>>>>And to add to that, having such a one-man-show phenomenon, like Phelps, does somewhat bump up the gold score for the USA. There aren't other phenomena like him in other sports in other teams to likewise bump up their scores.
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>>>I'd put the Chinese diving team in this same category. They compete in 8 total events. So far they have 4 golds with 4 individual events to go.
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>>Their diving team is amazing, isn't it?
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>Wasnt there an age issue with the Chinese gymnasts? Did they crank out some birth certificates?

Apparently china doesn't do birth certs (or they don't want to show them). Their 'proof' of age is their passports which the government faked to show whatever age they wanted.