the chinese girls did a good job but it’s way easier to move a shorter body, smaller hips, less weight, than a taller body with more hips, etc. so the chinese girls do have an advantage, whether or not they’re smaller people anyway, the fact that they may be 12, 13, 14, gives them an automatic advantage over the americans. they should be stripped of their medals, i think, but it would be hard to prove they’re not 16, since the chinese government provided the passports that show their ages, and the chinese government has a vested interest in lying. they said in the new york times that the olympic committee has not made a big deal about it because they don’t want to insult the host country. meanwhile it’s just wrong, but hard to prove.