An International Olympic Committee spokeswoman said Saturday that there will be no investigation into the ages of Chinese Olympic team members.
Varying ages have been given for Chinese team member He Kexin in news media and Internet biographies, according to a recent New York Times investigation. …
I don’t like the current age requirement. But if FIG puts in place a rule, it needs to be enforced. For all nations.
Since neither IOC nor FIG is able to confirm documents submitted by member nations are acurate, it cannot be enforced.
All along I’ve felt that some investigative Chinese journalist would need to confirm the true age of He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan. By travelling to their birth city. Interviewing neighbours and family. Interviewing the parents of competitors from age group competitions in the past. Elementary school teachers. Etc.
Certainly it is possible to confirm their actual birthdates in the Chinese calendar.
But I suspect it would have happened by now, if it was going to happen at all.
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