Last week, when visiting the Hubei Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, a newly built structure to be used as a training center for Chinese gymnasts in the national team, Huang Yubin, head coach of Chinese gymnastics team and deputy director of National Gymnastics Administrative Center, said in a meeting that Chinese gymnastics is facing a crisis [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Gymnastics'
Chinese Gymnastics Association to Bin Age Fraud?
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Gymnastics, Sportsmanship
Tags:age scandal·Dong Fangxiao·Gymnastics·Huang Yubin·Hubei Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Catch Me If You Can, Says the Chinese Gymnastics Association (Update 1)
March 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Government, Gymnastics, Sports, Sportsmanship
Five golds, two silvers and four bronzes – the performance of Chinese athletes at the Vancouver Games has been nothing but outstanding during the celebration of Chinese New Year. But back home, sports officials in Beijing are fumbling, as a bronze medal the Chinese gymnastic team won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics could be stripped [...]
Tags:2000 Sydney Olympics·2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics·age scandal·CBA·Dong Fangxiao·FIG·He Kexin·sports law·Yang Yun
Olympic Trampoline Champion Hints At Match-fixing in the National Games
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Gymnastics
Looks like it’s not just in diving.
A misstep cost He Wenna (何雯娜), China’s first trampoline Olympic champion, 0.9 point in the final, ranking 5th by the end. And Zhong Xingping (钟杏平), an athlete from Guangdong team, won the champion. But He’s words after the final made one think that match-fixing at the 11th National Games [...]
Tags:He Wenna·match-fixing·National Games·scandal·trampoline·Zhong Xingping
Does She Look 17?
September 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Gymnastics
From Xinhua:
Deng Linlin from Anhui won the gold medal at the women’s gymnastics individual all-around finals at China’s 11th National Games on Saturday.
Deng, listed as “born on April 21, 1992,” played last year at the Beijing Games and won Team All-around Champion along with He Kexin, Li Shanshan and three other gymnasts.
Tags:Deng Linlin·Gymnastics·He Kexin·Li Shanshan·National Games
CBA Players And Myth About The Ages Of Chinese Women Gymnasts
November 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Basketball, Football, Gymnastics, Sportsmanship
We stumbled upon a fascinating post today on Asia Basket. Arthur Volbert, a US-based basketball writer who’s been closely following Chinese basketball, found that ages of 22 CBA players have been changed at the start of season 2008/2009. Below are some excerpts:
For Jiangsu, Tang Zhengdong went from being born in 1984 to 1982, confirming longtime [...]
Tags:age scandal·Basketball·CBA·Football·Gymnastics·He Kexin·Olympics
