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Originally Posted by bob
Remind me again the reason for the 16 year age minimum?
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Not sure if you were serious but just in case, here is my guess.
I think the "official" reason seems to be the desire to keep gymnasts in the sport for a longer period of time. I mean it is called the woman's gymnastics team. It would probably be nice to have women on the team as opposed to girls. YMMV on what age they become women.
I think there are many more unofficial reasons though.
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