For those who have followed the gymnastics championship at the Beijing Olympics, you’d know about the controversy surrounding the ages of the Chinese girls.

Now first off the bat, Chinese girls always look younger for their age unlike Western women. A Chinese woman in her 40s, assuming she doesn’t eat chye tow kuay and char kway teow every day, can still look a good ten years younger. Western women on the other hand, even at 19 years old, look like 29. At 29 they can look like…never mind. You get the point.

So this hullabaloo over the age of the Chinese gymnasts can come across as sour grapes. All you have to do is Google “Are the Chinese gymnasts really 16?” and you’ll know what I mean.

However, the Chinese seem to have shot themselves in the foot because their own news media, including the state media Xinhua, and other official websites listed some of them as young as 14. The minimum age is 16. The iht.com reported that the IOC is now asking the International Gymnastics Federation to investigate the ages in light of unrevealed new evidence.

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So what are you thoughts on the controversy surrounding the ages of Chinese gymnasts?

  • The Chinese look under-16 to me even as an Asian. (38%, 47 Votes)
  • Typical Western sore losers. Only know how to whine. (24%, 29 Votes)
  • Typical Eastern kiasu face savers. Only want to win at all cost. (16%, 20 Votes)
  • This is a problem not limited to gymnastics. (15%, 19 Votes)
  • It happened in the S. League so I'm not surprised. (7%, 8 Votes)

Total Voters: 87

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