Yang Yun: I was 14 in Sydney Olympics 杨云在CCTV坦承悉尼奥运时只有14岁

[kbing1100]

The reason that there is a problem with being 14 is because little girls were taking it WAY too seriously and starving themselves and actually doing damage to themselves without understanding what they were doing. Any parent out there should understand why that is a very bad thing for them for the rest of their lives. That is why it was changed and that is why it should stay changed.

[russiangymfan]

At least Chinese gymnasts don't take drugs or try to skip drug tests! Sacramane skipped several tests in the past year, why is she allowed to compete at the 2010 world championship in in Oct. in Rotterdam? FIG and its racist chariman Grandi obviously has a double standard. Morgan Hamm didn't pass a drug test right before Beijing Olympics, and there was anothertop u.s. male gymnast who didn't pass drug test several years ago. Why has been u.s. media and fans so quiet on all these?

[LMA629]

yeah, so was Dong Fangxiao. & its because of her age falsification, the chinese team just lost its bronze to the U.S. after being disqualified

[mimibx6]

I agree they should change the age limit to 14 not 16 this include figure skating too.

[linwen778]

新华社北京2月27日体育专电 国际体操联合会27日在其官方网站上公布了对中国体操女队悉尼奥­运会年龄造假事件的调查结果。调查认为董芳霄年龄造假，因此对她­做出处罚；而她的队友杨云则因为证据不充分，被处以警告处罚。

[dawuke]

She is the most stupid woman.

[NzenitraM]

Is that the reason that she didn't compete in the 2004 olympics?|cause she had 'cheated' at the 2000's?

[gy9402]

No, she retired around 2003 (anyway before 2004 olympics) because of her serious injuries.

[JillianChung]

glad she won something in 2000!

[linwen778]

FIG Investigating Yang, Dong

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 By Amanda Turner

Dong Fangxiao at the 2000 Olympcs in Sydney

The FIG has expanded its investigation of the Chinese female gymnasts' ages to include members of the 2000 Olympic team, it was reported Wednesday.

Secretary General Andre Gueisbuhler said the FIG is looking into reports of falsified ages of 2000 Olympians Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun, members of the bronze-medal winning team in Sydney.

[66QQ66]

原来你是个轮子阿

[mao12345]

i think we should just change the age limit to 14 again. The whole "think of the children" speech is getting a little tired these days. It's not like young gymnasts all over the world (not just in China) are somehow training less and miraculously suffering less injuries because they're forced to wait an extra 2 years. Gymnasts require hard training from an early age, regardless if you're going to compete at 14 or 16. If you want to act like a saint, you need to stop thinking like a retard.

[sunstripes]

so she was 14 but no one noticed or complained about the age issue. why? because she looked like she's about 16. but looking at 2008, the americans complained how the chinese girls cheated, because they think they didn't "look 16". so their whole speculation is based on how people look? how can you prove that we cheated, when you couldn't even catch the real cheater in 2000? This whole issue just proves that americans are nothing but a bunch of jealous sore losers. don't judge ppl on their looks

[jdlund]

Bullshit. And you know it. I mean we may very well have gotten a silver medal even if we were able to put 14 and 15 year old girls in there. I am willing to admit that the Chinese gymnasts were very talented. But don't even try and pretend that those girls were all 16. Yes, you can tell a lot from what they look like. Gymnasts often look young for their age, but not THAT young. CCTV admitted that one of them was underage. Oh right that was a "mistake." They faked those certificates.

[SplashX22]

you're wrong. Judgments made by looks are often wrong. Americans look like they're in their late 20's at 14. Many actresses are like that too. And CHina has a population of 1.3 billion. You think they couldn't find anyone better than a 14 year-old? Also, in 2000 the Sydney olmpics, I don't think the rule was made yet. A diver from Great Britain holds the record for being the youngest olympian, and that was not too many olympics back. He was also a young competiter in 2008.

[jdlund]

The rule was made in 1997, three years before Sydney. Not every sport has the same rules concerning age of their competitors so it doesn't matter what age a diver was if diving doesn't have the same age limit. My God, you could do at least a slight amount of reading before trying to make an argument. And don't give me this 'oh Chinese people look younger' bullshit. I realize that the facial features of Eastern Asians tend to make them look younger than Europeans, but those girls were not 16.

[richard1972r]

@sunstripes

Way to dodge the fact that your country cheated. They admitted it for 2000 athlete and apologized for it. I remember the 2000 Chinese gymnast and how awfully young she looked to be of legal participating age. Don't get mad just because your country was found to be guilty of cheating with underaged athletes. You're the one who's being sore about it.

[LMA629]

@sunstripes well, now that this has come to light, the IOC made the chinese team from that year forfeit their bronze medal. so yes, people did care.

