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China to co-operate with age probe
China has promised to co-operate with an International Gymnastics Federation probe into the age of two Chinese medallists from the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Chinese gymnast age cheats investigated, finally
From Inside Gymnastics on Facebook: FIG announces they're still investigating the ages of 2000 Chinese Olympians, Yang Yun & Dong Fangxiao, both of whom have, at various times, admitted publicly to be underage at their Games.
IOC orders probe over gymnast Hea s age
The International Olympic Committee has asked the International Gymnastics Federation to investigate claims that Chinese double gold medallist He Kexin is younger than the eligible age to compete in the Games.
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relive Nastia v He Kexin on Bars
If you were in a coma during the Beijing Olympics , you might have missed the American media over-reaction when Nastia lost to He Kexin in a tie break on Bars.
gymnast He Kexin - older and taller
Our controversial Olympic Champion on Bars is growing up. Looks like she has taken out the Tkachev, instead connecting layout Jaeger to Pak.
Chinese athletes likely faked age
Thousands of athletes in southern China are likely to have faked their ages to gain an advantage, a government probe has found, adding fuel to a controversy that flared during last year's Olympics.
One in five of China's athletes lie about their age
The first scientific screening of young Chinese athletes has discovered that at least one in five have been lying about their age He Kexin, a gold medal-winning gymnast was investigated after being accused of ...
3,000 Chinese athletes fake age
Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP A Chinese sports ministry has found a fifth of 15,000 youth athletes have been misrepresenting their ages.
President Grandi: Indication of Chinese age-cheating in Beijing
The president of the international gymnastics federation FIG Bruno Grandi has said that there were believable indications that China had cheated with the age of some of their gymnasts at the Beijing Olympics ...
new gymnasts in Brazil and China
Triple Full has two interesting new posts. The first is called Meet China's New Stars WAG hopefuls for the 2012 Olympics.
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All-in-all, it was not the best World Cup Final ever. But don't tell that to the Champions.
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Some of the personalities who featured in the stories of the year as viewed by readers of smh.com.au. Photo: AP, Reuters, AFP and Glen McCurtayne Latest related coverage The list: top 20 stories in 2008 Stephen ...
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China golden again at gymnastics' World Cup Final
China's gymnasts are raking in the gold again.
He Kexin, Cheng Fei and Zhang Hongtao won titles at the World Cup Final, giving the Chinese gold medals in three of the five events contested Saturday. They might have added another, had they sent someone for the men's floor exercise competition.
He added a World Cup title to the Olympic gold she won on uneven bars, while Cheng won her second straight crown on vault. Zhang, who wasn't part of China's men's team at the Beijing Olympics, won the pommel horse.
International Gymnast is posting from Madrid, Spain. Diego Hypolito won Floor with 16.125, A Score 6.8. Cheng Fei , as expected, easily won Vault with 15.050. My man Prashanth Sellathurai from Australia is ...