Bela Berates China Gymnastics

Bela Karolyi: "They are using half-people. One of the biggest frustrations is, what arrogance. These people think we are stupid. We are in the business of gymnastics and we know what a kid of 14 or 15 or 16 looks like. You don’t have to be a gymnastics coach to know what they look like at 16. What kind of slap in the face is this? They are 12, 14 years old, max. And they line them up for the world … and having the government back them. Since they forced an age limit, it has gotten worse and worse. The FIG is running away from the age problem. They set an age limit and now they can’t control it."