Originally Posted By Mr X Perhaps their unusual diet is to blame!? <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/13/oly.food/index.html#cnnSTCVideo" target="_blank">http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WO...STCVideo</a> Team America 2012, eat more of this!!!
Originally Posted By DAR Turns out one of their gymnasts was only 13 <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/08/14/underage.gymnasts/index.html" target="_blank">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c...dex.html</a>
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Turns out one of their gymnasts was only 13 <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c...dex.html<" target="_blank">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c...html<</a> spirit of the games my foot
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP The opinion of the US coach is, if the Gymnastic's Association isn't willing to police their own standards they should just get rid of them! (Apparently the younger, smaller girls have physics on their side, if they can get trained fast enough.)
Originally Posted By Mr X Hey, this thread is not about underaged, communistically oppressed little girls! It's about the unusual food they eat. Didn't ANYONE click on the original link?
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I did read the original post - why I found it interesting as did my sons... Ummm yeah not so interested in sharing certain animal parts stirfried or not - Not sure how it relates to the Gymnasts - there was an article - which I cannot locate now about how very restrictive the gymnasts diets are - they are not eating the food in this link...
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Let's just say my teen boys were reading it over my shoulder and they both let out a very loud EEWWWEEEE how Gross...
Originally Posted By Elderp Well 12 yr old girls do tend to eat less than 16 yr old girls, but I dont see the difference between the food in the video and the food they serve at McD's. They look to both have the same nutritional value.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <vbdad, China is Communist. You didn't get the memo? < BUT- they're trying not to play one on TV - spending $350M on opening cermonies andforcing people to smile - worried about a little girls looks so replacing her with someone cuter -- doing a pretty good impersonation of Hollywood - no ?
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< It's about the unusual food they eat. Didn't ANYONE click on the original link? >>> At least you know those scorpions are fresh! Are you supposed to eat them while still alive? It would seem that they'd get pissed off and sting you on the way down.
Originally Posted By Elderp "and sting you on the way down." Reminds me when I was in Japan and tried to eat "fresh" uni.
Originally Posted By Mr X Live Octopus sucks on the inside of your mouth when you eat it. Considering that fact, I think I'll be skipping the scorps, thanks.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey Those little girls look younger than my 5th graders - 16 my foot. However, I was thrilled to see the talented, healthy-looking and 16+ Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson go 1-2 in the all around the other night. My inner Mary Lou was so happy that my outer Mary Lou was crying. The same thing will probably happen tonight if Michael Phelps and Dara Torres win gold.
