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Sounds like someone's still PO'd about placing second.
Though the International Gymnastics Federation just officially cleared China's gold medal gymnastics team from speculation they weren't all old enough to compete, we found one Olympian who was there and she ain't buying it.
TMZ Sports10/3/2008 9:45 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Alicia Sacramone: Bitter Betty, Party Of One?
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The age restriction is supposed to protect children from explotation and muscle and bone stress that may leave them impaired in years to come. Younger gymnasts don't have an inheirent advantage over older competitors. It's just dangerous to compete at that level at that age. But, if they were better, they were better. This is different than Little league teams using 16 year olds posing as 12 year olds. That rule protects the competitors and makes the play fair.That puts the opposing team at an unfair disadvantage. I am happy when I see those teams stripped of trophies and banned from the league.
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I don't buy it either. The Int'l Olympic Committe is useless regarding this issue. They don't want bad publicity surrounding the Olympics, in general. China, being a Communist government, has the insane need to show the world that they are better than other countries.
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These comments from the lady that fell during 2 different exercises. The girl that cost her team the gold medal??
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Fact of the matter is that this is the OLYMPIC GAMES..... We are supposed to find the best in the world...Whether they are younger are older than you is irrelevant....A 38 year old woman won the marathon. If someone younger than you won it's because they were BETTER than you on that day in that competition. this isn't little league folks where you can hide behing the ref. Being underage isn't cheating...how can it be...one would assume that would put you at a disadvantage.
Those Olympics were a great show!
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JSYK, analysts have already checked the facts, Alicia's mistakes did NOT cost USA the gold. Most of the Chinese fetuses--I mean girls, women, whatever, they had higher start values, so they were almost automatically guaranteed the gold if they didn't make any big errors, which they didn't. The US women were pretty much battling it out for silver, which they won. And Alicia did make some big mistakes, but so did Shawn and Nastia, but bb Nas won the gold in all-around and she and Shawn beat a fetus several times, so that's a plus.
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fact is, it's easier for younger competitors because they don't have the body mass to pack around, lift up and generally control during these competitions. that's why you NEVER see 200 pounders as gymnasts. so the younger, smaller chinese kids had an advantage over the americans who were trying to abide by the rules. it isn't that they had more talent, it's because they were smaller. ever seen a baby with their toes in their mouth? you try that.....
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While I believe that athletes and their countries should abide by the rules, it seems a tad hypocritical that the United States team and its coaches are making a big deal of the age issue. Remember Kerri Strug? She was only 14 when she competed in Barcelona for the U.S. Of course it was legal then to do so, but please don't pretend that it is so wrong for "babies" to compete when that is exactly what was representing us years ago.
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On the upside, we have a replacement for Paula Abdul when she finally falls completely apart.
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China is a communist country, just like ours will be if Osama Bin Obama gets elected.
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First off she didnt cost USA the gold, even if she didnt fall or step out of bounds if you add the deductions back on to all their scores they still would of ended up with silver..china was just great that night..so why dont you all stop putting the blame on her and get a life. Atleast she did what she did and was strong enough to move on from it how about all you haters do the same.
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This Olympic loser needs to keep her whore mouth shut! She was the one who kept falling and falling, and she was the only reason why Team USA did not win! Expel this useless whore from Team USA!
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