Olympics

[dumbledore11214]

> Jen: There *is* a difference in size, weight, etc.  I was on your 
> side of the debate, arguing at work the girls were all of-age, 
until 
> actually watching them several nights in a row, then hearing that 
> several girls were entered as recently as 2007 in other events with 
> younger birthdates.  I started to wonder.


Alla:

Oh, but I am not saying that they are of-age necessarily, you know? 
All that I am saying is that judging by their appearance only can be 
very deceiving especially when we are talking about chinese girls and 
when people are saying that oh yeah, they look younger and they just 
must be younger... I am just not convinced that this is sufficient 
evidence to condemn those girls as rule violators.

But you are right, those earlier publications in Chinese press with 
different ages for them are much more suspicious.


> Jen:
> I'm not even for punishment so much as thinking an International 
> Gymnastics group needs to make certain there isn't a health risk.  
> That was the reason for the age limit IIRC, more risk to growing 
> bodies at younger ages. 


Alla:

Totally agreed.