I teach 13 yr old girls that look 18 and 18 yr old girls that look like 13. They are all different and it's hard to tell when you get into upper level competition. Most gymnasts are small and look 3-5 years younger than their actual age.
I truly believe that Kexin was of competition age in Beijing. The Beijing Olympics meant A LOT to Chinese team. They have been scouting and planning since before Athens. There's no way they would jeopardize their position by cheating the gymnast's ages this time around.
You're completely wrong. Of course it would have been. Some of Russia/the USA's best athletes were under competitive age. Why is okay for one country to essentially choose from a talent pool twice as large as that of their competitors? It's not. What the Chinese did was straight up cheating and totally illegitimizes their win in my book.
No one is lying about Kexin's age. She is sixteen. Most female gymnasts weigh basically nothing and are usually about 5 feet tall or below because of their training. Look at Shawn Johnson and Jordyn Weiber for example.
Oh man! What a amazing routine. Sorry don't take this affencive though but chinese gymnasts kips are different then what the americans do. Just sayin'. She is truly amazing!
Asians look younger than europeans/americans as it is. i spoke to a japanese woman the other day and i persumed she was 24, turns out she was 32! they are small built, tiny ladies in general. American girls tend to look 19 by the time they reach 14. FACT. so this whole age issue is just a waste of time.
Americans need to learn that when they win they wn, when they lose they LOSE. ENOUGH with the pointing of fingers/ excuses. jeez
@maysoon24 I understand where you're coming from but there was confirmation from China that several of their gymnasts had been underage at the time of the olympics. The reason that this was such a huge deal to us was because we understood how younger gymnasts are trained so fearlessly in the sport and conditioned to perform better. Their smaller stature makes them complete flips and twists sooner and added quite an unfair advantage to Team China.
Not "people keep saying", but ONLY some Americans keep bashing Chinese girls! Please don't rape world's public opinions. That's why some Chinese gymnasts bashing messages got thumbed down by fans from all over the world.
Ok, someone explain this to me. Was the Chinese team really underaged? cuz people keep saying that were and theyre getting thumbed down so I dont know what to believe
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long story short - there was a lot of speculation that they were underage - he kexin, jiang yuyuan and yang yilin. there were conflicting documents, like reports in newspapers, etc. but the fig ruled that they were 16 or turning 16 in the year of the olympics. look for 08 olympic coverage and decide for yourself. the problem is that in the past, the chinese have used underaged athletes but the fig (gymnastics governing body - federation internationale de gymnastique) said they were of age.
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@tiashe1 well, in case of 200 olympics FIG just decided that Dong Fanxiao was too young and they stripped China of their bronze medal (it took them "only" 8 years to decide, but as they say, better late than never...).
To be honest, the only answer anyone outside the Chinese government can give you is we don't know for sure. There are problems with both theories. The official answer from to the FIG and IOC is no. There is no proof to back up the claim that they were underage.
The reason so many people get thumbed down is that many feel that the age of the gymnasts isn't relevant on youtube. It isn't as though they had a choice, and it doesn't make their gymnastics and less entertaining or beautiful to watch.
you don't know what her childhood was like. she could truly love gymnastics and had loved he coaches and friends. let's not be presumptuous or judgemental
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Oh those are certainly possibilities too. She probably does enjoy the sport. But to be performing this high caliber of a routine at this young of an age (a number we may never even know for sure), it is pretty obvious that sacrifices have been made. And coming from a communist nation hellbent on winning gold, it'd be hard to say she hasn't been pushed further than any pre-pubescent athlete should be.
@missjpace No gain no pain. She surely doesn't have a childhood that normal people have. But think what she has achieved, winning TF and UB gold medals in Olympics which is something most of the people will never think of in their lives. That is what takes to be great.
You're absolutely right; she is great and she has achieved a lot. I'm just saying it doesn't hurt to sit back and question what she may have been through. Especially in a country where children are not well protected from extreme measures. Alexandra Marinescu was also great....she was locked in a room for several days without food. No pain, no gain I guess though.
I see your point, but things are getting different now. One may pity those kids when they do tough moves that they aren't capable of. But He Kexin is certainly not that type. She is capable, and can still go above and beyond. I don't think the Chinese coaches are so harsh that they will ever do those kinds of brutal things to her. If ppl find out, esp the US, they will certainly make a loud noise abt that.
you are definitely right about no pain no gain, she was once injured, but now she is ok:)
I love He's routine, but her Li-Ya salto combination looks a bit flat compared to how Li Ya did it. Also Li Ya had the double pike half in dismount (I think the same as the one Ksenia Semenova uses?) which was also very difficult and original.
now she's trying for all around, and shes pretty good. Therefore, she's trying for floor vault and also beam. In the 2012 olympics, I think that they're only allowing 5 gymnasts to compete, so they each need to be able to cover more.
i think that this is the second time that she used the li-ya in a competition, i forget where the first time was... but back them no one knew her name, and then here, they watched out for her and she won
omg i can't believe people are STILL arguing over the Olympics! BOTH the Chinese and American gymnasts are awesome! they were both so many points ahead of everyone else! every single medal that was won was deserved! competition shouldn't be this hostile. i agree with gymislife96- lets pretend all gymnasts are the same nationality- human. then we can really appreciate ALL of their hard work!
