npr.org - 8/13/2008
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Morning Edition , August 13, 2008 China won its first Olympic team gold medal in women's gymnastics. The U.S. team settled for silver, finishing more than two points behind. But questions remain about whether China's tiny gymnasts are really old enough to compete. USA Today columnist Christine Brennan talks with Renee Montagne about the gymnasts' performances and the controversy. Brennan also ...
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Ultimate ChiCom chicanery: Gold-medal gymnasts are underage? Update: More cheating?
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... or listen to NPR and you’ll find them all citing the fact that records available online show some of the girls to be no older than 14, two years younger than the cut-off for the competition. And frankly, even that seems a stretch. From the Times: “One of the girls has a missing tooth,” [U.S. coordinator Martha] Karolyi said, suggesting that the gymnast was so young that she lost a baby tooth and had yet to have a permanent one emerge… Half of the team — He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan — would be under age, according to online sports registration lists in China. The ...
Busted!... China Caught Cheating-- Female Gymnasts Too Young
Gateway Pundit —
... that Chinese gymnast Yang Yilin was born on Aug. 26, 1993. In 2007 the Chinese bumped her birth date back to Aug. 26, 1992: There were already reports questioning the age of the Chinese gymnasts before the gymnastics team competition last night. But, after the world got a better look at the teens with missing baby teeth there were several reports today on the controversy. ...
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2008 Olympics: Third Day Thrills
blogcritics.org 8/12/2008 — A great day in the pool, and the gymnasts weren't too bad either.
There were very few surprises on the third day of Olympic competition. The biggest was not Michael Phelps, but the men's gymnastics team. Although, I had a much different reaction to their success than they did.Having lost both Paul and Morgan Hamm mere weeks before the Olympics, the US team came into this weekend with ...
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"This here's my Gold Medal kiss, sugartits." U.S. President George W. Bush greets members of the 2008 U.S. Summer Olympic Team at Fencing Hall at the 2008 Olympic Games complex in Beijing August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing (CHINA)
What Would Bill Clinton John Edwards Have Done? —
Flopping Aces
Original photo caption : “U.S. President George W. Bush playfully pats the backside of U.S. Women’s Beach Volleyball team player Misty May-Treanor (L) at her invitation while visiting the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Grounds at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, August 9, 2008. Team mate Kerri Walsh (R) watches.”
Corrected caption, eight minutes later : “ ...
Playstation 3 Review: Bejing 2008 —
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Well varied, authentic worldwide sports title makes some new innovations bringing some renewed entertainment to the Olympic game genre.
The strong visual spectacles, new online mode and event variety boost the latest official Olympic video game, which is full of unique sporting events players can’t usually find in other sport titles. A “Redeem Team” men’s basketball ...
Thomas Finchum: Olympics Info, Diver (VIDEO) —
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Thomas Finchum is a diver for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team:
The Road to Beijing :
In any other Olympic year, Thomas' second place finish on platform in the 2004 Olympic Diving Trials would have put the then 14-year-old on the team. With the changes in the selection procedures for that year, ...
What Else Has Changed About the Olympics: Meet the HAMAS Olympic Team —
Debbie Schlussel
By Debbie Schlussel
Since the biggest story about the 2008 Summer Olympic Games seems to be whether or not American swimmer Michael Phelps will beat (Jewish-)American swimmer Mark Spitz's record of eight Gold Medals set at the 1972 Terrorist Summer Olympic Games in Munich, a lot of publications are doing "compare & contrast" features on the Olympics then and now.
But they forgot one ...
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