Proof that He Kexin is Underage

There is some controversy surrounding He Kexin and her age.

The Huffington Post has a great article and great PROOF that Chinese Olympic gold-medal gymnast He Kexin is underage, and thus should be stripped of her gold medal! They have dated articles and documents that prove that He Kexin is 14 and not 16, the minimum age requirement for the gymanstics competition. Read the article, look at the documents, and come up with your own conclusion but I think that she is underage — she even looks 14!

US Media Putting US on Top

The Three Medals From Beijing

During these Olympic games, the media all over the world has their eyes on China: the people, the culture, and the Olympic athletes. Currently, China has 35 medals overall, 22 of those being gold. The United Sates has 34 medals total, but only 10 of those are gold. What’s the big deal, you ask? Well, American media companies, like NBC and Sports Illustrated, were putting the US on top in medal count, even though traditionally the country with the MOST GOLD medals gets the top spot, NOT the country with the highest medal total. While NBC put the US on top no matter what, foreign media companies follow tradition and put China on top, only because it has the most Gold Medals.

Michael Phelps Goes for Gold

Incredible! US Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has won his tenth and eleventh gold medal in Beijing yesterday! That gives him more gold medals than any Olympian in the history of the games! His first medal yesterday was for the 200-meter butterfly and his second was for swimming in the first leg of the 4×200 freestyle relay. British swimmer Simon Burnett said

I think I’ve figured out Michael Phelps. He’s not from another planet. He’s from the future. His father made him and made a time machine. Sixty years from now he is an average swimmer, but he has come back here to mop up.

Phelps is 5 for 5 so far, and he still has more finals this week! Let’s hope he goes home with all of the gold!

US Olympic Cyclists Apologize, but Why?

US Olympic Cyclist Michael Friedman arrived in Beijing wearing a face mask.

When four American cyclists (Michael Friedman, Sarah Hammer, Bobby Lea and Jennie Reed) arrived in Beijing this week, they got off their planes with respiratory masks on for concern of the air quality in the city. The air quality in Beijing has been improving due to the government’s strict new anti-pollution measures that were introduced on July 20, a last-minute attempt by the Chinese government to have clear, blue skies for the Olympic games.

Today, those same four American cyclists are apologizing to the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee for wearing those masks. Bobby Lea went on to say the following:

We didn’t realize the impact that wearing the masks would have… From our standpoint it was to take care of a perceived health risk. In reality it came across as offensive. We don’t want to insult BOCOG or the Chinese public.

In my honest opinion apologizing to the Chinese for trying to keep healthy in a country where smog is ten times worse than the US is ridiculous. Those athletes can do whatever they want to try and keep their bodies healthy so that they can perform well in the Olympic games. Anyone else with me?