• China accepts gymnastics medal loss

    Updated: 2010-04-30 05:29:56
    "We feel deeply pained by it. We will take it as a lesson to learn, and furthermore will comprehensively intensify the all round management over the athletes to firmly prevent similar things happening." Dong registered different ages at Sydney and the 2008 Beijing Games, where she served as a technical official.

  • China respects IOC decision of taking back Olympics medal

    Updated: 2010-04-30 04:33:38
    Chinese Olympic Committee said on Thursday that it respects the International Olympic Committee's decision of stripping China of the bronze medal that they won in the gymnastics women's team event at the 2000 Sydney Games after one of its athletes Dong Fangxiao was found to be under age.

  • London Games play no role in UK election: Coe

    Updated: 2010-04-30 04:23:29
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  • Local Gymnasts Happy With Decision to Strip China of Medals

    Updated: 2010-04-30 03:22:59
    North Texas gymnasts are applauding a decision to award the U.S. women's Olympic team bronze medals for the 2000 Sydney Games.

  • gymnast Dominique Dawes unretires?

    Updated: 2010-04-30 00:22:31
    The funniest response I've seen to the news that Team USA is getting a Bronze team medal for the Olympics 2000: Dominique Dawes "Thanks to the due diligence of the IOC and FIG, the truth has been revealed.

  • Olympic honor, years later Pen Argyl Gymnast Kristen Maloney wins a...

    Updated: 2010-04-29 23:26:57
    She was part of the U.S. gymnastics team that finished fourth in 2000. Chinese gymnast Dong Fangxiao was only 14 years old when she competed in the Olympics that year; the minimum age to compete was 16.

  • China accepts IOC decision or not

    Updated: 2010-04-29 22:08:25
    A Chinese site, sports.qq.com , seems to confirm: China news agency , Beijing, April 29 - The Chinese Olympic Committee and the Chinese Gymnastics Association, said the International Olympic Committee will respect the penalties handed over within a week the Sydney Olympics bronze medal women's gymnastics team.

  • China 'pained,' but respects IOC's decision

    Updated: 2010-04-29 22:08:16
    The Chinese Gymnastics Association said Thursday it is "pained" by the ruling to strip its women's team of a bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics for using an underage athlete, but respects the decision.

  • 'Pained' China accepts Sydney medal loss

    Updated: 2010-04-29 22:08:15
    China is 'pained' by the loss of a women's gymnastics team bronze medal from the Sydney Olympics, but respected the decision to withdraw it after team member Dong Fangxiao was adjudged to have lied about her age.

  • China Reacts to Decision on 2000 Gymnastic Medal

    Updated: 2010-04-29 22:08:11
    The Chinese Gymnastics Association says it's "pained" by a ruling that strips its women's team of a bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics for using an underage athlete.

  • China Stripped of Gymnastics Medal

    Updated: 2010-04-29 22:08:11
    The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday stripped the Chinese women's gymnastics team of a bronze medal it won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

  • China accepts ruling on underage gymnast

    Updated: 2010-04-29 16:44:22
    The IOC ruled that Dong Fangxiao was under the legal age when she helped China win team bronze at the 2000 Olympics.

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