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In Age Flap, IOC Lacks Spine

Committee kowtows to organizers, sponsors on China's gymnasts

By Drew Nelles, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 22, 2008 4:58 PM CDT

(Newser) – After weeks of speculation about underage Chinese gymnasts and reports that at least two of them are not yet 16, the International Olympic Committee is investigating yet still sitting on its hands, Sally Jenkins writes in the Washington Post. The question “is whether the... Read full story »

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