China had a girl that was underage at the Olympics? Really?

When I saw that China was stripped of its Gold medal, I assumed it was for the 2008 debacle in Beijing, but NO the IOC stripped the 2000 team that won in Australia. The gold was awarded to team USA.

I wonder what decade the truth will come out about the 2008 games.

China was stripped of a team all-around bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics on Wednesday because it fielded an underage gymnast. Dong Fangxiao was discovered to be 14 at the time of those Games, two years younger than the minimum age requirement.

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

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