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A determined U.S. computer expert has delved into cached pages on the Internet to unearth Chinese official documents showing a gymnast who took gold in the uneven bars competition, edging the U.S.’s Nastia Liukin, may indeed be underage.
Controversy over whether He Kexin is under the minimum age of 16 has surrounded her participation in the Beijing Olympics. The latest challenge over the age of the tiny Olympian comes from the discovery through a cyberspace maze of Chinese official documents listing her date of birth.
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The latest unofficial investigation was carried out by computer security expert for the Intrepidus Group, whose site, Stryde Hax, revealed a detailed forensic search for He’s age.
Those inscrutable Chinese.
Found by MJ.
UPDATE:
BEIJING: The International Olympic Committee has asked the world governing body for gymnastics to investigate whether members of the Chinese women’s team were too young to compete in the Olympics.
The IOC instructed the international gymnastics federation, known as the FIG, to take up the issue Friday with the Chinese gymnastics federation and the Chinese Olympic Committee and report back to the IOC later in the day.
#28, deowll said
>She’s the best in the world no matter
>what her age is.
You can’t say that. There were lots of talented 13, 14, and 15 year old girls that didn’t compete against her because they followed the rules.
Fox Computer expert only means they can access the wayback machine…
Jacques Rogge is just about on the verge of receiving the BRDDA. It’s difficult to sort all this out, but from watching the competition and looking at all the pictures, I do doubt Ms He is 16 or will turn 16 this year.
There has been one Chinese competitor admit she was 14 in the 2000 Olympics. The precedent is there. Darnit, I wish I could find the links.
Mr. Mustard, good points.
Here you go, BubbaRay.
http://tinyurl.com/5jfnlr
All Chant “BRDDA to China!”
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And Phelp’s goggles just happen to leak. I think the Chinese may have also been sabotaging the American’s equipment. But I guess we’ll never know. Who else thinks that nothing will come of this “under age” charge, just because the Chinese are sponsoring these games? And it’s all been a matter of politics, in the first place?
Strip her of her MEDALS.
Bar China from competing in the next Olympics gymnastics. Put the Chinese Gymnastics Federation on probation for at least eight years in international competition.
Bar China from having any Judges in any sport in the next two Olympics.
While the child did not honestly win her medals, something like this could only have been done with the acquiescence and connivance of the Chinese Olympic Committee and the Chinese Gymnastics Federation. Both should be punished. Cheating should not be tolerated.
Anyone caring about this story should be lobotomized.
And why isn’t anyone talking about Google (China) and other search engines covering up traces of cheating and fraud?
I feel this whole issue is just a pointer towards how much power big corporates and the world governments have over the Internet. If Google China partnering with the Chinese Government could manipulate records and remove sensitive information so quickly, I wonder what other more “developed” countries are doing right now.
I am starting to lose faith in the Internet which was supposed to be my last savior until 1 hour ago.
Censorship is scarier and more dangerous than cheating in the Olympics and exploitation of children.
This because censorship would allow both cheating and exploitation to continue flourishing unnoticed.
Oh come one. The FIG is most likely to say that she is overage. And the reason is simple: they want Chinese money/sponsorship or maybe they just don’t want their families to be killed by the Chinese triads/government, and it would just show their incompetency when it comes to administering the sport.
Who cares? I think the US is just upset that they got their butts handed to them by a bunch of toddlers.