Or will it? A newspaper clip from the past was accessed that claimed the top female Chinese gymnist was only age 13 which would invalidate her gold medal, with age 16 as the qualifying age. Later the site was down, erased, and officials all aghast that her credentials were not valid. Apparently you have to show a proper ID presented to officials.
It gets worse as a male gymnist was also questioned as to his age validity. China has a superb team this year in the gymnastics category; they have obviously been training very hard for this moment in time. Do they really need to cheat to show how good they are this year? Or is someone making up a big story to add more intrigue to the Sleeping Dragon's obvious domination in so many categories. Or just shedding light on the way to the top.
I don't know she was good...very very good...but she looked young, very, very young to me.
Let's hear it for Horton, though. In spite of his bounce step landings he was a steady strong contender. I loved watching his strength and concentration. And the Russian born other USA contender, can't remember his name, starts with an L, Lesimov, maybe, who was a substitute three days before the Olympics start. First time at the Olympics and he is going to win a medal. What a great talent and so enjoyable to watch them all struggle and strain and gracefully maneuver on those bars, horse, and rings.
Felt bad, though, for the Korean and Japanese guys who fell off the horse and then the one who fell down from the rings. Has to be so hard; yet they have to get up and keep going.
Won't talk about Phelps today!
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