[LMA629]

@sunstripes oh and dong fangxiao was also 14 that year. its actually because of her that they lost the medal. they never found "proof" that yang yun was 14. but i do think that they should change it back to 14 anyway. like mao12345 said, it's not like theyre training less or suffering less injuries

[dodowoo2002]

IOC本身就不该制定16岁才能参赛的狗屁规定。肖恩约翰逊今年­才16岁，那么去年她参加体操世锦赛拿冠军时才15岁。为什么只­有奥运会规定16岁才能参赛，世锦赛就没有？也没见世锦赛的水平­比奥运会的水平低到哪去阿？

16岁以上参赛就不会有severe injury了？桑兰出事的时候，她都已经17岁了。体操还是得­从小练起，年龄越大，越笨重，越容易出事。

[SplashX22]

世锦赛 is different form the olympics. Because not as many countries are involved, and they're once every year. Olympics are much harder, and they are only once every 4 years.

[babylishee]

I so agree. IThe regulations for world championships and the olympics should be the same. age restrictions WTF

[yunfenghz]

多说一句，参加这次京奥跳水比赛的英国小将戴利出生于1994年­5月21日，今年也只有14岁。某些脑残反华斗士是不是也要去和­英国奥委会抗议一下，呵呵

[deerhoof108]

Can't distinguish between gymnastics and diving ? LOL.

[linwen778]

你能区别跳水和体操、世锦赛和奥运么？1997年开始的奥运体操­选手16岁才能参赛的规定，具见国际体操协会官方网页。

脑残到你这样程度，还真不容易。

[yunfenghz]

脑残的是你自己。还要在这里死撑硬凹世锦赛和奥运？16岁年龄限­制的规则是谁定的？限制的是什么比赛？你分得清fig和ioc的­区别吗？自编自导又拿不出证明，就只好鬼扯什么"具见国际体操协­会官方网页"了？呵呵，你还真够无耻的。把链接贴出来让大家都看­看嘛，你怕什么呢？还1997呢，1997年你家开的脑残奥运会­吧。你怎么不说1984还靠谱点呢，呵呵...

[yunfenghz]

2k年悉尼奥运会时体操还没有年龄限制，14岁参加奥运当然没问­题。某些人千方百计想抹黑中国，可惜太弱智了也太可笑了。

[deerhoof108]

1997 已經要當年滿16嵗。大陸真的太封閉了。

[yunfenghz]

好笑，你是fig还是ioc代表？"当年"是哪一年？限定的又是­什么比赛？把1997年的规则拿出来让大家都看看好吧？别告诉我­又是引用某某特定媒体的。

再告诉你一点，2007年体操世锦赛的最小年龄参赛选手也是14­岁，哪个国家自己去查吧。

[kenchoi922]

3:53 she said she's 14 at 2000

i think this's the truth

passport with fake bd,

[dodowoo2002]

喜欢她的性格，比刘璇强多了。

[koise]

不是1984年出生吗？！

那么2000年是16岁啊！！！

[april200304012003]

奖牌有没有退出来？？

[deerhoof108]

As of January 1, 1997, FIG raised the age eligibility by 1 year, so that female gymnasts must turn 16 the year they compete at the Olympic.

[hannah516]

just curious, was there a rule yet in 2000 that 14 or below could not take part in the games?

[thaic00n]

I've saved a copy. Thanks.

[jabezcreed]

Please, save a hard copy of this video. Send it to the IOC the US gymnastic program, the FIG, newspapers, CNN, whoever necessary. I have seen other copies of this delted already. We need proof that Yang Yun said she was underage. Don't let this issue get covered up. If confronted by a global uprising of protest, the Chinese will have to confront this issue. Otherwise, they will continue to lie and cheat to compete unfairly. Thanks.

[jessicahesterh]

Come on, there was NO such age rule in 2000.PLS do some research before making such stupid comment!!!

[deerhoof108]

there is, lol, since 1997, even the Chinese government said He is in compliance with FIG rules since 1997. LOL.

[deerhoof108]

Of course, there is, otherwise why would her passport read 1984 as her birth year lol. Go to wiki or fig website lol

[jdlund]

Actually YOU should do some research before making stupid comments. The 16 year old age limit was set in 1997. Now of course age rules are not the same for every sport so you might be thinking of examples of Olympic athletes who were younger in Sydney. I don't know why you want to make a bold assertion where you are clearly wrong and you have no idea what the hell you are talking about. Either way, look it up yourself, you are absolutely %100 wrong.

[lightronger]

lol. All of China knows about this. But most people blame it on Yang Yun because this only the latest in a series of bad new reports about her. Her cheating doesn't mean others are cheating. She's been disliked for a very, very long time already because she's notorious for being an attention-grabber. And now that such a huge deal got made out of it, I doubt the Chinese will dare cheat any time soon.