monday’s uneven bars final.

Yang was also on Wednesday’s winning team. Questions have also been raised about her age and that of a third team member, Jiang Yuyuan.
Click to expand...
 
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijin ... &type=lgns

Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government’s news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week.

In its report Nov. 3, Xinhua identified He as one of “10 big new stars” who made a splash at China’s Cities Games. It gave her age as 13 and reported that she beat Yang Yilin on the uneven bars at those games. In the final, “this little girl” pulled off a difficult release move on the bars known as the Li Na, named for another Chinese gymnast, Xinhua said in the report, which appeared on one of its Web sites, www.hb.xinhuanet.com

The Associated Press found the Xinhua report on the site Thursday morning and saved a copy of the page. Later that afternoon, the Web site was still working but the page was no longer accessible. Sports editors at the state-run news agency would not comment for publication.

If the age reported by Xinhua was correct, that would have meant He was too young to be on the Chinese team that beat the United States on Wednesday and clinched China’s first women’s team Olympic gold in gymnastics. He is also a favorite for gold in Monday’s uneven bars final.

Yang was also on Wednesday’s winning team. Questions have also been raised about her age and that of a third team member, Jiang Yuyuan.
Click to expand...
 
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijin ... &type=lgns

Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government’s news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week.

In its report Nov. 3, Xinhua identified He as one of “10 big new stars” who made a splash at China’s Cities Games. It gave her age as 13 and reported that she beat Yang Yilin on the uneven bars at those games. In the final, “this little girl” pulled off a difficult release move on the bars known as the Li Na, named for another Chinese gymnast, Xinhua said in the report, which appeared on one of its Web sites, www.hb.xinhuanet.com

The Associated Press found the Xinhua report on the site Thursday morning and saved a copy of the page. Later that afternoon, the Web site was still working but the page was no longer accessible. Sports editors at the state-run news agency would not comment for publication.

If the age reported by Xinhua was correct, that would have meant He was too young to be on the Chinese team that beat the United States on Wednesday and clinched China’s first women’s team Olympic gold in gymnastics. He is also a favorite for gold in Monday’s uneven bars final.

Yang was also on Wednesday’s winning team. Questions have also been raised about her age and that of a third team member, Jiang Yuyuan.
Click to expand...
 
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijin ... &type=lgns

Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government’s news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week.

In its report Nov. 3, Xinhua identified He as one of “10 big new stars” who made a splash at China’s Cities Games. It gave her age as 13 and reported that she beat Yang Yilin on the uneven bars at those games. In the final, “this little girl” pulled off a difficult release move on the bars known as the Li Na, named for another Chinese gymnast, Xinhua said in the report, which appeared on one of its Web sites, www.hb.xinhuanet.com

The Associated Press found the Xinhua report on the site Thursday morning and saved a copy of the page. Later that afternoon, the Web site was still working but the page was no longer accessible. Sports editors at the state-run news agency would not comment for publication.

If the age reported by Xinhua was correct, that would have meant He was too young to be on the Chinese team that beat the United States on Wednesday and clinched China’s first women’s team Olympic gold in gymnastics. He is also a favorite for gold in Monday’s uneven bars final.

Yang was also on Wednesday’s winning team. Questions have also been raised about her age and that of a third team member, Jiang Yuyuan.
Click to expand...
 
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijin ... &type=lgns

Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government’s news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week.

In its report Nov. 3, Xinhua identified He as one of “10 big new stars” who made a splash at China’s Cities Games. It gave her age as 13 and reported that she beat Yang Yilin on the uneven bars at those games. In the final, “this little girl” pulled off a difficult release move on the bars known as the Li Na, named for another Chinese gymnast, Xinhua said in the report, which appeared on one of its Web sites, www.hb.xinhuanet.com

The Associated Press found the Xinhua report on the site Thursday morning and saved a copy of the page. Later that afternoon, the Web site was still working but the page was no longer accessible. Sports editors at the state-run news agency would not comment for publication.

If the age reported by Xinhua was correct, that would have meant He was too young to be on the Chinese team that beat the United States on Wednesday and clinched China’s first women’s team Olympic gold in gymnastics. He is also a favorite for gold in Monday’s uneven bars final.

Yang was also on Wednesday’s winning team. Questions have also been raised about her age and that of a third team member, Jiang Yuyuan.
Click to expand...
 
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