CHINESE YANG YILIN BORN 1994 AUGUST 26 VAULTS GOT INJURED IN 2008 RETIRED AT THE AGE 14
CHINESE YANG YILIN BORN 1994 AUGUST 26 VAULTS GOT INJURED IN 2008 RETIRED AT THE AGE 14 In December 2008, Yilin injured herself during vault finals at Stuttgart cup, and since then, her career gradually declined. Olympics: Chinese gymnasts accused of being under minimum age The success of the Chinese gymnasts in the final of the uneven bars apparatus - He Kexin won the gold medal and Yang Yilin the bronze – has stirred up the controversy of whether either gymnast has reached the qualifying age for international competition. In 1997, to counter the increasing trend towards younger and younger gymnasts, the International Gymnastics Federation introduced a rule that competitors must be 16 in the year that the event is held. Online documents, listed in a series of articles by The New York Times and followed up by Associated Press at the end of July and in August, call into question whether either of the gymna...