The Huffington Post has a very interesting collection of documents that seem to definitively prove what we’ve all known to be true since these games started — China cheated.
Like any other country, when a Chinese athlete has an impressive victory the Chinese media reports it. This otherwise routine reporting of sports news in China has left a lengthy paper trail that reveals the true age of China’s gymnasts.
Making an issue of this has nothing to do with being “sore losers” because the U.S. team came in second. The Chinese team was amazing and they deserve all the credit in the world. However, rules are rules and winning a medal at the Olympic games doesn’t mean anything if it’s based on a lie.
The athletes are not to blame here, the Chinese government is. China has proven that not only do they have no respect for human rights or freedom, but they also have no honor. In other parts of Asia, to have no honor is a fate worse than death.
By winning on a lie, not only has China cheapened the victory of their own athletes, but they’ve stolen the dreams of athletes from other countries who’ve trained for years hoping for a shot at Olympic glory. For many of those athletes this Olympics in Beijing was their last chance to fulfill a dream they’ve spent their entire lives up to this point working for — the chance to honestly compete against the best in the world.
What a disappointment.
-Chris Jones