Sorry, but I'm afriad a true-hearted Chinese man would never even pretend to be equal to the blind and ignorant white man. They never had, never are, and never will be.
well, Romeoblackwater, i'm sure you are very "true-hearted," but that comment itself is quite ignorant. you are correct, there are many ignorant Americans. there are also many Americans who aren't ignorant. I'm sorry that you have apparently only come across ignorant ones, but tell me- if this is the only judgment of whites you can make, then how ignorant are you? I am American, and my attempt at solving an ignorant argument was replied to with another ignorant and prejudice comment.
That was a very ignorant comment. Scientists have proven that there is no difference between the races. There are ignorant people amongst whites, as there are in the asian population.
It was u.s. media, american coaches and some american fans who have been bashing Chinese gymnasts for months! Chinese even honor Shawn Johnson in their gymnastics Hall of Fame. Please type "Shawn Johnson hall of fame" to see video clip. Everyone can tell who are more civilized.
c always starting arguments . I was talking 2 everyone. Why do u hate americans so much. I don't hate the chinese. In fact Yang Yilin and Cheng Fei r some of my favorite gymnasts but all other people do is bash on other gymnasts. Lets just pretend all the gymnasts r the same nationality. Human
i thought the judging at the olympics was fairly ridiculous on both sides and i don't see the point of arguing on youtube. What's it going to solve. All you're doing is getting yourself angry. Plus you're getting other people angry, and that is exactly how war starts. Be the bigger person. Come on, people have been arguing about this forever. Chinese, you got your gold k? now stop complaining about nothing. The olympics were a year ago.
she is very inconsistent on sticking her landings...and btw, Beth Tweedle had a higher diffictuly value (7.8) in the routine that she presented in Beijing 2008...
yes, but having less years of training doesn't. and one can be tiny even if is over 14. i never understood that stupid age rule. if you're that good, you should be aloud to compete. i'm not saying that cheating is ok, i just wish they take this rule out. if they would have it in the 70's, we would never see nadia at her best. and i/m glad they didn't have it back then.
people keep saying "oh you should be proud of these girls for competeing against older girls" when you should actually be proud of girls like nastia who are older and have the same start value. peak time for a gymnast is between 14 and 16 so it shows true talent if you are still an amazing competitor years later. also yes being younger means less training but being older means more injuries which is way worse.
The age limit is there to protect athletes from exploitation by their countries. Look up Fu Mingxia (diver)- it was scary, how mercilessly the Chinese government pushed her. It's because of her that we have the rules now... And you mention Nadia. Yes, it would have been a shame for the world if she hadn't been allowed to compete at Montreal. But given that she tried to kill herself just a year later, I think the need for protecting young teens from all that pressure sticks...
And also it is an advantage in terms of not being afraid of doing such difficult skills...when I was a kid I did TONS of thing that i would be scare to do now (like climbing trees, for instance)...
To Lightninglazer96: Could you please ask any American gymnast to do Kexin's hard skills and smile through her routine? Some people just don't have any common sense.
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Your probably more into gymnastics than I am....what is your opinion then (based on your comment) to the mounts used on the beam today?? I mean a simple leap onto the beam as supposed to a front somersault or layout as performed yesteryear? i'd like to see more of the gymnasts take a risk on the mount....unless of course it doesnt pay them anymore in terms of points since the restructering of the system.......
there are actually many hard mounts on bars and beam. i guess most gymnasts just wait to do the hard stuff when they are actually on the apparatus or when dismounting.
No, He Kexin does not train 24/7! All Chinese gymnasts take classes (language, math, science, history, art, etc.) during the week. Their meals are very good, too.
as ppl can see she is so good at this. i believe she trains 7 days a week and 12 hours a day. she has talent and paid the time and hard work,so she deserves the gold. then y there still are sum jerk bullshit about her age!
Nastia does what most taller gymnasts do, she does a straddled giant or an accelerated giant that are usually used for dismounts because they give you more power and momentum. The straddle giants are an easier way for taller gymnasts to get into a handstand position and avoid hitting the low bar. Nastia, Marie Sophie Hindermann and even Svetlana Khorkina all do/did the straddled giants.
The difference between Kexin's straddled giants is that nastias feet are around three inches apart, so they don't look straddled. It looks more like a mistake.
You know a major problem with some Americans? They believe what they want to believe, not what a real world is really like! Media only enforces these people's wishful thinking, media is also fooling itself and is often in complete delusion. This is not good for u.s. People need to know a real China and a real world to be able to compete with others, not bury their stupid heads in sands and feel good. Could we call this phenomena "American psyche"?
