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On Friday, the IOC finally stood up to China and asked the FIG (International Gymnastics Federation) to investigate the ages of certain members of China’s women gymnastics team. Even before the Olympics began, there was evidence that He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan, and Yang Yilin did not meet the minimum age requirement to compete in the Olympics. Rules dictate that Olympic gymnasts must be at least 16 years of age to participate. In the last week, more evidence has been recovered including online documents from Chinese media sites which indicated that some of the team members were less than 16 years of age. In addition, some Chinese people have told me here that CCTV, China’s state owned television operation, had admitted as late as last week that these girls were 14 years of age.