He Kexin Olympic bar champ? - Page 4

midwestgymmom · 07-27-2008, 06:07 PM


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Originally Posted by gracefulone Don't forget Ksenia!!!

Who?-What? : I'mofftochecktheweb:

gracefulone · 07-27-2008, 06:17 PM

YouTube - Ksenia Semyonova 2008 Europeans Event Finals - Uneven Bars

Not her best routine, but you certainly get the idea!

midwestgymmom · 07-27-2008, 06:25 PM


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Originally Posted by gracefulone YouTube - Ksenia Semyonova 2008 Europeans Event Finals - Uneven Bars Not her best routine, but you certainly get the idea!

Thanks

Wow !!! I love her and

no grips!!

gracefulone · 07-27-2008, 06:27 PM

Haha. I have a tender spot for grip-free gymnasts. I am the only girl at our gym over level 6 who doesn't wear them. Although I also avoid chalk. Seriously, I start off-center on the bars because then my hands go on the least chalky part.

Anyway, people do seem to keep missing her, but I've loved her since worlds last year, and knew she'd be in the medal hunt.

**Geoffrey Taucer** · 07-27-2008, 06:37 PM


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Originally Posted by gracefulone YouTube - Ksenia Semyonova 2008 Europeans Event Finals - Uneven Bars Not her best routine, but you certainly get the idea!

Wow. Now that's a gorgeous routine.

midwestgymmom · 07-27-2008, 07:16 PM

I went and watched all her routines, AMAZING!! She does remind me of Nastia though. I hope they cover her at the olympics

peace.love.gymnast · 07-27-2008, 09:43 PM

Wow! I read today on Yahoo news that they think it will be between her Nastia for the gold on bars....I can definitely see why! That was an amazing routine!

Ingymmom · 07-28-2008, 05:46 AM

Here is another article regarding the age discrepancies for He from prior years to now. This has also been widely discussed in China over this last year. It also talks about diver, Chen Roulin, currently old enough for the Olympics, but may not have been old enough to compete in 2007 Worlds. Her age also conveniently changed last year.

Chinese gymnastics team facing eligibility questions -- ChicagoSports.com

Also mentioned is Yang Yun, she participated in the 2004 Sydney games at the age of 14. Here is her You Tube Video listed in the article. unfortunately it is not subtitled in English, but it is still interesting...

YouTube - Yang Yun My Olympics Documentary

KBT · 07-28-2008, 09:33 AM


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Originally Posted by Shawn Why does FIG have to take the passport as proof of age? That can easily be faked by a government that wants to. Wouldn't requiring birth certificates be better?

I thought that China didn't produce birth certificates, at least not in the same way as those in the USA think of them. I don't know all the details, but I was under the impression that it was just as easy to fake a birth certificate there as it is to fake a passport. In the USA, birth announcements are often published in local papers and birth certificates are given out - I wonder if these things are not done in China so there's no public evidence of when a child was born.

flippymonkeysmom · 07-28-2008, 09:48 AM

Why have age limits at all if FIG is not going to seriously research this issue. If the Chinese gov't falsified the passports in the first place so they could compete, what did FIG think they were going to accomplish by merely asking the gov't for proof of age. They just got copies of the same falsified documents. Unfortunately there will always be corruption and people who don't feel they have to follow the same rules as everyone else. The least FIG could have done is pretended to take it more seriously.