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For those of you who missed it, the Chinese women’s gymnastics team dominated a suddenly clumsy American team on their way to gold last night.

As Bob Costas and former US gymnastics coach and little-girl torturer Bela Karolyi discussed the event afterwards, Karolyi focused on one issue - the disputed age of the Chinese competitors.

Under Olympic regulations, the girls have to turn 16-years-old no later than the year of the competition in order to compete.

And while all of the Chinese girls’ passports confirm them to be of age, Chinese online records and local newspaper articles tell a different story.

This story gained relatively little attention when it was published in the New York Times last month, but after the United States’ second place finish to a Chinese team that was on average 3.5 inches shorter and 30 lbs lighter, the media is whipping itself into a frenzy.

In all of the controversy, one thing is certain - somebody has to feed those little girls. The one third from the right is so hungry, she’s actually trying to eat the gold medal!

Here’s a short list of articles for those of you who can’t get enough of under-age Chinese girls.

Time: The Chinese Gymnasts: Age Questions Remain

NY Times: Athletes Only as Old as China Says They Are

Chicago Sun-Times: Chinese blow out U.S. team, but is the victory worth it?

Sports Illustrated: IOC turns blind eye to controversy over China’s kiddie gymnasts

Sports Illustrated: Chinese gymnasts shine, but black cloud hovers over gold medal

LA Times: Sizing up the top gymnastics teams (little chart comparing sizes of competitors)

Note to Sports Illustrated - there’s a black cloud over every gold medal and indeed everything in Beijing. In fact, we’re pretty sure a poorly chosen firework in the closing ceremonies is going to set the sky on fire.

Dark Side can’t help but wonder how many stories would have been published if the U.S. had won gold.