On Friday, the IOC finally stood up to China and asked the FIG (International Gymnastics Federation) to investigate the ages of certain members of China’s women gymnastics team. Even before the Olympics began, there was evidence that He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan, and Yang Yilin did not meet the minimum age requirement to compete in the Olympics.

Forget the skimpily clad cheerleaders. The immaculate hostesses handing out medals at the Olympics have won the spectator vote for glamour. But not just anyone could be a hostess. These ladies had to fit the Beijing definitions of "perfect" before they were trained in a glamour boot camp.

These Olympics are cheap, dirt cheap! With tickets as cheap as 30 RMB and beers selling for 5, there won't be an Olympics this cheap for a long time.

The gossip website Gawker has discovered photos of the Spanish Women's tennis team making a 'slanty eye' gesture in reference to an upcoming trip to China. The Spanish men's basketball team has been criticised for making a similar gesture.

With China men's football team embarrassing the Chinese, many Chinese are inspired by Iraq's athletes overcoming so much to get to the 2008 Olympic Games.