First, ^+1, second about rules..... Who here on the forums actually follows rules, like speed limits??? If He(she) won then she did, if the judging was unfair then that is a different story, but otherwise suck it up and do better in four years, cry babies.

 

I hope in the near future we could get to see lots of pics of this fake...

 

ya, He's not better, just has a biased judge panel....apparently.

 

whether you're 14 or 16...60lbs vs. 105lbs you fall at the same rate so gravity has nothing to do with it, however the fact that the 33 year old mom got a silver on the vault tells me if an athlete wants it bad enough...they can overcome the age thing. A north korean who fell on both vault attempts as well as was out of bounds for both got the gold and the 33 year old german got the silver while the chinese girl got the bronze...problem with the judges what?

also to the poster who said she fell...she(He) only did the uneven bars, not the vault which you are likely talking about.

 

In gymnastics Younger is actually better, but not for mass/ center of gravity or the such.
Height helps marginnally because the shorter you are the less rotational inertia your body has to overcome.
The biggest issue though is flexibility... at 12 YO your bones haven't finished forming, and therefore are much more flexible than after puberty (16 YO)the additional flexibility does give younger gymnasts the ability to conpensate for technical errors with additional range of motion on their joints.

Also, in the olympics the rules are the rules. the very essence of the games is the "spirit of fair play in competition" and breaking the rules perverts and destroys that making it little more than a farce, a charade of what the games are supposed to be.
If we are going to allow them to break the age rule, then why not allow evryone else to dope on anabolics... same principle... rules are rules ...right? That's where the logic of "who has never broken a rule before" FAILS

 

+1 on most of what you've said WDR, but the only reason there has been any investigation of HE's age is because she's that good - would the same effort have gone into a 12/14 year old from someplace who wasn't in contention ? I doubt it. Karen Muir of SA broke the world 200M backstroke recod when under 14 years of age, and no-one complained.
I would say that the use of performance enhancing drugs should carry a lifetime ban - none of this pussyfooting around. Maybe then we'll have athletes who themselves are honest competitors.
I still think this is sour grapes

 

Maybe sour grapes from me, I have to admit. I am not a specialist in the field of women's gymnastics, but what I saw more than once gave me pause. I didn't understand how the scoring could have decided what it did. I am sure that is due in part to the overly complicated scoring system that has been put in place to make things "more fair". I am thinking BCS...uggggh! Also, I can't get past the look of the Chinese athletes. There are many Chinese athletes to be seen during these Olympics. A side by side comparison of said 16 year old olympians could be interesting.

 

I watched the Olympics to a point. After I started seeing Chinese Athletes walking away with Gold's after seeing a sub par performance from them, but an amazing performance from other athletes who got 2, 3, etc.......I just stopped watching. You could even notice the sound of disagreement in the announcers voices on the televisions too.

 

What's the age of consent over there? Let's all take a trip and knock-up some 12 year olds.

" I got some "grapes" for ya honey " ..... my-oh-my that little lemon tart tastes like shrimp fried rice .....[&:]

[sm=badbadbad.gif][sm=trust_me.gif][sm=teetertooter.gif][sm=guilty.gif] haha, more gold medals for us

 

^^^ Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!