why is the chinese gymnastics team so awesome?

Former U.S. Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes offers her final expert analysis of the Chinese women's gymnastics team's gold medal win over the U.s. Basically, it comes down to one key fact: Chinese were better.

And this is only the beginning. Could this be the start of Chinese domination in gymnastics? Yes. As Dawes concludes, "The Chinese women are now the full package. They have combined their high difficulty skills with an unshakable mental toughness, and those were the reasons why they won their first team final gold on Wednesday."

Also check out the embedded side video interview with Dawes giving her take on whether Chinese gymnasts are underage (because, let's face it, they look REALLY young). She gives a really great, well thought-out analysis, despite the interviewer tossing her such leading questions. Big props to her for not taking the bait.