By I find it interesting that the IOC strips China of its long gone and completed 2000 Olympic medals but does nothing about the fraud committed to win their 2008 medals:
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.
The medal will be given to the United States team which finished fourth in Sydney. The IOC has asked for China to return the medals “as soon as possible” so they can be reallocated to the U.S. team.
The action comes 20 months after China was accused of doctoring the ages of at least two of its gymnasts at the Beijing Games. Those allegations became a focal point of the 2008 Games but were quickly hushed up by the IOC after it cleared China following a sham investigation which basically consisted of the Olympic governing body asking China if they were really, really sure that the gymnasts were of age. When China said “yes” and produced passports and ID cards, the IOC dropped the matter, seemingly content to let the controversy pass and not risk offending its Olympic hosts.
Forget the fact that media reports and security experts found Chinese government documents which said 2008 team member He Kexin was 14 years old and not 16. Forget that asking China to produce documents proving its innocence would be like replacing drug tests with a simple questionaire in which athletes are asked whether they’ve ever doped or not. And, now, expect the IOC to forget that Dong had proper documentation at one point too, documentation which was clearly forged.
Dong was caught because somebody slipped up and printed a different birthdate on her credentials for Beijing. Instead of being born in on Jan. 20, 1983, as was claimed in Sydney, Dong’s listed birthdate was Jan. 23, 1986. On her blog she says she was born in the Year of the Ox, which would fit with the Jan. 1986 birthday. [Yahoo Sports]
You can read more at the link, but this is just another reason why I hardly watch anything from the Olympics.
9:41 pm on April 28th, 2010 1
So? You're still sore because China had more medals than the US? If you're not posting pictures of Koreans protesting against the government and call it the Dokdo riots where they're throwing stones at the Japanese, you're posting propaganda that China cheated in the Olympics – denigrating hundreds of Chinese athletes who who deserved their medals.
10:31 pm on April 28th, 2010 2
The chinese suffer every time there's an earthquake. I laugh when the media say 500 chinese died in the earthquake, 10,000 chinese died in the earthquake. I get a nice warm feeling when scores and scores of chinese die for what ever reason. If I could have my dream job, I would be a medical examiner in China and I would walk up and down the street certifying everyone I could see as dead. I love it when chinese die.
11:12 pm on April 28th, 2010 3
Apolo Anton Ohno
11:13 pm on April 28th, 2010 4
I'm sure you do.
Without them lending you money, you wouldn't be driving that fancy SUV.
11:30 pm on April 28th, 2010 5
Get off your high horse. This was one of the most talked about stories about the 2008 Olympics before the games had even begun…and rightly so:
"The Times found two online records of official registration lists of Chinese gymnasts that list He’s birthday as Jan. 1, 1994, which would make her 14. A 2007 national registry of Chinese gymnasts — now blocked in China but viewable through Google cache — shows He’s age as “1994.1.1.”
Another registration list that is unblocked, dated Jan. 27, 2006, and regarding an “intercity” competition in Chengdu, China, also lists He’s birthday as Jan. 1, 1994. That date differs by two years from the birth date of Jan. 1, 1992, listed on He’s passport, which was issued Feb. 14, 2008."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/sports/olympics…
11:32 pm on April 28th, 2010 6
I paid cash for my SUV.
12:54 am on April 29th, 2010 7
And I paid Cash for my Mitsubishi Eclipse. Blue. Quick. Love that car!
1:10 am on April 29th, 2010 8
Fraud is a problem in China, if not a prerequisite for getting ahead, but it is not healthy to laugh at people dying either.
If the CCP were to actually stamp out fraud, they would end up changing themselves completely or committing suicide. I would applaud both or either solutions.
2:09 am on April 29th, 2010 9
Tom, or should I say Mr. Wong, you must have played with chinese (lead paint) toys as a child, or eaten chinese vegetables (treated with DDT), or wait, you could have drank milk (fortified with melamine). You should travel to China and await the next earthquake or you can answer the chinese police when they ask you your blood type.
2:30 am on April 29th, 2010 10
What kind of despicable low-life are you, Lemmy? You love to see the Chinese people die? Why not go to Beijing and blow yourself up in the middle of all the Chinese people? No guts I bet you. Ahole!
5:42 am on April 29th, 2010 11
Juche, God kills more chinese that I ever could. He knows what he's doing.
