Chinese gymnast He Kexin, at center, who's been the target of accusations that at least some of China's women gymnasts are underaged girls. Photo/AP

It's midnight Friday, and questions are mounting about whether China used underaged girl gymnasts to win two gold medals this Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee had said this morning it initiated an inquiry into the true ages of the Chinese gymnasts and would have a response by the end of Friday.

The Chinese say He Kexin and other gymnasts are 16 or older. The minimum age to compete in Olympics gymnastic events is 16.

Various press investigations, however, suggest that at least He is 14 and perhaps two other gymnasts are underaged. The IOC said it launched the inquiry to "put the matter to rest."

Well, Friday just ended, and there's still no info. The matter is wide awake.

My last phone call with an IOC spokeswoman was at around 6 p.m., and none of the IOC reps have been answering their cell phones since about 8:30 p.m.

There's no news on the IOC Web site nor on the International Gymnastics Federation site, as the spokeswoman told me there'd be as soon as the results come out.

Although IOC's chief spokeswoman Giselle Davies made it sound like the case was closed and that the gymnasts were old enough, you'd think they'd just get it over with. So why haven't they?

-Jack Chang