The Real Story Behind China's Olympic Gymnastics Gold

Little Wang Lei tumbled as she ran across the mat for the Women's Freestyle Gymnastics gold medal. After her crowd stunning victory she said "bleeeebbbb, bliffle, thhhbbbb, blllbbb brrrraaaahhhh waaaaahhhh snorffle ma." With the Chinese national anthem blaring in the background, a strong less than pleasant fragrance seemed to emanate from her red and gold training suit as she accepted her gold medal and floral bouquet on the center pedestal of the awards platform . Famed gymnastics coach Bela Karoli, noted that Wang seemed rather short for her age, and questioned whether she is at least the minimum age of sixteen years. "She is two feet seven inches tall, weighs 16 Kilos and only has eight teeth fercryinoutloud" Karoli said.

Acknowledging that she was rather small for her stated age, Chinese Olympic team officials produced Wang Lei's passport proving that he was born on November 19, 1991. Following the medal awards ceremony, The Chinese Olympic Organizing Committee issued a press release that emphatically stated "previous reports that Wang Lei was born November 19, 2006 were erroneous. We consider the matter settled. This is about sports competition and not China's internal matters, so there is no need to discuss Wang Lei's age any further."

"Since these are China's first Olympic games as host country, we have no choice but to accept her passport as proof that Wang Lei is over sixteen and thus eligible to compete," said a top IOC official who, fearing international ridicule, wished to remain anonymous

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