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Abi has posted some training footage of new skills she's working on. https://www.instagram.com/stories/gymnast_abi_martin/3780863819980265320/ Cheng and Amanar into a pit, the latter with rather more height than the former. And also a Moors on the track. Also the Scotland CWG selection info...

Mmm, they're both 101% plausible possibilities aren't they?

For Szabo, I'm inclined to say 1968 makes most sense. That Romania added a year at some point in the 70s to make her of age for 81 worlds, before knowing about the rule change. The main evidence for 1969 is Bela. He's a known unreliable narrator and has an incentive to say it didn't happen on...

This is true. I love Seoul era Silivas, but they should probably strip her of at least one medal for the hairdo. Statute of limitations be damned.

Honestly I doubt what Bela said made any difference. As you say, the official documents said 1992. Really all the US could do in that situation was make sure the world knew, which I think it's fair to say they did. @RedBirdie very interesting to see it all set out like that. I had wondered...

It's funny that she could've ended up having one by the standards of the time, if it weren't for those pesky DOBs. IIRC North Korea did want to send her to 93 worlds, which would've made her a 5th year senior had they pulled it off. On GB, it was interesting. I wonder if part of it was that...

Also I love that this is in the Gymnastics Nostalgia forum. The good old days!

Not much point. The official documentation from the Chinese state said He Kexin was born on 01/01/92, and that was ultimately going to outweigh everything. It's not like either the FIG or IOC ever gave a shit anyway. The only time any action was ever taken was when multiple DOBs were used.

I will never forget reading an article in January 09 about the new seniors coming through, and the author innocently remarked that China didn't have any this year!

Fuck that went fast.

I was just about to mention that! Honestly, if you're going to cheat you might as well be entertaining with it. Go big or go home. Re Cheng Fei, looks that way. She posted a birthday cake photo in I think 07 with the wrong number of candles, which wasn't noticed at the time but did come out in...

Wasn't the statute of limitations 8 years to begin the process? I remember a lot of discussion in 08 about how the Dong Fangxiao investigation had just made it, although it dragged on until 2010. @L_R there's a lot of speculation with Kim Gwang Suk, understandably, but I think the youngest...

Did they really? I had no idea. But it's home not just in the sense of being down the road so everyone you know can come, but also because of the higher level of attention CWG receives when in the UK. The commercial potential is greater. Look at what Fragapane managed to do. In terms of...

Blimey, she really does want to come back doesn't she! I get it though. Home CWG and Euros coming up, which must be attractive. Not sure whether the women specifically want different teams or not as apparently has been said for the men, but the events are close together. And even if it's fine...

That's interesting. I knew there'd always been rumours about Karpenko but had no idea of the source. On the Romanians specifically, am I right in thinking the ones we know for sure/near as are Gogean, Silivas and Marinescu, or am I forgetting anyone?