If being young is such an advantage, why didn't America pick a team made of 16 year olds?Nastia Liukin 18Chellsie Memmel 20Alicia "oops I fell" Sacramone 20
Because we're not pedos.
We don't have Gymnastic sweat shops where we pump out 16 year old athletes.
>>248916lol k
>>248914because that would mean they would have been training before they were 16 which is frowned upon because of bone structure and other stuff.
women's gymnastics leaves me uneasy.they are obviously gifted athletes but the fact that very young girls seem to have a physical advantage in the sport is bad.
>>248919then what is the picture in OP?
because our gold medalists work in Home Depot
>>248923newsflash: Every Olympic female Gymnastics Athlete EVER has started training before 16
>>248935But one would hope not shipped away from their parents at the age of 5.
>>248935They don't train them as hard as they could until they get a certain age lest the media get wind of it.
>>248939try age 3, seeing parents once a year since u were fucking 3, wow china, winning medals is that important to you guys?
wat
we had gymnist that had already been in previous olympicsmore experience i guess still<14 year old chinks
funny how Amerifags know so much about the lives of Chinese gymnasts
i will start to care when i see some proof of china cheating, all i see now is butthurt and BAAAWWW.
>>248948didnt shawn johnson start at like 5?
>>248948Bitter much?That said, OH MY GOD ALL THE GIRLS IN OP ARE MUTANTS
2nd from the right, bottom row. It's male.
>>248978same goes for 2nd from right in back row. at least i hope so.
>>248968not kidnapped though
Because sometimes your best athletes don't conveniently happen to be 15/16 at the time of the Olympics...hurrrrrrrrr.
>>249010Rulez is rulez. My dad was unable to compete in 100m and highjump due to age limit despite qualifying.
Cause our 16 y.o are not good enouff
Gymnists start out pretty young. I think it's just that the Chinese kids are worked much much more at a younger age.
China has been doing this for hundreds of years since gymnastics is incorporated into a lot of things like the Peking Opera and various other shows.
Hmmm? What's going on in here?
>>248914>Alicia "oops I fell" Sacramone 20That old? She had no excuse. How humiliating to lose to a 14 year old.
Starting young has its benefits. Tiger Woods starting golfing at age 2.
Becasue chingchangchongland starts training their gymnasts from about the age of three. We don't We've got to wait till their older before they're olympic caliber.
>>248951Uh, most kids grow into their features.Sorry, forgot the obligatory...these are KIDS your feelings ARE unnatural...fucking 4chan.
Because Johnson and Lukin are the best in the world, hands down, don't matter their age.