I believe this competition was in 2007. no one can smile or giggle when she does such a difficult routine unless she is completely insane. When nbc shows Chinese gymnasts, they always match it with sad and funeral like music. they use all brain-washing tactics to give American public an imagine: lives of these gymnasts are miserable and they desparately need us to save them. Some idiots then have delusion that they're world's savers though they cannot pay their own bills.
Are you saying that Chinese are abused? as your media has been lying to you and brain-washed you since you started to watch TV? Chinese team is like a big family, and Chinese gymnasts are some of the happiest people in gymnastics community! They all grow up as well-around and well educated human beings. They respect their parents and coaches; they don't do drugs or smoke weeds like that "role model" Phelps has done! Liukin almost never smiles, are you saying that she has been badly abused?
They are definitely not serious, I have been watching so many video clips about them both in the arena and outside the arena. Apart from being gold medalist, they are not that different from other people who are at their age and all of them are very cute.
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she's a beautiful gymnast, and her routine deserved the gold in beijing, but she is underage. and that's CHEATING. china's covering up her age for a better shot at gold is pretty disgusting.
that's definitely not what i heard. i heard that her age (14) had been proven by her actual birth cirtificate or some other form of documentation. and don't the results kind of depend on what country is doing the investiagting? if china was doing it, of course they would clear them. geesh, you don't need to get so worked up and rude.
No, they didn't let anyone go, no matter what age. You had to be 14. Nadia was 14... The age rule is stupid. But this girl was the correct age... If you see interviews with her, she is very mature. And asians look younger and Nastia Liukin even said that gymnasts usually look younger than they really are.
He Kexin just has a baby face, she is actually taller than Jiang Yuyuan. Jiang just celebrated her 17th birthday on Nov. 1, 2008! If you ask most Asians how old Sacramoni and Liukin look like they'll say they look like 30 years old.
Sacramones performance was terrible during the olympics and was the reason why Team USA lost. With that kind of performance and still made it to the national team, I wonder how many coaches did she have to sleep with in order to get the spot. Her ass is so fat, I think her ass is at least 20 pounds extra compared to her teammates. That was why she brought down Team USA. Stupid bitch should go to Jenny Craig. Alicia will go down as the worst, and most disgraceful gymnast in Olympic history.
It truly is an awesome routine. It's unfortunate that her great talent at the Olympics has been overshadowed by the age controversy-but here at the World Cup-truly spectacular.
Too bad that Deng Linlin is not a hamburg eater. Deng is lucky to look young. Another Chinese girl that some Americans think she looks underage is Jiang Yuyuan. Jiang is actually 17 now! She just celebrated her 17th birthday on November 1, 2008.
Here's the deal-if you cheat even if you're not caught-you're a loser. There's is no proof He Kexin was too young for the Olympics-but you seem to imply that it's okay to cheat-and win.
Yeah.. She was the first to have a 7.7 value, and then once the Chinese met that, I think they should have looked for a way to make it even higher, like connecting he pak to her tkatchev. then it'd be 7.8 and match Beth Tweddle.. Or her geinger is extremely high, she could probably work a full into that and then she'd be up to an 8.0 I think.
Incredible routine!
GymnasticsFan1144 1 month ago
hmm wow thats scary. she executed that routine perfectly !
pinkilooloo88 1 month ago
I teach 13 yr old girls that look 18 and 18 yr old girls that look like 13. They are all different and it's hard to tell when you get into upper level competition. Most gymnasts are small and look 3-5 years younger than their actual age.
saintesavine 1 month ago
well how old is she?
pinkilooloo88 1 month ago
This is my favorite routine from Kexin <3
I truly believe that Kexin was of competition age in Beijing. The Beijing Olympics meant A LOT to Chinese team. They have been scouting and planning since before Athens. There's no way they would jeopardize their position by cheating the gymnast's ages this time around.
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You're completely wrong. Of course it would have been. Some of Russia/the USA's best athletes were under competitive age. Why is okay for one country to essentially choose from a talent pool twice as large as that of their competitors? It's not. What the Chinese did was straight up cheating and totally illegitimizes their win in my book.
PhenixJoe 5 months ago
jesus christ!!!!!!!! wtf. a release with a half twist followed by a release?? those chinese are insane! lol amazing stuff
joystixxify 7 months ago 4
No one is lying about Kexin's age. She is sixteen. Most female gymnasts weigh basically nothing and are usually about 5 feet tall or below because of their training. Look at Shawn Johnson and Jordyn Weiber for example.
bOrNcOnFuSeD54 8 months ago 5
she is
so amazing.
loveetwilight69 9 months ago 2
Oh man! What a amazing routine. Sorry don't take this affencive though but chinese gymnasts kips are different then what the americans do. Just sayin'. She is truly amazing!
perkinsallie 9 months ago 3
haha wow her vocab. the chinese are known for their ... impecable work. WOOA HO HO HO HOOOOO!!
gymnastagirl141009 10 months ago 2
Tasha Schwikert only has one word in her vocabulary: HUGE!
AlphieDPi 10 months ago
I dont think there should be an age limit for the gymnasts I think you should be able to go in based on your score, not your age
GAGALOVER347 11 months ago 3
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He Kexin is good... for a 13 year old.
danasuperstar 1 year ago
@danasuperstar Sorry but she was 16 there.. yes, she seems young but it doesn't mean that she's underage..
LoveGym96 1 year ago
@danasuperstar And whose better on UB than her at any age?
icarrus4u 10 months ago
yes, it's true they do look younger. my math teacher looks 30 buts she's like 45
TheBANZEEE 1 year ago 2
Asians look younger than europeans/americans as it is. i spoke to a japanese woman the other day and i persumed she was 24, turns out she was 32! they are small built, tiny ladies in general. American girls tend to look 19 by the time they reach 14. FACT. so this whole age issue is just a waste of time.
Americans need to learn that when they win they wn, when they lose they LOSE. ENOUGH with the pointing of fingers/ excuses. jeez
maysoon24 1 year ago 12
@maysoon24 I understand where you're coming from but there was confirmation from China that several of their gymnasts had been underage at the time of the olympics. The reason that this was such a huge deal to us was because we understood how younger gymnasts are trained so fearlessly in the sport and conditioned to perform better. Their smaller stature makes them complete flips and twists sooner and added quite an unfair advantage to Team China.
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she miss one hand in the beginning
but it w ok
444allycat 1 year ago
she miss one hand in the beginning
444allycat 1 year ago
wtf on the beginning sooo cool!
meisjeliesjee 1 year ago
i LOVE this routine !!
IAmGymnastxox 1 year ago
the only deduction i saw was that her feet came apart on her jaeger layout but other than that it was amazing haha!
TheJordy456 1 year ago
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@gotentk4 chinese lie about their ages all the time
luv4cookie1 1 year ago
Release sequence at :18 was AMAZING!
coley4evr 1 year ago
es una geniaa!!
lul08 1 year ago
i guess its fair that she won the gold in bejing but im just a nastia fan so i wish she won it sooo bad
msms68 1 year ago
he kexin has alot of awesome tricks on the bars and yang linlin is graceful on the bars this is great
smileyxoxo100 1 year ago
jairgend jemand lust und laune af bissl cam chat mir ist so öde :(
ckenzieMitchell 1 year ago
Not "people keep saying", but ONLY some Americans keep bashing Chinese girls! Please don't rape world's public opinions. That's why some Chinese gymnasts bashing messages got thumbed down by fans from all over the world.
russiangymfan 1 year ago 2
@russiangymfan
thats a weird way to describe world's public opinions.......
:)
bbhouk1 1 year ago
Ok, someone explain this to me. Was the Chinese team really underaged? cuz people keep saying that were and theyre getting thumbed down so I dont know what to believe
comprehendmysarcasm 1 year ago
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long story short - there was a lot of speculation that they were underage - he kexin, jiang yuyuan and yang yilin. there were conflicting documents, like reports in newspapers, etc. but the fig ruled that they were 16 or turning 16 in the year of the olympics. look for 08 olympic coverage and decide for yourself. the problem is that in the past, the chinese have used underaged athletes but the fig (gymnastics governing body - federation internationale de gymnastique) said they were of age.
tiashe1 1 year ago
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@tiashe1 well, in case of 200 olympics FIG just decided that Dong Fanxiao was too young and they stripped China of their bronze medal (it took them "only" 8 years to decide, but as they say, better late than never...).
KsiezniczkaTatusia 1 year ago
To be honest, the only answer anyone outside the Chinese government can give you is we don't know for sure. There are problems with both theories. The official answer from to the FIG and IOC is no. There is no proof to back up the claim that they were underage.
The reason so many people get thumbed down is that many feel that the age of the gymnasts isn't relevant on youtube. It isn't as though they had a choice, and it doesn't make their gymnastics and less entertaining or beautiful to watch.
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too bad she was illegally entered... she was 14!!!!! communist ass holes
BNeville87 1 year ago
Was this before or after the oympic games?
gymnasticsfan14 1 year ago
BEFORE
Stella1love 1 year ago
okayy thankss! :D
gymnasticsfan14 1 year ago
Who is that woman commentator
gymnastixchik12 2 years ago
tasha schwikert
maharet1841 2 years ago
its no pain no gain
IDrury 2 years ago 2
i hate that woman commentor
luv4cookie1 2 years ago
i love watching her on this event!
Sassiiification 2 years ago 4
everytime i see her routine i go like that :O
her routine is soooooo Amazing
Natalie9911 2 years ago 5
she so...flippy:)
nemolove36 2 years ago
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Every time I see this girl compete, I wonder how miserable her childhood has been.
missjpace 2 years ago
you don't know what her childhood was like. she could truly love gymnastics and had loved he coaches and friends. let's not be presumptuous or judgemental
daboss1221 2 years ago 6
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Oh those are certainly possibilities too. She probably does enjoy the sport. But to be performing this high caliber of a routine at this young of an age (a number we may never even know for sure), it is pretty obvious that sacrifices have been made. And coming from a communist nation hellbent on winning gold, it'd be hard to say she hasn't been pushed further than any pre-pubescent athlete should be.
missjpace 2 years ago
@missjpace No gain no pain. She surely doesn't have a childhood that normal people have. But think what she has achieved, winning TF and UB gold medals in Olympics which is something most of the people will never think of in their lives. That is what takes to be great.
