Chinese=Cheaters?

Right before the 2008 Olympic Qualifying round in gymnastics the U.S. team challenged that the Chinese girls were under the age of 16. If you are not familiar with the rules it is as fallows. You must be 16 or be turning 16 years of age the same year that the Olympics takes place. The Chinese reportedly showed the passports of all the girls and the FIG Board let them compete.

As I was watching the Olympics I too was wondering how old the girls on the Chinese team were. Some of the girls looked at least 13 years old. Well, today on the Celebrity Gossip Column Perez Hilton, there was a blog about how a hacker has found proof that one of the girls competing was only 14 years old. This is the same Chinese girl who was given the gold medal in the Individual Competition on bars when she tied with Nastia Liukin, and personally I thought they both deserved gold instead of giving Nastia the Silver medal.

Perez Hilton just reported that the Board is going to investigate the hackers evidence. Should the Chinese be stripped of their medals if they did cheat? I think they should and I also think that Nastia Liukin should be given the Gold on Bars! Clearly, looking at the scoring compared to the Chinese it seemed like the judges were giving the U.S. girls lower scores than they deserved. And, if the Chinese are guilty we will get what we deserve, more medals on the individual events and the Gold as a team.

Here is the Link to the blog: