Originally posted by KriegerBut you keep watching your Government Controlled Media thinking you're getting "news".

Originally posted by Krieger
CHINESE GOVERNMENT ADMITTED TO A "PAPER" MISTAKE AND THAT HE AND THE OTHER ATHLETE WERE UNDERAGE THE WHOLE TIME! You just refuse to read it.

China official attributes confusion about gymnast's age to faulty paperwork during transfer

BEIJING (AP) -- China's deputy sports minister has attributed the confusion about the age of one of its gold medalist gymnasts to a paperwork mistake during a team transfer.

At last year's China's Cities Games, Chinese officials decided to move He Kexin, who won two gold medals during the Beijing Games, from a local team to the national team. China's deputy sports minister Cui Dalin said Sunday that it was during this transfer that a "misunderstanding appeared" about her age.

"Last year at the all-city competition, He Kexin moved from one team to another and during the process of registering during the move, there appeared this age discrepancy," Cui said during a news conference.

"So it was the appearance of a mistake in the process of transferring teams that the misunderstanding appeared. However, I can right here accurately say that the ages of the members of our gymnastics delegation entirely conform to the requirements for participation in the Beijing Olympic Games."

Anyways, still no word on where the real He is. CHina stillr efusing to let the IOC talk with her.

[size=4] China gymnast says she's not upset by age dispute[/size]

HONG KONG: The Chinese gold medal-winning gymnast at the center of an Olympic age dispute said Friday that she wasn't upset by the controversy.

Asked about the controversy during a news conference Friday in Hong Kong, He said, "I don't get upset because I have answered this question many times, there's no need to explain anymore."

Originally posted by Krieger
Why won't China let the IOC interview the athletes?

IOC: Despite questions, no proof China cheated

BEIJING - Despite persistent questions about the ages of several members of the Chinese women's gymnastics team that won the gold medal, the International Olympic Committee said Friday there is still no proof anyone cheated and believes the controversy will be "put to rest."

The IOC asked the International Gymnastics Federation to investigate "what have been a number of questions and apparent discrepancies," spokeswoman Giselle Davies said. But all of the information the Chinese gymnastics federation has presented so far supports its insistence that its athletes were old enough to compete.

"We believe the matter will be put to rest and there's no question ... on the eligibility," Davies said. "The information we have received seems satisfactory in terms of the correct documentation — including birth certificates."

Chinese coach Lu Shanzhen told The Associated Press they gave the FIG new documents on Thursday to try to remove any doubts about He's age, including an old passport, residency card and her current ID card.

Lu said all the documents were issued by various departments of the Chinese government, and that he had nothing more to put forth as evidence.

"If these valid documents are not enough to clarify this problem, then what will you believe?" an indignant Lu said.

Originally posted by Krieger
Well, according the CBC now the Chinese still refuse to let the athletes talk to IOC.

So now the talks are how long the ban will be and any other repricussions.

Age controversy unlikely to change gymnastics medals: IOC


The investigation goes on; so does the wait. Yet the IOC indicated Sunday that a reshuffling of Olympic gymnastics medals isn't likely.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said paperwork appears to support what China has been saying all along: that all six members of its gold medal women's gymnastics team were old enough to compete at the Beijing Games.

Gymnastics officials were still poring over the documents submitted by the Chinese in response to a request for more information on the birth dates of five of them — He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan, Deng Linlin and Li Shanshan.

"The international federation has required the delivery of birth certificates and all the documents like family books, entries in schools and things like that," Rogge said. "They have received the documents, and at first sight it seems to be OK."

If evidence of cheating is found, four of China's six medals could be affected. In addition to the team gold, He won gold on uneven bars and Yang got bronze medals on bars and the all-around.

Questions about the Chinese gymnasts' ages have been swirling for months, with media reports and online records suggesting that He, Yang and Jiang might be as young as 14. The International Gymnastics Federation and IOC thought they had put the matter to rest before the Games, when the IOC said it had checked the girls' passports and deemed them valid.