NasDa 2 years ago
You're absolutely right; she is great and she has achieved a lot. I'm just saying it doesn't hurt to sit back and question what she may have been through. Especially in a country where children are not well protected from extreme measures. Alexandra Marinescu was also great....she was locked in a room for several days without food. No pain, no gain I guess though.
missjpace 2 years ago
I see your point, but things are getting different now. One may pity those kids when they do tough moves that they aren't capable of. But He Kexin is certainly not that type. She is capable, and can still go above and beyond. I don't think the Chinese coaches are so harsh that they will ever do those kinds of brutal things to her. If ppl find out, esp the US, they will certainly make a loud noise abt that.
you are definitely right about no pain no gain, she was once injured, but now she is ok:)
yellowbanana104 2 years ago
@missjpace WoW, what a great coincidence ? That is what I am thinking when I look at your comment.
NasDa 2 years ago
I love He's routine, but her Li-Ya salto combination looks a bit flat compared to how Li Ya did it. Also Li Ya had the double pike half in dismount (I think the same as the one Ksenia Semenova uses?) which was also very difficult and original.
ralucagymnast 2 years ago
The girl talking sounds like alecia sacramone.
BrennanPatrick14 2 years ago
@BrennanPatrick14 - I think it's Tasha Schweikert, but I may be wrong.
markelov 2 years ago
I absolutely LOVE 0:17!!! It's one of the hardest to master, I've heard (I don't know anything about gymnastics. Sadly. I love this sport!)
Lalala417 2 years ago 3
shes amazing but i wish she could keep her momentum it would be even better
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Yuri92001 2 years ago
Does He Kexin ever compete on any other apparatus?
BeatriceBlake 2 years ago 3
she has a solid DTY on VT
tzhang2 2 years ago
now she's trying for all around, and shes pretty good. Therefore, she's trying for floor vault and also beam. In the 2012 olympics, I think that they're only allowing 5 gymnasts to compete, so they each need to be able to cover more.
happystuff12345 2 years ago
beautiful giants
Icy6222 2 years ago
This kid is a f*cking superstar on the bars...!
rebecca4717 2 years ago 8
Amazing routine!!!
gymnast4life86 2 years ago 3
Damn, she was born on exactly the same day as i were... 01-01-1992, so she was 16 in the vid and she's 17 now. She looks really young there though...
GameFreakBart 2 years ago
I love Nastia Liukin (she's my favorite gymnast), but Kexin's routine is AMAZING to watch!
rosenicolesmythe 2 years ago 65
i think that this is the second time that she used the li-ya in a competition, i forget where the first time was... but back them no one knew her name, and then here, they watched out for her and she won
happystuff12345 2 years ago
@happystuff12345:
This wasnt her second time doing the Li Ya release in a competition. She had already competed it in 2007 Intercity Games and Nationals before^^
KarpfenKarpfen 2 years ago
sorry, i meant at an international competition
happystuff12345 2 years ago
h, sorry, I missunderstood you^^
KarpfenKarpfen 2 years ago
it's ok =)
happystuff12345 2 years ago
OMG, i would like to be like her in gymnastic ! That's very great ... Sorry for not good english : i am french ^^'
LilixShou 2 years ago 4
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shes 8
gta498 2 years ago
who cares....! OUTSTANDING ability
rebecca4717 2 years ago 5
Wow. She is really good.
MisanthropistPro 2 years ago 3
She's 16, not 14, AND I HAVE PROOF TO BACK IT UP.
edwardqiu 2 years ago
omg i can't believe people are STILL arguing over the Olympics! BOTH the Chinese and American gymnasts are awesome! they were both so many points ahead of everyone else! every single medal that was won was deserved! competition shouldn't be this hostile. i agree with gymislife96- lets pretend all gymnasts are the same nationality- human. then we can really appreciate ALL of their hard work!
kayhampton 2 years ago 15
Sorry, but I'm afriad a true-hearted Chinese man would never even pretend to be equal to the blind and ignorant white man. They never had, never are, and never will be.
Romeoblackwater 2 years ago
well, Romeoblackwater, i'm sure you are very "true-hearted," but that comment itself is quite ignorant. you are correct, there are many ignorant Americans. there are also many Americans who aren't ignorant. I'm sorry that you have apparently only come across ignorant ones, but tell me- if this is the only judgment of whites you can make, then how ignorant are you? I am American, and my attempt at solving an ignorant argument was replied to with another ignorant and prejudice comment.
kayhampton 2 years ago
That was a very ignorant comment. Scientists have proven that there is no difference between the races. There are ignorant people amongst whites, as there are in the asian population.
