Ok, I once said I knew some of the Chinese gymnasts but it was a long story. Well reading about the investigations and stuff made me think about the story again. So here it goes.
I was on a flight from Germany to America. As I was going through bag check and all that, there was a group of tiny (tiny, tiny, tiny!) girls speaking Chinese in front of me. I wouldn't have guessed they were gymnasts (heck, I was wondering "What the heck are you doing here?") I found out they were gymnasts when they took off there jackets and revelaed the leos (I have no clue why they were in Germnay. It was a while back though...) One of the girls passports fell out of her jacket pocket. I picked it up and the age said "sixteen". I looked up at her and was like "there is no way you are sixteen. I'm forteen and a foot taller than you!" I tapped her and handed her, her passport. Then she went off in Mandarian about something. I studied them more closely and was like "You guys can't be older than my cousin! She's 12! You can't be older than 10!" Well, we went through the line and that was the last I saw of them. So watching and reading all about this controversy doesn't suprise me at all. There is no way the girls I met could have been 16.
I was on a flight from Germany to America. As I was going through bag check and all that, there was a group of tiny (tiny, tiny, tiny!) girls speaking Chinese in front of me. I wouldn't have guessed they were gymnasts (heck, I was wondering "What the heck are you doing here?") I found out they were gymnasts when they took off there jackets and revelaed the leos (I have no clue why they were in Germnay. It was a while back though...) One of the girls passports fell out of her jacket pocket. I picked it up and the age said "sixteen". I looked up at her and was like "there is no way you are sixteen. I'm forteen and a foot taller than you!" I tapped her and handed her, her passport. Then she went off in Mandarian about something. I studied them more closely and was like "You guys can't be older than my cousin! She's 12! You can't be older than 10!" Well, we went through the line and that was the last I saw of them. So watching and reading all about this controversy doesn't suprise me at all. There is no way the girls I met could have been 16.