Started by discussion in blogs and chat rooms, It’s hit the mainstream media, and the IOC.
… “Definitely, if there is a discrepancy it must be solved,” Rogge said Monday in Prague.
… The discovery comes less than a year after the IOC stripped China of its 2000 Olympic bronze medal in women’s team gymnastics for using an underage girl. That violation was uncovered during an investigation into age fraud by China’s team that won the gold medal at the Beijing Games. The 2008 team later was cleared after Chinese officials provided original passports, ID cards and family registers showing all the gymnasts were old enough to compete. …
NANCY ARMOUR – Ages of Chinese skaters in question
… Among the skaters whose eligibility is in question are Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao, the 2006 Olympic pairs silver medalists …
My guess is that this one will blow over. No repercussions whether China was guilty or not.
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Zhang and Zhang might blow over because of their olympic medal but Wenjing Sui and Cong Han may not. Them at this year’s Skate America: http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Cong+Han+Wenjing+Sui+2010+Skate+America+3TcZfctJMvcl.jpg
She does not look 15 (which is what she would need to be to compete).
See http://www.requiredelements.com/2011/2/14/1992968/chinese-skaters-ages-questioned
Here are some consequences:
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110215&content_id=16637068&vkey=ice_news
Ah. … I was assuming that so many names really were sloppy paperwork. And they might have been.
But that’s indeed a consequence.
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