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The dominant story for the Beijing Olympics has been Michael Phelps and his quest to become the greatest Olympian in history. It’s been great watching him crush the hopes and dreams of his competition every night, but the bulk of my entertainment has come from an unlikely source.

Former U.S. women’s gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi has been teamed up with Bob Costas in an analyst capacity, which is proving to be a great move from NBC’s brass (despite ruining the Olympics for west coast viewers). I have absolutely NO IDEA what Bela is saying 70% of the time, but he’s so passionate and animated when it comes to gymnastics that he consumes the viewers.

In this video of Bela and Bob, you get to see Karolyi lose his mind around the 1:00min mark in the video while watching the games. It’s GREAT.

Karolyi has been adamant in his stance that the Chinese women’s gymnastics team has been cheating by using girls under the age limit of 16 since before the games started. His criticisms could have very well factored into the decision to ban him from attending the actual events here at the games (which is why he’s forced to sit in a studio with Bob Costas).

“They[the Chinese] are using half-people,” Karolyi said. “One of the biggest frustrations is, what arrogance. These people think we are stupid.

“We are in the business of gymnastics and we know what a kid of 14 or 15 or 16 looks like. You don’t have to be a gymnastics coach to know what they look like at 16.”

Karolyi’s claims were proved to be correct today, when the Associated Press confirmed one of the Chinese gymnasts is only 13 years old. I have no idea how the Olympic rules work, but shouldn’t China be disqualified for lying about the age of a member of their gold medal team?

Rules are rules, right?