Sizing up the top gymnastics teams

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For Olympic gymnasts, the minimum age is 16 by year’s end. Questions have been raised about the ages of several Chinese gymnasts and whether this gives them an unfair advantage.

The Chinese womens’ Olympic gymnastics team: Li Shanshan, Yang Yilin, Cheng Fei, He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan, Deng Linlin

The U.S. womens’ Olympic gymnastics team: Chellsie Memmel, Nastia Liukin, Alicia Sacramone, Samantha Peszek, Bridget Sloan, Shawn Johnson