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It's Official: Thousands of Chinese athletes faking ages

reuters.com — The sports ministry in Guangdong Province says it has undertaken X-Ray bone analysis on 15,000 youth athletes and found a fifth of them had misrepresented their age, local media reported.

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  • twiztidsinz, on 03/12/2009, -16/+157o rearry?
  • dafragsta, on 03/12/2009, -10/+129GOD DAMN MONGORIANS!
  • jon31rm, on 03/12/2009, -24/+131………………….._,,-~’’’¯¯¯’’~-,,
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  • googooly, on 03/12/2009, -1/+94HOLY ***** ITS BACKWARD
  • cynic573, on 03/12/2009, -6/+66SUPPLIES!
  • SIRBERUS, on 03/12/2009, -1/+45It counts the rings... and I base that on pure imagination.
  • jlimon, on 03/12/2009, -21/+65And the asian community will respond with accusations of racism..
  • Cyberdactyl, on 03/12/2009, -7/+49"FAKING" is kind.

    How about cheating liars?
  • immatellyouwhat, on 03/12/2009, -0/+36Finally a different side of the Pedobear meme.
  • ShrimpCrackers, on 03/12/2009, -5/+41Actually they won't. Namely people from just about all nations surrounding China. The Chinese government is kind of a very big ***** to its neighbors (it kinda tried to invade most of them one time or another in the last 50 years) so don't be surprised.

    I'm Asian, and I say those that got Gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics should have them revoked. Everyone saw the age game they were pulling with government support.
  • haydesigner, on 03/12/2009, -4/+33China does not equal all Asians,
  • DeviantDragon, on 03/12/2009, -5/+30Interestingly most of the findings indicated that the athletes were older than they claimed to be. An issue entirely opposite the Chinese women's gymnastics team.

    "The result showed 3,000 were older than they claimed, 2,000 of whom were no longer eligible for any youth sport and 1,000 who should have competed in different age categories. Ye said 16 athletes in one event had faked their age and the worst offenders were up to seven years older than they were allowed to be."

    So you can't really draw comparisons with the Olympics here.
  • masamunecyrus, on 03/12/2009, -0/+20Let's not forget the JUDGING in the gymnastics. Even one of the coaches for team Russia said that the US gymnasts got cheated. The Chinese girls could nearly fall over and still get higher scores than the US ones.
  • montrevux, on 03/12/2009, -4/+24It's Official: Sky is, in fact, blue.
  • Atomic1fire, on 03/12/2009, -6/+25They treat the Olympics like other people treat Alcohol and night clubs...
  • dext3r, on 03/12/2009, -4/+22With responsibility, foresight and proper social conduct?
  • ShrimpCrackers, on 03/12/2009, -5/+21Our 12 year old gymnasts could probably beat China's. Age matters a lot in gymnastics. It's kinda like trying to be in the Venetian Boys Choir after you've gotten puberty.
  • yocouchdigga, on 03/12/2009, -2/+16 {^ v ^}
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    Rearry.
  • stubear, on 03/12/2009, -1/+15I really hate ***** like you. People can actually concentrate eon more than one thing at a time you know. Not to mention that the people investigating cheating by the Chinese athletes aren't the same people working to fix the economy. So, no, they shouldn't be a bit more focused on fixing the economy because they are about as qualified as I am for the job (which is not at all). Hell, those trying to fix the economy (politicians) aren't really all that qualified either but dumb asses like you vote party lines and for other *****, superficial reasons instead leaving us with the same broken system that rewards people who are charismatic but generally too ***** stupid to actually do the job for which they were elected.
  • TheSprunk, on 03/12/2009, -0/+13You do realize that when it comes to gymnastics, Younger has a strong correlation to better right?
  • yocouchdigga, on 03/12/2009, -4/+16HOW COME EVERY TIME US CHINSES BUILD WALL DAMN MONGOLIANS TRY AND KNOCK IT DOWN .... YOU DAMN MONGOLIANS!!!! U TEAR DOWN ***** LAST TIME!!!!!
  • nismo334, on 03/12/2009, -0/+11It's a left hand single view (Posterior anterior view) and they can tell based on the level of calcification in the joint spaces and by measuring a few bones and their relative size and distance from each other.

    I'm an X-Ray tech.

