Chinese gymnasts

The judges for the women's gymnastics competition in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics have been favoring the Chinese gymnasts since the beginning of the competition. If media allegations of the underage (under 16-years-old) Chinese gymnasts are true, then these little girls should be forced to give back their medals. It is ridiculous that the IOC has declined to investigate these claims of fraud. http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=reu-gymnasticschina_pix&prov=reuters&type=lgns.

In another example of blatant favoritism, the Chinese gymnast who participated in the vault finals literally fell down on her knees during her landing, but she still received the bronze medal, pushing American Alicia Sacramone to fourth place. Additionally, there was a tie for first place in the finals for the uneven bars competition, between Chinese He Kexin and American Nastia Liukin. Instead of awarding two gold medals, the judges gave the gold to the Chinese gymnast on the basis of a strange set of tie braking rules. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/olympics/2008/08/tie_goes_to_chinese_gymnast_in.html?hpid=topnews.

I always love watching the Olympics, but the gymnastics competition is a joke this year.