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So How Old Are Those Chinese Gymnasts Anyway?

Posted by Nicole Pasulka

 

Probably about as old as you think they are and probably not as old as they claim to be.

Thanks to one very sophisticated Google search (described here) by search engine hacker stryde.haxwe can see that He Kexin was probably born in 1994 rather than in 1992 as reported making her 14 years old instead of 16 and therefore not eligible to compete in the Olympics. 

What news! We wonder if that hacker could manage to figure out what drugs Michael Phelps is on. Now that would be a discovery.  


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Posted Aug 20 2008, 01:40 PM
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Baron Von Monkeychow said:

I think even 14 is a stretch. But does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? No, it doesn't.

August 20, 2008 3:52 PM

Day said:

Sadly, the IOC has made it clear that it doesn't matter.

August 20, 2008 5:40 PM

Mandy said:

Hardly surprising. Yet another reason I'm glad I'm not watching the Olympics this year.

August 21, 2008 10:15 AM

midcrisis said:

It matters to all the gymnasts who lost to these cheaters.  Millions of dollars.  

August 21, 2008 4:23 PM

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