Exactly what were you expecting?
Aug. 14th, 2008 03:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moonwiseChinese news service reported that gold medal gymnast was 13
There's a good deal of huffiness going on in the American sports press asking why the IOC isn't doing anything about this when the rule is that gymnasts must be 16 or older. Well, the Soviets had underage gymnasts back in the old days, and so did the Romanians, and so did the North Koreans, so why would anyone expect the IOC to suddenly come to life?
There's a good deal of huffiness going on in the American sports press asking why the IOC isn't doing anything about this when the rule is that gymnasts must be 16 or older. Well, the Soviets had underage gymnasts back in the old days, and so did the Romanians, and so did the North Koreans, so why would anyone expect the IOC to suddenly come to life?
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Date: 2008-08-15 01:14 am (UTC)Or Russia, or East Germany, or North Korea, or even Atlanta... The home team always gets a boost, natch, but fact-fudging has been part of the Olympics for a looong time.