Oh yeah, that was totally brutal.
To be fair, two of them were proven to be underage eventually.
However, I have a great distaste for the American teams and the media complicity. The doggedness in which they pursued this gymnastics scandal (over 10 years), all the while their own US coach is calling Chinese people "half-people", and later revealed to be a pedo-shelterer.
As a Canadian, my own government's treatment of Ben Johnson was abhorrent. To make Canadians feel better about themselves, the government created a whole committee to basically villainize the man. Meanwhile the USA covered up Carl Lewis' stimulant use and always tries to cover up first (Justin Gatlin, Marion Jones), then only accept blame when the evidence is too overwhelming. Even then, Gatlin was given a sweetheart deal to overturn his ban.