8:11 am on April 29th, 2010 12
And what kind of god is your "God"? I strongly urge you to put your words into action, instead of sitting your fat ass in front of a computer screen, making pathetic and vile threats. Your "God" will love you more if you do that, I bet.
8:14 am on April 29th, 2010 13
And what kind of god is your "God"? I strongly urge you to put your words into action, instead of sitting on your fat ass in front of a computer screen, making pathetic and vile comments. Your "God" will love you more if you do, I bet ya.
9:52 am on April 29th, 2010 14
Cheating on the international scale doesn't bother Tom, what a big surprise.
You continue to confirm you lack of logical skills or even thinking beyond what you will have for your next meal. China cheats at everything and no one calls them on it. Olympics cheating; no big deal? How about the ship designs they are stealing from South Korea, or the car designs, or Samsung's latest?
Continue your smug elation at China beating the US in anything and continue to be blissfully ignorant that life under China is going to go very badly for South Korea and everyone else in the region. They don't honor patents, international aggreements, or law. Try exporting anything to them in 20 years, you won't be able to. I'm sure with your pin-head record you will find someway to blame the US. Pathetic.
10:38 am on April 29th, 2010 15
Lemmy moved to full blown sociopath some time ago. If I recall correctly he once said something to the effect of "I could kill 100,000 if I didn't get arthritic fingers."
However with a name like Juchechosunmanse I think you know something about being a sociopath. What kind of a creep idolizes a mass murdering psychopath who was a chip off the old block. Take you indignation elsewhere comrade.
10:48 am on April 29th, 2010 16
Fraud is a problem in China?? What about the fraud committed by the Wall Street, government, and banker gangs in the US? Nobody can match their sheer size and scope of their fraud that's worth trillions upon trillions of dollars. Never in human history have their been this kind of fraud. My god, get off your high horses, Americans.
It may even be just big enough to bring down your entire economy and maybe even the globe. 
Nobody can beat that record! 
11:59 am on April 29th, 2010 17
It will hit the rats at the bottom of the cesspool first, how's your savings account Tom.
The US will move through this period, hopefully stronger than ever. It never fails to surprise me to see the level of joy you gain from others missfortune. No wonder you cling to the anti-US crowd. They are all mean spirited losers like you with nothing but the hate in common. Without them and your anti-US screed of the day you would have nothing.
TOM: Failed in Korea, moved to US. Failed in US, moved back to Korea. In your glee you miss the point that your life as an anti-English Spectrum Troll is about to become obsolete. Bend over because you are China's Bit** now, and she's not nearly as nice as we are.
2:09 pm on April 29th, 2010 18
Funny how I write deregatory information about Xina and for some reason it doesn't post. Hey Xinese monitor, go tell the nearest cop your blood type so he can arrest you, send you to jail, and the xinese can remove your organs to pay for your stay in prison.
2:12 pm on April 29th, 2010 19
None of the IOC wanted to really piss China off due to the political nature of the situation. Everyone these days seems to be afraid to piss China off because of potential business opportunities. I wonder when people are gonna realize there is ~no~ "4 bn customer base" as China would never allow a foreign company to compete seriously within China proper.
4:25 pm on April 29th, 2010 20
GI Korea, I thought about stating this in a private email, but I think it may be more appropriate to do so publicly. This kind of talk by Lemmy — not just once but an often repeated theme of his — borders on being hate speech, is completely off topic, and seems inappropriate for just about any forum on ROK Drop.
This is not my blog of course, even though it is one of my favorite blogs, so I really have no business telling you whom to rein in or ban out right, but I can't see how, even in the broadest allowances of free speech, this esteemed blog is better off for allowing Lemmy or anyone to air such hate and bigotry.
5:29 pm on April 29th, 2010 21
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7:34 pm on April 29th, 2010 22
Kushibo,
Letting extremists vent provides an outlet. It's better the nut jobs do it here than on some street corner.
7:35 pm on April 29th, 2010 23
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7:40 pm on April 29th, 2010 24
Does anyone understand why there are age restrictions on olympic sports?
The games are suppose to highlight the very best competitors if there 10 or 100. The age restrictictions shold be removed so the countries that don't violate rules can compete with the countries that do violate rules.
8:16 pm on April 29th, 2010 25
I suspect it's a form of child protection, anti-exploitation (not that China gives a rats ass). There are different age limits for different sports:
For instance in the equestrian events riders must be a minimum of 18 years old. All horses must be at least 7.
