‘How old are China’s women gymnasts?!’ Youngsters spark suspicions as Olympics TV viewers can’t believe their eyes
The tiny Chinese team have sparked enormous interest as to whether they meet the minimum 16-year-old age requirement to compete at the Olympics – but there was no denying the Americans who sweep to victory in the team artistic final
We can immediately tell here in Rio when China’s women’s gymnastics team is on TV – a Post story from May where their coach insists they meet the Olympics age requirements has a massive spike in web traffic because people are Googling ‘How old are China’s women’s gymnastics team’.
It’s easy to see why from the press seats perched vertiginously near the top of the giant gymnastics arena.
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Or actually, it’s not easy to see why – from this distance it’s hard to pick out the tiny, childlike women.
China’s five-woman team of Fan Yilin, Mao Yi, Shang Chunsong, Tan Jiaxin and Wang Yan lost the silver by a fraction to Russia in the team final of the artistic gymnastics as the US team led by the phenomenon Simone Biles won gold by the largest margin since 1960.
With viewers around the world tuning in, the aforementioned article’s hits went through the roof again.