September 3, 2008
By blogger in Thoughts on Sports | 0 comments
Well, here is another story that smell of scandal to come out of China. The Chinese gymnasts that recently won the gold medals in the Beijing Olympics look pretty young. There is some suspicion that a few of the Chinese gymnasts are underage.
This story is not surprising at this point. China has proven something, [...]
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August 18, 2008
By Melanie Watson in Thoughts on Sports | 0 comments
I love it when a sad story has a happy ending. This one in particular is very heart warming. It’s not as happy as it would have been if the situation had been worked out a couple days before, but still, some of Iraq’s athletes will be able to go to the Olympics.
The other day [...]
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August 6, 2008
By Melanie Watson in Thoughts on Sports | 0 comments
As if enough things have not happened to Iraqi’s in the last few years, now they can’t go to the Olympics? The sad face of young sprinter named Dana Hussain shows how painful this decision is for athletes that have worked extremely hard training. The Olympic Committee has banned Iraq from the Beijing games.
This ban [...]
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