No Limitation for Non-Olympic Manipulation...!

The Chinese gymnast DONG Fanxiao should not have been allowed to participate in the Olympic Summergames in Sydney in 2000, because she was too young, established the World Gymnastics Federation FIG.
Then, 10 years ago, Dong Fanxiao  was 14 years ofl and not 17 years old, as she had stated.
According to the FIG-Disciplinary Commission this is a violation of the rules. Dongs Olympics-results were invalidated. At the moment there is a FIG petition at the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which states that the Bronze medal in the Chinese Team assessment should not be recognized. Therewith the USA would move up to third place. Zhang Haifeng, speaker of the Olypmic Committee of China, regards the situation as being "history" in the Chinese media. "This happened in the year 2000. We are now writing the year 2010".

In the case of Dong Fangxiao, the F.I.G. Executive Committee constituted that there was a violation to the FIG Statutes and Regulations. Consequently, the results obtained by Dong Fangxiao at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games have been cancelled. The FIG Executive Committee decision was forwarded to the IOC Executive Board with the recommendation to withdraw the Bronze medal obtained by the Chinese Team including the results of Dong Fangxiao in Sydney.
In addition, the FIG Executive Committee pronounced the cancellation of all results obtained by Dong Fangxiao at the 34th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 1999 in Tianjin (CHN), of all results obtained at the FIG World Cup Series 1999 - 2000 and at the Artistic Gymnastics 2000 World Cup Final in Glasgow (GBR).
The costs of the disciplinary procedure are awarded to the Chinese Gymnastics Association.
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