I’d heard the rumour that Hong Su Jong was underage at the Beijing Athens Olympics. The complaint is now official.
details on IG – North Korean Gymnast’s Age Under Dispute
That post can be updated. …
… Hong Su Jong will be given a chance to explain the discrepancies at a hearing and in written statements, the International Gymnastics Federation said Saturday.
Hong’s birthdate is March 9, 1989, on the entry list for the world championships later this month in Rotterdam, Netherlands. But she had a March 9, 1985, birthdate at the 2004 Olympics and the 2006 world championships, and a March 9, 1986, birthdate at the 2007 world championships, where she won the silver medal on vault.
If Hong was born in 1989, she would have been ineligible to compete in Athens. …
No nation bungles bigger than North Korea. I recall judging with a fellow from North Korea in the early 1990s in a major international competition. He literally was some sort of bureaucrat who knew nothing about gymnastics. And could not distinguish between vaults.
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