Don't confuse racism with true-heartedness.
aznatheartorano 2 years ago
It was u.s. media, american coaches and some american fans who have been bashing Chinese gymnasts for months! Chinese even honor Shawn Johnson in their gymnastics Hall of Fame. Please type "Shawn Johnson hall of fame" to see video clip. Everyone can tell who are more civilized.
russiangymfan 2 years ago 5
I cant wait till 2012 when everyone will die.. then finally, there will be peace on earth. Alleluia!
Motetftw 2 years ago
uhm.. you okay?
lightfelt 2 years ago
ur wierd, and that probably WON'T happen
whitepaperplanes12 2 years ago
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lol u just love 2 argue and u never answered my question. And yes i'm sure thanks 4 asking :D
GymnasticsISlife96 2 years ago
c always starting arguments . I was talking 2 everyone. Why do u hate americans so much. I don't hate the chinese. In fact Yang Yilin and Cheng Fei r some of my favorite gymnasts but all other people do is bash on other gymnasts. Lets just pretend all the gymnasts r the same nationality. Human
GymnasticsISlife96 2 years ago
i thought the judging at the olympics was fairly ridiculous on both sides and i don't see the point of arguing on youtube. What's it going to solve. All you're doing is getting yourself angry. Plus you're getting other people angry, and that is exactly how war starts. Be the bigger person. Come on, people have been arguing about this forever. Chinese, you got your gold k? now stop complaining about nothing. The olympics were a year ago.
GymnasticsISlife96 2 years ago
The Chinese were NOT the ones complaining. Americans were being lying and sore losers.
edwardqiu 2 years ago 7
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fuck you !!!!!!!!!!!!!
GymnastChick1234 2 years ago
FUCK YOU!!!!! Accept it, sore loser.
edwardqiu 2 years ago 2
innocent until proven guilty
quit complaining
thedgdynasty 2 years ago 4
The best bars worker in the world! Kexin has all: innovative moves, difficulty, excitement, and near perfect form.
russiangymfan 2 years ago 9
he kexin is amazing, I made a listening class with one of her routines. lol
morenodelaorilla 2 years ago 2
At least Chinese don't take drugs or smoke weeds!
russiangymfan 2 years ago 8
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none of these gymnasts look 16 or older
1997Taylorswiftfan 2 years ago
i like her bar routine, it's cool
trueble236 2 years ago 2
was this the 1 were Nastia was bitching because she thought she was more graceful which she was but the Chinese had more difficulty?
hellsangel87 2 years ago 2
probably is
youcleverguy 2 years ago
Yes it is, but it was in the olympics
jaxsy72 2 years ago
lol...and you think i don't know this? lol
hellsangel87 2 years ago
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Nastia is more graceful, but they both had the same difficulty, 7.7.
uwoeric 2 years ago
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Nastia's dismount is particularly graceful
tzhang2 2 years ago
she is very inconsistent on sticking her landings...and btw, Beth Tweedle had a higher diffictuly value (7.8) in the routine that she presented in Beijing 2008...
edelamm 2 years ago
Ya I agree, hope she works this out soon! even in her show events after Olympic 08...still inconsistent.
Hasoginy 2 years ago
how the fuck is underage cheating?
if you want to be an olympic champion, you should be expected to be a supposedly 14 year old girl
if you can't even beat a kid, dont expect to be olympic champion
2400from604 2 years ago 14
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Being smaller and less developed gives you an advantage in this case.
jclutter2006 2 years ago
yes, but having less years of training doesn't. and one can be tiny even if is over 14. i never understood that stupid age rule. if you're that good, you should be aloud to compete. i'm not saying that cheating is ok, i just wish they take this rule out. if they would have it in the 70's, we would never see nadia at her best. and i/m glad they didn't have it back then.
msalasan 2 years ago 3
people keep saying "oh you should be proud of these girls for competeing against older girls" when you should actually be proud of girls like nastia who are older and have the same start value. peak time for a gymnast is between 14 and 16 so it shows true talent if you are still an amazing competitor years later. also yes being younger means less training but being older means more injuries which is way worse.
know what you are talking about before you speak.
allimoballi 2 years ago
The age limit is there to protect athletes from exploitation by their countries. Look up Fu Mingxia (diver)- it was scary, how mercilessly the Chinese government pushed her. It's because of her that we have the rules now... And you mention Nadia. Yes, it would have been a shame for the world if she hadn't been allowed to compete at Montreal. But given that she tried to kill herself just a year later, I think the need for protecting young teens from all that pressure sticks...
Kalibasa 2 years ago
I agree with you Kalibasa -- the age rule is there to help prevent douche-bag coaches from being able to exploit these young girls.
anulay 2 years ago
definitely
trueble236 2 years ago 4
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And also it is an advantage in terms of not being afraid of doing such difficult skills...when I was a kid I did TONS of thing that i would be scare to do now (like climbing trees, for instance)...
edelamm 2 years ago
To Lightninglazer96: Could you please ask any American gymnast to do Kexin's hard skills and smile through her routine? Some people just don't have any common sense.
russiangymfan 2 years ago 2
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wow it so cute how that they have to cheat to win.
