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08-10-2008 , 08:38 PM

#401

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Originally Posted by Ra_Z_Boy

You don't have to be 16 to compete. Or do you mean they are older than advertised?

In "women's" gymnastics, you have to be 16, and I mean that they are younger. (Some of them look 12).

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08-10-2008 , 08:42 PM

#402

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The field hockey I'm watching online now is much more interesting than the gymnastics on TV. China scored a great goal from just inside the D.

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08-10-2008 , 08:43 PM

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Supposedly different Chinese sources list their ages as 14, and it's only their passports which list them as being 16. Anyways, who really cares, any sport in which you get worse as you physically develop is a jopke.

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08-10-2008 , 08:46 PM

#404

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You never really see a 30 year old chinese person

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08-10-2008 , 08:46 PM

#405

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I could care less if they are 16 or not. I think it has a chance to help us if they are not. I would think the pressure would break down the younger athletes moreso than if they were older

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08-10-2008 , 08:48 PM

#406

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But so far it's the older Americans who have gotten off to a terrible start

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08-10-2008 , 08:50 PM

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Didn't realise you had to be 16 in the gymnastics. Wonder why that is? In case they are abused or what? There's a 14 year old lad competing for GB in the diving etc.

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08-10-2008 , 09:02 PM

#408

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wtf costas. You're not the White House press corps. You're hosting the Olympics. Ask him about SPORTS.

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08-10-2008 , 09:55 PM

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Also I just saw some gymnastics highlights and LOL @ these girls being 16. If they are older than 13 I would be shocked.

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08-10-2008 , 09:59 PM

#410

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My GF has told me that all their training can actually inhibit puberty from setting in, but I wouldn't be surprised if they took drugs to do the same. its pretty weird when you think about it. Not as weird as that televised "huddle", though. Jesus please get the camera off those girls trying to manufacture something they think we want to see. It was brutal.

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08-10-2008 , 10:03 PM

#411

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Also damn all the stuff the women wear in the pool. I can't tell if they're hot. I did see a special on Dara Torres yesterday though and decided that she's 41 and DAMN hot.

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08-10-2008 , 10:22 PM

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Phelps :O

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08-10-2008 , 10:39 PM

#413

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Extremely idiotic for Costas asking about China and Russia foreign policy with the President during an Olympics broadcast.

I like him when he used to call baseball games as a PBP guy, but when he puts the journalist hat on he's a complete tool.

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08-10-2008 , 10:41 PM

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Announcer said that Phelps' coach didn't want him lifting weights at 19. Is that standard for swimmers? Seems bizarre.

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08-10-2008 , 10:42 PM

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Announcer said that Phelps' coach didn't want him lifting weights at 19. Is that standard for swimmers? Seems bizarre.

This is common in many sports. It happens when the coach is stuck 50 years in the past in regards to physical preparation.

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08-10-2008 , 10:51 PM

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Didn't realise you had to be 16 in the gymnastics. Wonder why that is? In case they are abused or what? There's a 14 year old lad competing for GB in the diving etc.

I was wondering this myself. Wasn't Nadia Comenici (sp) like 14 when she got all of those perfect tens?

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08-10-2008 , 11:08 PM

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Just saw a gymnast where the age was listed as 15 on the broadcast, so I really don't know what's going on.

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08-10-2008 , 11:14 PM

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Wiki:

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Currently, as per the 1997 regulation, gymnasts must be at least 16 years of age, or turning 16 within the calendar year, to compete in senior-level events. For the current Olympic cycle, in order to compete in the 2008 Olympics, a gymnast must have a birth date before January 1, 1993.

Previously the limit has been both at 13 as well as 14 before the current one and age falsifications has always been an issue.

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08-10-2008 , 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by NozeCandy

Just saw a gymnast where the age was listed as 15 on the broadcast, so I really don't know what's going on.

they need to turn 16 by the end of this year to be allowed to participate.

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08-10-2008 , 11:17 PM

#420

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omg who was that chinese gymnast. den ling ling? she was 9 years old

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08-10-2008 , 11:18 PM

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sorry if it's been discussed before, or is a stupid Q, I don't know anything about swimming

Does someone like Phelps just not try very hard in the preliminary trials? If so, why not? It looked like the margin of difference between all those swimmers was like 1 second at most, so I don't see how he could just conserve his energy or whatever.

Or is just an issue of him rising to the occasion in the medal race?

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08-10-2008 , 11:18 PM

#422

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that story certainly has some twists and turns

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08-10-2008 , 11:19 PM

#423

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also, how has no one posted the naked pics of that swimmer?

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08-10-2008 , 11:19 PM

#424

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OMG just google imaged searched the nude manaudou pics. SO GROSS. Female swimmers = DO NOT WANT.

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08-10-2008 , 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Keyser.

Phelps usually doesn't mess around because he likes lane 4 in the finals.

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