China stripped of 2000 gymnastics bronze

[Cman]

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/China-stripped-of-2000-gymnastics-medal-for-unde?urn=oly,237384

One of their athletes was underage (14 yrs old).

I wonder if this will create pressure to look into the allegations that one of the 2008 Chinese Olympians was underage.

[Mike-Dub]

They got stipped of it wow lol.  I didn't even know that stipped was a word and don't have the slightest idea of what it means  lol. TP Cman just fooling around.

[Neurotic Guy]

I really do understand why there was no other reasonable choice but to disqualify China -- however, I'll just throw in that these girls, who likely have been 'owned' by the Chinese government since age 3, who have been likely manipulated and pressured to 'serve their country' as child gymnasts, are now the one's really receiving the punishment.  The medals are taken from the girls, not the country. Got to be done, but I do feel badly for the girls who are really without blame (they were children). 

[incoherent]

Seems like every other country has people changing the ages of their athletes.

What's up with that?

[Cman]

They got stipped of it wow lol.  I didn't even know that stipped was a word and don't have the slightest idea of what it means  lol. TP Cman just fooling around.

Fixed, thanks.
 

[Mike-Dub]

They got stipped of it wow lol.  I didn't even know that stipped was a word and don't have the slightest idea of what it means  lol. TP Cman just fooling around.

Fixed, thanks.
 

Np.