LydonBainesJohnson 2 years ago
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Chinese rock, even if they cheated and used 9 year olds for their team!!!!!!!!!
Hehe762 2 years ago
only an aisian could do that
xix1shot1kill 2 years ago 2
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csmgomez8 2 years ago
Wow! Her form is amazing!
DrAlexisOlson 2 years ago 7
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To be a elite gymnastic her mount was to easy. I prefer more Nastia's routine.
irafa2 2 years ago
Nastia's mount is a long hang kip...
Lnicker 2 years ago 3
Your probably more into gymnastics than I am....what is your opinion then (based on your comment) to the mounts used on the beam today?? I mean a simple leap onto the beam as supposed to a front somersault or layout as performed yesteryear? i'd like to see more of the gymnasts take a risk on the mount....unless of course it doesnt pay them anymore in terms of points since the restructering of the system.......
garyj79 2 years ago
there are actually many hard mounts on bars and beam. i guess most gymnasts just wait to do the hard stuff when they are actually on the apparatus or when dismounting.
mistybabe5489 2 years ago
simply amazing
suziboozy1 2 years ago 2
No, He Kexin does not train 24/7! All Chinese gymnasts take classes (language, math, science, history, art, etc.) during the week. Their meals are very good, too.
russiangymfan 2 years ago 5
haha! so accomplished.
youcleverguy 2 years ago
I think the Jaeger half is the Li Ya. Combinations don't usually have names.
macassar88 2 years ago
Thats what I said: the Jaeger into immediate Jaegar half is called a Li Ya! Named after the lovely Li Ya who performed it first.
ralucagymnast 2 years ago 2
No. The combination is not the skill that is named. The Jaeger half without the second jaeger is the Li Ya.
macassar88 2 years ago
as ppl can see she is so good at this. i believe she trains 7 days a week and 12 hours a day. she has talent and paid the time and hard work,so she deserves the gold. then y there still are sum jerk bullshit about her age!
334837605 2 years ago 3
seriously. 12 hours a day! When does school come in? These must be some dedicated children
cheezinit561 2 years ago 2
that's right!
but all athlete does sacrifices.
how about Nadia Comaneci!
she was 14 when she got first gold!
and trained even harder!
334837605 2 years ago 3
They don't train 12 hours a day. They train 8 hours a day and 6 days a week.
AndromedaAiken 2 years ago 2
Amazing
checkyourself69 2 years ago 3
Nastia Liukin had leg separations on every single giant. She also had big mistakes.
macassar88 2 years ago 14
Nastia does what most taller gymnasts do, she does a straddled giant or an accelerated giant that are usually used for dismounts because they give you more power and momentum. The straddle giants are an easier way for taller gymnasts to get into a handstand position and avoid hitting the low bar. Nastia, Marie Sophie Hindermann and even Svetlana Khorkina all do/did the straddled giants.
TsubasaDreams 2 years ago
Are they in the FIG Code of Points?
macassar88 2 years ago
The difference between Kexin's straddled giants is that nastias feet are around three inches apart, so they don't look straddled. It looks more like a mistake.
macassar88 2 years ago
yangyilin is better than liukin
liukin i s a great gymnast
but liukin is not the best in beijing
0809FEIFEI 2 years ago 9
She is the best!
lamlamtl 2 years ago 4
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liukin is the best!!!!
tibbitspink34 2 years ago
.... I cant say that Nastia is not good, but they are both super :)
cleicsioluek 2 years ago
You know a major problem with some Americans? They believe what they want to believe, not what a real world is really like! Media only enforces these people's wishful thinking, media is also fooling itself and is often in complete delusion. This is not good for u.s. People need to know a real China and a real world to be able to compete with others, not bury their stupid heads in sands and feel good. Could we call this phenomena "American psyche"?
chinatheatre 2 years ago 13
I believe this competition was in 2007. no one can smile or giggle when she does such a difficult routine unless she is completely insane. When nbc shows Chinese gymnasts, they always match it with sad and funeral like music. they use all brain-washing tactics to give American public an imagine: lives of these gymnasts are miserable and they desparately need us to save them. Some idiots then have delusion that they're world's savers though they cannot pay their own bills.
chinatheatre 3 years ago 21
Just let them to believe that we are experiencing plight. It would make them feel better, particularly in current economic situation. ^_^
tzhang2 2 years ago 6
She's phenomenal! Congrats to all of the Chinese team :)
Keshira 3 years ago 9
Are you saying that Chinese are abused? as your media has been lying to you and brain-washed you since you started to watch TV? Chinese team is like a big family, and Chinese gymnasts are some of the happiest people in gymnastics community! They all grow up as well-around and well educated human beings. They respect their parents and coaches; they don't do drugs or smoke weeds like that "role model" Phelps has done! Liukin almost never smiles, are you saying that she has been badly abused?
chinatheatre 3 years ago 7
im not saying they are abused, ive never heard that, its just im surprised she didnt smile...and i agree, liukin is also very serious
LightningLazer96 3 years ago
They are definitely not serious, I have been watching so many video clips about them both in the arena and outside the arena. Apart from being gold medalist, they are not that different from other people who are at their age and all of them are very cute.
