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Brooke asked in SportsOlympics · 1 decade ago

Do you think the chinese should have their gold medal taken and given to the Americans?

Recently reports of 14 year old girls competing in the gymnastics olympics have surfed the internet and news channels. Now some people say they should be stripped of their medals and the gold should go to the US! What do you think they should do?

Thanks Brooke

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I hate to say it but there are online records that show that three of the six gymnasts are underage. That being said, I'd like to see another gold for the USA. I mean, the Chinese girls were amazing and performed flawlessly, but the rules were made for a reason. All we can do is wait and see, but I don't think anything's going to happen.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    ummm, i really hope you mean they would be stripped only of the medal of the event the girl competed in. And did america come second, because why otherwise would they get china's medal?

    Besides, when that wrestling guy got his bronze medal confiscated, it didn't get passed to the person who came 4th.

    I think they should let the girl keep the medal but impose some fine or other restriction on china. The girl DID win, and she earned her medal. It was her countries fault, not hers. It cannot reasonably be assumed that she could have said no in a communist country.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    ok, i hate how each seems to think of that absolutely everyone individuals are wallowing in self pity that we're not on acceptable interior the gold medal count extensive style, and in line with threat it is why i've got prevented questions like this yet im uninterested in it. i'm extremely chuffed for a fashion china has accomplished, might I extremely see u . s . a . on acceptable? of course, I even have delight in my usa Do the chinese language gymnasts look youthful than the mandatory age? in my view i think of so, regardless i think of the age shrink is a dumb rule besides, in the event that they're the excellent, they could have the skill to accomplish for his or her usa imo. even nevertheless this continues to be a rule and could be enforced as the different rule so i won't be able to blame them for inquiring approximately it. might this subject have arise as lots if the USA ended up triumphing? i can notably with a splash success say no. each so often it does look the chinese language get bigger rankings, aka the girl touchdown on her knees and getting a bronze, yet i'm no longer a gymnast nor do i know how the scoring works, and the judges are from worldwide so it would be stupid to think of there's a huge conspiracy to offer china greater medals. nevertheless, it is ordinary to be skeptical. yet area of rooting to your usa is having hobby, and so what if interior the warmth of the 2d we yell on the judges? that's a heck of lots greater advantageous then sitting there immobile. And with that mentioned, i advise no disrespect to china interior the tip, i'm extremely overjoyed with what the USA has been able to do, besides as China, and all the different athletes. It takes lots of artwork to get to the olympics and compete at that time so i'm chuffed for all of them

  • 1 decade ago

    I think we should let this go. It would not matter because China gave those girls their passports, so we will not know how old they are. I am gettinbg tired of hearing about this. Gymnastics is my favorite summer Olympics game. Why can we not just be happy for them and say way to go USA for your sliver medal?

  • 1 decade ago

    i think the medals should be checked for lead . did china have any thing to do with making them ? all kidding aside there were goverment run news paper articles found from 2007 giving one of the girls age as 13 or 14 i dont rember which . some of there adult teeth have not come in yet . but what do you expect from a country that exports poison pet food and baby toys made with lead

  • 1 decade ago

    I think they should loose the medals Brooke. A lot of people seem to be anti-US about it. If we had under-aged competitors our coaches would be in hell right now. They should have to wait 4 years to try again.

  • 1 decade ago

    If definitive proof was found that the Chinese where using under aged gymnast then the IOC would have no choice but to award it the US.

    Having said that I'm not convinced they are under aged. The Chinese gymnastic team is good enough to not need to risk cheating and blowing everything.

  • 1 decade ago

    If they had a way to find out how old the girls are, that would be fine. But the government says they have all the information, on the girls ages. So there you go!,...

  • 1 decade ago

    they are not underage,and why should greedy usa get it all,olga ? wasvery youngin the 70s when shewon all those golds,and their age doesnt mean they havent worked as hard if not harder to get where they are

  • 1 decade ago

    Do you live outside of the Earth or something? This is really a retardedly old topic. Enough whining please.

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