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 'age scandal'
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
What’s with China’s National Games?
October 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Diving, Government
For those of you not familiar, China’s
Tags:age scandal·CCTV·corruption·diving·He Chong·match-fixing·National Games·scandal·Shandong·Wu Minxia·Zhou Jihong
Top 10 Chinese Sports News in 2008
December 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments · Business, Government, Sports Regime
2008 is by all means an extraordinary year for China’s sports. Not merely because this country won so many golds in the Beijing Games, there’re actually so much more interesting things beyond that if we comb back closely, either about its sports administration and regime, or simply the government itself.
1. Juguo Rules the Games
51 golds, [...]
Tags:age scandal·Basketball·CBA·Football·gambling·He Kexin·juguo·Liu Xiang·NFL·Olympics
Age Scandal Continues, Yi Jianlian Proved to Be 3 Years Older
December 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Basketball, Government, Sports Regime, Sportsmanship
China Sports Review previously told you about the age scandal over Chinese basketball and football players. Li Zhigang, a reporter from the Chinese version of Sports Illustrated (体育画报), posted an article on his blog yesterday about the investigation over Yi Jianlian’s age. Yi, now playing at the New Jersey Nets, entered NBA in 2007/2008 season. [...]
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