    Oh, and they cut their hands open and count the rings just to be sure.
  • Dyar, on 03/12/2009, -5/+15What is X-Ray bone analysis and how does it identify a person's age?
  • hokie47, on 03/12/2009, -0/+10It's called science
  • poidh, on 03/12/2009, -1/+10They find it reary funny.
  • kingofinternet, on 03/12/2009, -4/+12you sure know your asians jlimon, you must be some kind of anthropologist.
    /s

    what 'asian community' are you talking about?
  • yocouchdigga, on 03/12/2009, -2/+10it's a Buddha Owl.
  • super_spyder, on 03/12/2009, -0/+7http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRLExVldK0c
  • CircleFusion, on 03/12/2009, -0/+7I agree with stubear. It's obnoxious when people act like there is only one issue in the world that needs attention.

    Let's shut down the world, everybody. We have to focus on the economy.
  • kaminariko, on 03/12/2009, -1/+8Righten up, Flancis.

    I know Japanese that think it's hilarious what they do with English words...many times on purpose. I can't imagine that Chinese would be any more offended than Japanese.

    Righteous indignation often conceals hypocrisy. So what's your problem?
  • flibblesan, on 03/12/2009, -2/+8Most people here appear to have just read the digg headline and not the article. If those people have read the article, they would know that it's actually referring to older athletes claiming they are younger than they are. It is nothing to do with the alledged underage incident during the Olympics.
  • inactive, on 03/12/2009, -0/+6We had a football game against a small visiting Chinese team. They kept changing players at half time. We or the referee couldn't tell as they all looked the same to us. cheats!
  • vinetari, on 03/12/2009, -1/+7Scandals in sports? No, never!
  • HiImMikeCastro, on 03/12/2009, -1/+7I am digging you sir, for the best moment in UHF
  • Medicamusic, on 03/12/2009, -1/+7Thats not the ***** olympics.
  • inactive, on 03/12/2009, -0/+6Growth plates.
  • ragez, on 03/12/2009, -0/+6they've made sports into this huge serious multi-billion dollar industry, when originally it was just a bit of fun kicking around a ball or whatever. it's stupid to overreact about a freaking game.
  • sipsyrup, on 03/12/2009, -1/+6You took the box?? Let's see whats in the box!

    Nothing! Absolutely nothing! STUPID! You're so stupid!
  • inactive, on 03/12/2009, -0/+5That would be dumb. It was out of a sample of 15,000.

    Do you know how many people live in China? By saying 'thousands' the headline is expanding the ratio above and beyond the very very very limited sample of athletes tested. Which is probably a more accurate description of the problem.

    But you're probably right, I'm sure they got lucky and nabbed all 3,000, the "3,000 Chinese athletes faking ages."
  • immatellyouwhat, on 03/12/2009, -1/+6Omg good thing I just finished eating otherwise there would be soup all over my screen! haven't laughed like that in a while. Thanx
  • wrathofg0d, on 03/12/2009, -0/+5you can tell when bones stop growing, I can't remember how exactly (but it's something that is visible through xrays and it wont begin until youre around 16

    i want to say its like a hardening of the bones or certain parts of it that signify theyre done growing but im probably wrong
  • poidh, on 03/12/2009, -0/+5Hirarious?
  • Donotsurf, on 03/12/2009, -0/+4Wait, when did Pedobear become bilingual? Or did it just babel fish?

    EDIT: The bottom half body doesn't even make any sense...
  • InferiorWang, on 03/12/2009, -0/+4You know, if you can't compete in your own age bracket, there are always younger kids that need to be taken down a peg.
  • OG1502, on 03/12/2009, -1/+5Damn! We really did get beat by 9 year old's!
  • Khiva, on 03/12/2009, -1/+5Great, thanks sanskrtam. Why don't you go back to telling us why the Dalai Lama is a devil, and that the Tibetans are only mad is because of nefarious British meddling.

    Its okay, we'll wait while the CCP relays your marching orders. Damn nationalist 愤青 .... I hope you at least got your fifty cents for this.
  • Donotsurf, on 03/12/2009, -0/+4They're completely unrelated...
  • howcansheslap, on 03/12/2009, -0/+4You're an idiot matt. Believe it or not, average Joes like you and I, reading about the economy 8 hours a day and watching business news isn't going to make much difference to the economy.
    Unless ofcourse you are an financial expert and a leading politician, then I apologise.
  • sanskrtam, on 03/12/2009, -0/+4Some people (not all) speaking Standard Mandarin can distinguish "l" and a bit different "r" pronunciations in their speech.

    To me, it just doesn't make sense because I live near from a quasi-Chinatown (not many Cantonese) in Canada and listening them for a long time.
  • VenDrake, on 03/12/2009, -1/+5Evidently you don't know what they do at prom parties and spring break.
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