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sports.inquirer.net - 8/13/2008
China under microscope as cheating rows flare - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
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Agence France-Presse First Posted 16:51:00 08/13/2008 BEIJING -- Claims of questionable officiating and even cheating flared Wednesday with the Olympic gymnastics, shooting and boxing competitions coming under fire. Australian veteran shooter Russell Mark alleged that Chinese judges, influenced by a boisterous home crowd, helped local hope Hu Binyuan win the Double Trap bronze medal. Mark, 44, ...

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Hot Air » Top Picks:  Ultimate ChiCom chicanery: Gold-medal gymnasts are underage? Update: More cheating?

Patterico's Pontifications:  Home-Cooking at the Beijing Olympics

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Ultimate ChiCom chicanery: Gold-medal gymnasts are underage? Update: More cheating?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... as another example of a famously corrupt organization looking the other way at malfeasance to accommodate a politically palatable end. Update: Some of the complaints about cheating are bound to be sour grapes, but drink this in .

Home-Cooking at the Beijing Olympics
Patterico's Pontifications — ... But now comes this Agence France-Presse report of multiple instances of questionable judging favoring Chinese athletes at the Olympic games. ...

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