Re: Underage Chinese Gymnasts

I'm not saying that China did cheat by using underaged gymnasts for the Olympics
nor am i disagreeing with the claims.
However, I would like to take note that while I was growing up
(being fully Chinese and all) I always looked younger than I was.

My height, weight, and physical maturity was definitely delayed for quite some time.
I don't think i got boobs until i was 15..and my height was definitely not trying to be stunted by my family and doctors,
rather quite the opposite, with all the junk i had to take and do. (I am 5"3...my tallest ever at the moment..sad sad days)
In regards to the small teeth....I have small teeth!
I have compared my teeth to the children that are losing theirs around me..and it's nearly the same size as my ADULT teeth!
....with the exception of my only 2 normal sized teeth...my two front teeth *sigh*

Sure, seeing Chinese girls next to Americans definitely would make one suspicious...
but seriously, if you put me beside an "American" girl who was of the same age as me (or even one who was significantly younger than me),
she'd tower over me too...
boobs..ass...height and all.
Hell, even last year, when I was studying for my finals..for my LAST YEAR in university..coming from the last OACs (meaning: I was 22 going on 23),
I was mistaken as a highschool student by a multiple of highschool teachers and highschool students.
They forced me into their group that was touring my campus and the only way I could get out of their grasps
was to argue and show 2 pieces of my ID that proved that I was a student of the university and my age.


In addition to the claimed physical evidence of how the Chinese gymnasts are underaged,
there are the claims of their multiple birth dates that are published on news sources and websites.
Cuz clearly, news sources and websites are reliable........
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sarcasm? of course.
As a person who has competed in a few sports that do publish one's profiles online and on paper..
and a person who has been interviewed and been profiled by a multiple of news sources..
I am a multiple of ages, genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities, and names(?!)
I must admit that these sources are not prone to being reliable sources for information.

But this is simply from my personal experience.
And it definitely does not mean that I believe that the Chinese gymnasts are not underage..
but while reading the articles and "evidence" of said issue,
alarm bells were just ringing in my head.

Either way, I'm sure there are some valid reasons,
especially since China did kick America and those other countries' arses in gymnastics..
but i'm not too sure I would really want to prove that they are underage..
to think my arse got kicked by young'uns
and sure, they'd be more flexible...
but they definitely would not be mentally mature enough to handle the pressure an Olympian must be in;
and the training that any athlete must go through.
Yet again, there are pros and cons for a young vs. mature athlete.
And I think in the end, it gives a mature, experience-filled athlete a tad more weight than an immature young athlete.

But yet again, we may never know the truth due to our skepticism towards the legitimacy of the inner workings of China