Beijing Gymnasts Cleared

Chinese gymnasts have been okayed by the Olympic Committee, after an investigation went underway to double-check their ages. All the members of the 2008 team provided enough documentation to show that they were at least 16 years of age during the year of the Beijing games. China is not completely cleared however as two members of the 2000 Sydney games have continuing investigations. Yang Yun and Dong Fangxiao, who helped their team win bronze at the Sydney games, both have evidence going against them claiming that they were both 14 years old during the games. Yun actually said in an interview in China that she was 14 when she competed. Fangxiao handed in documentation to the Olympics Committee when she went to become a national technical official that if correct, shows the gymnast to have also been 14 during the games.
With all this evidence going against China, it doesn’t seem that unreasonable anymore for the Olympics Committee to question their team.