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Olympic gymnastics team of its bronze medal in the team competition. The Chinese team was also stripped of their team medals from the 1999 World Championships. In addition, the FIG billed the Chinese Gymnastics Federation for the cost of the inquiry.
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she was too young as a thirteen year old, she began illegally competing as a senior gymnast internationally. At the 1999 World
Championships in Tianjin China, she helped the Chinese team claim a bronze medal. Individually she placed 6th in the all-around, 4th in the
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Chinese team for the 2000 Olympics, still too young to compete now at the age of fourteen. Her strong performances again helped the Chinese squad obtain a bronze medal in the team competition. Dong qualified for the
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damaged her knee permanently, in order to win an
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in her leg. As reference, at the time of her retirement from gymnastics in 2001, Dong was still age ineligible to compete internationally as a senior, because her 16th birthday didn't fall until the 2002 calendar year.
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Fangxiao began her gymnastics career at an early age. She was a member of her provincial team by the age of seven and was invited to join the
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367:All-Around
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