NasDa 2 years ago 12
The chinese train them to be so serious about it....scores 16.850 and doesn't flash a smile?
LightningLazer96 3 years ago
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she's a beautiful gymnast, and her routine deserved the gold in beijing, but she is underage. and that's CHEATING. china's covering up her age for a better shot at gold is pretty disgusting.
iloverocknroll888 3 years ago
Actually, there were TWO investigations and all the gymnasts were CLEARED.
Keshira 3 years ago 8
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that's definitely not what i heard. i heard that her age (14) had been proven by her actual birth cirtificate or some other form of documentation. and don't the results kind of depend on what country is doing the investiagting? if china was doing it, of course they would clear them. geesh, you don't need to get so worked up and rude.
iloverocknroll888 3 years ago
don't they have to be like, 16? You know, 2 be in the Olympics? They used to let anyone despite their age go, but now they have 2 be 16, right?
Hehe762 2 years ago
yesss. that's correct.
iloverocknroll888 2 years ago
No, they didn't let anyone go, no matter what age. You had to be 14. Nadia was 14... The age rule is stupid. But this girl was the correct age... If you see interviews with her, she is very mature. And asians look younger and Nastia Liukin even said that gymnasts usually look younger than they really are.
theghastlypirate 2 years ago 6
He Kexin just has a baby face, she is actually taller than Jiang Yuyuan. Jiang just celebrated her 17th birthday on Nov. 1, 2008! If you ask most Asians how old Sacramoni and Liukin look like they'll say they look like 30 years old.
chinatheatre 3 years ago 9
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Sacramones performance was terrible during the olympics and was the reason why Team USA lost. With that kind of performance and still made it to the national team, I wonder how many coaches did she have to sleep with in order to get the spot. Her ass is so fat, I think her ass is at least 20 pounds extra compared to her teammates. That was why she brought down Team USA. Stupid bitch should go to Jenny Craig. Alicia will go down as the worst, and most disgraceful gymnast in Olympic history.
johnyaowuncar10 3 years ago
Thats mean, seriously get your ass up there and do it.
WarningZephyr 3 years ago
lady commentator said she never saw that move on womens ub before.. its liya's move liya did it before.. hmm.. = /
chaoticstar16 3 years ago
It truly is an awesome routine. It's unfortunate that her great talent at the Olympics has been overshadowed by the age controversy-but here at the World Cup-truly spectacular.
PhillyGal4Ever 3 years ago 2
omg i hate these announcers!
leeny11 3 years ago 2
Too bad that Deng Linlin is not a hamburg eater. Deng is lucky to look young. Another Chinese girl that some Americans think she looks underage is Jiang Yuyuan. Jiang is actually 17 now! She just celebrated her 17th birthday on November 1, 2008.
SpunkieMunkie 3 years ago 3
ok heres the deal: if u want to be an Olympic Champion, u should be able to beat a 12/13/14 year old girl
if u cant, too bad. guess the gold medal doesnt belong to u
who the fuck cares if shes underage? if ur olympic champion u should be able to beat any1
2400from604 3 years ago 3
here is the deal: if you are a loser, face the reality. harsh, isn't it?
66QQ66 3 years ago 4
Here's the deal-if you cheat even if you're not caught-you're a loser. There's is no proof He Kexin was too young for the Olympics-but you seem to imply that it's okay to cheat-and win.
PhillyGal4Ever 3 years ago
Ugh this female commentator is reeallly annoying....
ostentatiousvirtue 3 years ago
I personally like this routine much better than Nastia's. It has so much more interesting elements in it and it just flows
gymnasticsloverxoxo 3 years ago 6
Yeah, Nastia seems to just spin around and do mainly swings and stuff, she doesn't have many releases.
FlippinTitan2010 3 years ago
I think He's routine looks much more spectacular-much more dynamic than Nastia's. But all those 'spins' and 'swings' and stuff is very difficult too.
PhillyGal4Ever 3 years ago 6
Oh, yes the pirouettes are extremely hard, that's how she gets her difficulty..
FlippinTitan2010 3 years ago
That' pretty much it. Her dad designed Nastia's routine-he knows how to work the code for sure.
PhillyGal4Ever 3 years ago 2
Yeah.. She was the first to have a 7.7 value, and then once the Chinese met that, I think they should have looked for a way to make it even higher, like connecting he pak to her tkatchev. then it'd be 7.8 and match Beth Tweddle.. Or her geinger is extremely high, she could probably work a full into that and then she'd be up to an 8.0 I think.
FlippinTitan2010 3 years ago 2