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Originally Posted by n3985
Being recruited very young aside, I don't understand the big fuss over the 16 years of age thing. So other countries *could* complain that the Chinese girls who are younger, less experienced, never participated in int'l competition won because they are younger??? What am I missing?
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Are you serious? It is an advantage to be smaller/younger when it comes to gymnastics. Those little tiny Chinese girls are able to fly through the air like Superman.
Shorter = better center of gravity
Shorter = less likely to fly out of bounds
and Rules are Rules.
There is no way that all the members of the Chinese gymnastics team meet the age requirement. One of those girls looks like she is 8 or 9 years old, tops. The supposed "20 year old" on their team looks like she is 14.