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While Reuters just reported that “China not rattled by age questions<\/a>,” here<\/a> is an archived online news report mentioning the age of He Kexin (\u4f55\u53ef\u6b23), one of China’s famous six. The news was posted on November 3, 2007, written by Xinhua News Agency.<\/p>\n

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Translated caption: The thirteen-year-old He Kexin<\/strong>, from Wuhan, met opponent Yang Yilin, who is on the National Team. Amid cheers from her hometown audience, the young girl excellently executed the full set of moves in the finals, and just beat out Yang Yilin, who already had high scores. Lu Shanzhen, the General Coach of the National Gymastic team, also applauded her performance. \u3000<\/p>\n

But according to the Reuters’ report:<\/p>\n

He, Jiang and Yang’s eligibility for the Games had been called into question by American media.<\/p>\n

Online records seemed to suggest the trio may have broken International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) rules that state athletes must turn 16 by the end of an Olympic year.<\/p>\n

[…] Question: “He, can you tell us a memory from your 15th birthday please, how did you spend your 15th birthday, did you spend it at home, did you spend it with gymnasts? Can you tell us about that special day.”<\/p>\n

Answer: “I was with my team. It was an ordinary day, I didn’t go home, usually we don’t go home when it’s our birthday, we just celebrate with our team mates.”<\/p>\n

So the news conference went on and not once did the so-called underaged gymnasts trip up.<\/p>\n

Just in case anyone was not satisfied by the answers, coach Lu Shanzhen added: “You may check with the IOC (International Olympics Committee) and the FIG. All our registrations are done with legal evidence. You may also search on the Internet <\/strong>or even check with China Public Security Ministry.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UPDATE: While coach Lu Shanzhen was so confident about the online records of He Kexin’s age, informtion discovered by Chinese bloggers may surprise her. Here<\/a> is a partial list of Chinese domestic media reports mentioning He Kexin’s age, translated by John Kennedy in the Global Voices Online<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Life Daily, November 5, 2007: 13 year-old uneven bars athlete He Kexin spectacularly completed the entire \u201cLi Ya Flying Flip\u201d routine, defeating national champion Yang Yilin who herself had just taken bronze at the World Cottbus Cup.<\/p>\n

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Legal Evening Post, January 22, 2008: On the balance beams training area, the reporter saw 13 year-old newcomer He Kexin preparing her next move, suddenly disrupted by her own coughts\u2026\u2026
\n…..<\/p>\n

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Beijing Evening Post, December 12, 2007: The \u201csecret weapon\u201d mentioned by Zhang Peiwen is none other than the recently-appeared new star He Kexin. At just 13, this newcomer has not only completed the \u201cLi Ya Flying Flip\u201d with ease, but performs in competitions with unusual stability for someone her age.<\/p>\n

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Sohu Sports, December 1, 2007: Zhang Peiwen’s secret weapon is none other than new star He Kexin. At just 13, this newcomer has not only completed the \u201cLi Ya Flying Flip\u201d with ease, but performs in competitions with unusual stability for someone her age. (Worth noting here is that now the \u201c13\u2033 has already been changed to \u201c15\u2033 )<\/p>\n

5\u3001\u300a\u957f\u6c5f\u5546\u62a5\u300b2007\u5e7412\u67081\u65e5\u62a5\u9053\uff1a13\u5c81\u7684\u4f53\u64cd\u9ad8\u4f4e\u6760\u9009\u624b\u4f55\u53ef\u6b23\u76f8\u5f53\u6f02\u4eae\u5730\u5b8c\u6210\u201c\u674e\u5a05\u7a7a\u7ffb\u201d\u7684\u5168\u5957\u52a8\u4f5c\uff0c\u6218\u80dc\u521a\u521a\u83b7\u5f97\u4e16\u9526\u8d5b\u5b63\u519b\u7684\u56fd\u624b\u6768\u4f0a\u7433\u3002<\/p>\n

Changjiang Business Post, Dec. 1, 2007: Thirteen year-old uneven bars athlete He Kexin beautifully completed the full set of moves in the \u201cLi Ya Flying Flip\u201d routine, defeating national champion Yang Yilin who herself had just taken bronze at the World Cottbus Cup<\/p>\n

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People’s Daily, Nov. 3, 2007: Thirteen year-old He Kexin spectacularly completed the \u201cLi Ya Flying Flip\u201d on the girls’ uneven bars gymnastics competition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here<\/a> is also some information originally on the www.sport.gov.cn (deleted already) from China’s National Sports Administration:<\/p>\n

translation: List of Athletes… He Kexin, Birth date: Jan. 1, 1994. <\/p>\n

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In the speech given by Liu Peng<\/a> (\u5218\u9e4f), Director of China’s National Sports Administration on November 13, 2007, Liu also mentioned He Kexin’s age: 13. <\/p>\n

Also from David Flumenbaum in the huffingtonpost.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

EXHIBIT A: A China Daily article dated May 23, 2008 titled “Uneven-bars queen the new star in town” about He Kexin. This is the cached version<\/a> (thanks Google) of the article as seen on August 4, 2008.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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EXHIBIT B: The same China Daily article dated May 23, 2008 titled “Uneven-bars queen the new star in town” about He Kexin. This is the version currently available online<\/a>. As you can see, when compared to EXHIBIT A, everything is identical. Except for one little thing. The state-run newspaper has changed He’s age.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Read also:
\n* China\u2019s early press coverage of \u201csecret weapon\u201d He Kexin<\/a> from China Media Project.
\n* In An Ancient Land, Age Is Just A Concept For Some Competitors<\/a> by the Globe and Mail
\n* Hack the Olympics<\/a> by blogger Stryde.
\n* International Olympic Committee Launches Probe into He Kexin\u2019s Age<\/a> by The Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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