I agree that these girls were probably no older than 12, but I think that makes it so much more impressive. The fact that they could stand up to the pressure of the Olympics and match the US team physically is very impressive. I don't know if you have kids, but if you do, imagine one of them being 12 or 14 and competing on that stage.

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Posted by TheEdge

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Posted on 8/13/08 at 2:51 am to bigpapamac

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I agree that these girls were probably no older than 12, but I think that makes it so much more impressive. The fact that they could stand up to the pressure of the Olympics and match the US team physically is very impressive. I don't know if you have kids, but if you do, imagine one of them being 12 or 14 and competing on that stage.

I'm sure having the motivation of keeping mom and dad out of a labor camp helps a ton with that.

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Posted by ASUTiger

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Posted on 8/13/08 at 9:16 am to bigpapamac

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I agree that these girls were probably no older than 12, but I think that makes it so much more impressive. The fact that they could stand up to the pressure of the Olympics and match the US team physically is very impressive.

It's the opposite. They don't know the pressure yet. Even Bella Corrolli(sp) said the younger and more inexperienced gymnasts tend to not crack under pressure as much b/c they don't fully know about how much pressure it is.

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I don't know if you have kids, but if you do, imagine one of them being 12 or 14 and competing on that stage.

I have 2 kids, and I'm sure if from the time they were 3, they were thrown into a gymnastics labor camp and trained for ten years all day they'd be okay.

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