Shawn Johnson is the one who "carries" the US women's team and she's 16 so I'm sure she was awesome at 14 too...but she waited until she was legally allowed to compete.

I don't know, but one of the announcers last night said that the "20" year old Chinese girl was taken away from her family at 3 years old to start training for the Olympics. She now sees her family 1-2 times per year and as a child, she often begged to go back home, but her parents refused, knowing all of the good things a great career in gymnastics could bring her and her family. (Not sure where the announcer got this info.)