Questions about the 2010 Winter Olympics

Now that Vancouver has won the chance to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, people all over the world are asking questions. Believe it or not, these questions about Canada were posted on an International Tourism Website. (Frightening, isn’t it?)
Q: I have never seen it warm on Canadian TV, so how do the plants grow? (UK)
A. [...]

Most gullible person in world – IOC President Jacques Rogge

If you have been following, you may have noticed that there has been a major controversy about the ages of the Chinese women girl gymnasts.
Several days ago, the IOC asked for another investigation into this matter. Now Rogge is saying that the paperwork that China submitted for this investigation appears to back up the original [...]

A very young Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps – 100 m butterfly -WOW!

Wow! I thought the finals of the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay had  the most exciting finish that I would ever see. It appeared to be a bang-bang at the finish, but the United States won by 0.08 seconds.
But then I watched the 100 m butterfly final last night. Milorad Cavic of Serbia clearly [...]

Age of Chinese “women” gymnasts

There have been many reports in the media recently that several of China’s female Olympic gymnasts are under the minimum age required to be eligible for the Olympics.  In fact, the Chinese media has reported that one of the gymnasts is now 13 or 14, even though an athlete has to turn 16 sometime during [...]

Chinese cheating at the Olympics

If you are thinking that I am writing about a Chinese athlete failed a drug test, you are…… wrong.
Chinese officials decided that a 7-year girl who was supposed to sing at the opening ceremonies was not attractive enough, so they decided to have a more attractive girl lip sync.
A Chinese official said,
The national interest requires [...]