/any IOC member ceases to be a member at the end of the calendar year during which they reach the age of 80
8:31 pm on April 29th, 2010 26
I'm sorry, but I don't buy that. Allowing unfettered hate speech and bigotry contributes to a deterioration of respectful discourse and civility.
And it is the erosion of those things, I feel, that is the greater danger to our society, especially as that deterioration of public behavior contributes to anger-fueled polarization and extremism.
9:47 pm on April 29th, 2010 27
Lemmy we all understand you hate Chinese people, you don't need to repeat it over and over again in order to start a flame war. Keep your comments on topic please.
9:49 pm on April 29th, 2010 28
(" Bend over because you are China’s Bit** now, ")
Look again, US is the biggest China's bitch in the world, considering how much you owe them and how quickly you're losing your influence, power, and all the geographical hegemony to them.
It's just matter of time before the Chinese swoop into gather all the bankrupt US companies off the floor after your nation's finances finally collapse under the unavoidable debt bomb. Pretty soon, so many Americans will be working for the Chinese.
9:54 pm on April 29th, 2010 29
I have mentioned this before but I don't sit around all day monitoring comments and if there are postings getting a lot of comments I don't even have time to read through them all if I'm very busy. I spend about an hour in the morning before PT blogging, which I am doing right now and then about 1-2 hours after I get back home from work. I tried to spend my limited time on typing up new content for the site and then checking comments.
If someone has a problem with a comment the best way to let me know is to send me an email and I will look at it. Thanks.
11:25 pm on April 29th, 2010 30
As is always the problem Kushibo, where does one draw the limit? Speech that is totally acceptable today wasn't years ago and visa-versa. I'm not saying that it isn't distracting or even that it's a good thing, but it is the reality of life. I'm not in total disagreeance with you, but wonder if we take that road, some day somebody will object to my speech and then I'll be silenced. It's a delicate balance and difficult to maintain.
12:00 am on April 30th, 2010 31
Dang, you blog before PT? I always spent my pre-PT hours slurping coffee and wishing I didn't have to do PT. You're a better man than I, Gunga GI Korea!
12:05 am on April 30th, 2010 32
I was impressed by that confession of his too! LOL
I was more like you… always hoping to have to work through PT instead of doing PT… Unfortunately, it is beginning to show! lol
2:35 am on April 30th, 2010 33
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3:12 am on April 30th, 2010 34
GI Korea, thanks for monitoring my comments. It gives me a warm feeling that free speach is alive and well. God bless the 1st amendment!
3:30 am on April 30th, 2010 35
I'm an extreemist? I'm not the one who forces children to practice gymnastics 14 hours a day for the first 14 years of their lives (minus infancy). I'm the extreemist, do I establish entire cities based on specific sports? Where children are bussed from thousands of miles away from their families to practice for the "good of the nation". I don't use inflamatory words as you. I research before I write anything. Some people are not use to cold hard facts, they would rather accuse someone by using words like extreemist, bigot, and racist. The comments I wrote are not the least bit misleading. The base article of this blog is about the Chinese cheating and I get that. You like the Chinese and you don't want anything written that would discredit them. But again the base article is about the Chinese cheating and how no one cares. Just think, for every one Chinese you see dancing across the balance beam, thousands were deprived of a childhood that millions of children across the rest of the world enjoyed. Do I care? Apparently no one cares even the IOC who refuses to enforce the policy it has itself set forth. As Leon Laporte points out at #7 I wholy understand what he has written. If the Chinese are exploiting their children (God forbid the Chinese defy human rights) why does the world turn a blind eye? Are people afraid of China? Someone explain to my why anyone would defend a country that exploits its children as the base article claims, violates the human rights of its people as a whole and projects its will upon every country in asia.
Posting an article like "China Stripped of 2000 Olympic Gymnastics Medals, Why Not 2008?" is like walking into a thermodynamics class at MIT and the professor asking whats 2+3=?
3:46 am on April 30th, 2010 36
Lemmy all of a sudden cares about the exploited Chinese children. Yeah right.
3:54 am on April 30th, 2010 37
Tom, let's "assume" you're right… so, we've been China's bit** now for, say, a few years… Korea was (and will be again) China's bit** for how many centuries? Well, whenever they weren't being Japan's bit**.
5:58 am on April 30th, 2010 38
I knew the games were rigged when they started openly allowing pro athletes to compete…
3:54 pm on April 30th, 2010 39
Tom, you can't comprehend what I write so please don't comment as if you do. And if you're so proud of your oriental heritage, why don't you use your oriental name?