Sir Rols Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Seems to be a changing of the guard at this games for the men, with China taking the Gold in the men's teams ahead of Japan and the USA. Russia way back in 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA84 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 I am shocked. The U.S. Men's Team was half alternates (the Hamms were out) and we still finished where we did. Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted August 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 (edited) The Chinese were up from 5th in 2004. What's the likely form for the women? Who are favourites? Edited August 12, 2008 by Sir Roltel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code1390 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 The Chinese were up from 5th in 2004.What's the likely form for the women? Who are favourites? Everything I've heard said its US vs China for gold and everyone else is playing for 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA84 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Everything I've heard said its US vs China for gold and everyone else is playing for 3rd. That's what I have heard as well. Although if they perform like they did for the qualifying round, China will probably get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 U.S. women having to battle not just the Chinese and Russians but the judges also. Very biased against the Americans. And there's noooooooooooooo way all of the members of the Chinese team are 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Some of these Chinese girls look like they're 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 im watching live results at the moment from the official website. Going to be very interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Some of these Chinese girls look like they're 12. Passports were most likely forged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 The American team is fuucking up now. China's gonna win the Gold unless they have a big collapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Passports were most likely forged. That's what I'm thinking. The girls don't look like they've even reached puberty yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nykfan845 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 And the 12-year-olds pretty much have gold sealed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 The American team is fuucking up now. China's gonna win the Gold unless they have a big collapse. The U.S. mailed it in after Sacramone lost it on the floor exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 interesting... china will go off if they can win this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 gold: China silver: United States bronze: romania China win another gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 gold: Chinasilver: United States bronze: romania China win another gold Bela Karolyi even says the Chinese team was underage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I'm watching the medal ceremony now. There is no way that some of these girls are over 16. I don't understand how the Gymnastics authorities can allow this. It's obvious their passports were forged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 they all look rather young don't they! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Especially one of the girls, she looks like she's 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Guys, guys, guys, Asians AGE more slowly than (Cauc)asians. The Cauc there is for "older." Did you see that kid in the Opening Ceremony? They say he was 9 years old. But to me he looked 5 or 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 good point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 The U.S. mailed it in after Sacramone lost it on the floor exercise. Actually, after she missed on her balance beam MOUNT. That caused off a chain reaction of nerves to the rest of her teammates. And she was the pretteist one too. They should've just grafted her head to Mary Lou Retton's body!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I'm watching the medal ceremony now. There is no way that some of these girls are over 16. I don't understand how the Gymnastics authorities can allow this. It's obvious their passports were forged. how can anyone be expected to win fairly against a team that cheats so blatantly? it's ridiculous how everyone's willing to turn a blind eye to china these games. they're slowly starting to sour the mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingspread Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I think the Chinese gymnasts were of legal age. Like Baron said, Asian genes age more slowly (and gracefully) than the others. For example, I'm already 23 but people still think I'm younger than 20. The Wikipedia entries of most of the Chinese gymnasts now have 'disputed' beside the date of birth entry. If Karolyi didn't go hysterical about it, would others have noticed it? In the end, it was about performance. China clearly did better than the USA team. And if it was indeed true that some of the Chinese gymnasts were below the age requirement, then their superb performance becomes even more laudable. Here's an interesting op-ed on this 'perennial problem': http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/g...o&type=lgns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 how can anyone be expected to win fairly against a team that cheats so blatantly? it's ridiculous how everyone's willing to turn a blind eye to china these games.they're slowly starting to sour the mood. what do you mean by cheats blatantly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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