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2008-08-20 China-Japan-Koreas

The IOC's handling of the underage gymnast controversy is a shame

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-08-20 14:03|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The IOC goes right along with the UN and all the other tranzi NGOs in terms of integrity and honor.

Posted by AlanC 2008-08-20 14:30|| 2008-08-20 14:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe they ought to start establishing weight classes for gymnasts. Can't fake that. "And now, in the super light heavyweight division of women's gymnastics, we have Yang Yilin..."

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-08-20 15:20|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-08-20 15:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Okay. How on earth can they make these little kids into world-class gymnasts? Doesn't that take time? Muscle growth?
The possibilities are...vile.

Posted by Richard Aubrey">Richard Aubrey 2008-08-20 16:49|| 2008-08-20 16:49|| Front Page Top

#4 If you want to see how the DDR did it check out: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/episode-home/doping-for-gold-2
It tells that yes those were east german women but they took more steroids than Arnold every dreamed of.

Posted by bruce 2008-08-20 17:07|| 2008-08-20 17:07|| Front Page Top

#5 The IOC going along with tranzi and socialist demands is nothing new. Remember, when the Soviet Union was around, all the Soviet athletes were 'amateurs'. They worked for the Red Army and did sport in their spare time.

What were their occupations in the Red Army?

Luge, gymnastics, fencing, track and field, hockey ...

Posted by Steve White 2008-08-20 18:17|| 2008-08-20 18:17|| Front Page Top

#6 I gotta find my I Give A Damn. Nope it's gone. Hans Klammer stealed it.

Posted by .5MT 2008-08-20 18:58|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-08-20 18:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Kilo Bravo and I were watching a Discovery Channel special on China and one of the subjects was an aspiring 12 year old gymnast trying out for the 2008 Olympic team. The special was filmed in 2006. Do the math.

The program was Discovery Atlas "China Revealed". They were very prophetic in 2006 using that name for their special. Go to the link and click on Jin Yang.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-08-20 19:17|| 2008-08-20 19:17|| Front Page Top

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