Originally posted by justyc
why is nobody making a fuss about the uk diving wonderkid tom daley? he is only fourteen! born in may 1994 so not even sixteen in the olympic year.
why is it ok for him to compete?
[edit on 22-8-2008 by justyc]
Yeah.. He should not have been allowed to compete either. Obviously too young according to the IOC rules. I have nothing against these young
athletes performing, but in my mind this is more of an issue of the IOC adhering to their own rules, and perhaps more importantly the conspiracies of
their governments falsifying the athletes credentials.
I had seen the Stryde post on slashdot early on and looks at the spreadsheet data on baidu.. Someone suggested this was hacking... and I totally
disagree. Anyone with a web browser can get this information, nothing illegal about it. I am not saying this is "proof" of anything, however
there
was a record in spreadsheet that He's bday was 01-01-1994, and that information was on the official chinese gov website. It's not like this was
fabricated out of thin air. At the very least, it creates reasonable doubt and the burden of prove should rest on the athlete to produce a birth
certificate.
There was some report that the
Gymnastic's parent were indignant
... well I got news for them... The rest of the world is indignant as well. Produce the birth certificate and squelch the controversy. Simple as
that.
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