Beijing ? The parents of the Chinese gymnasts are indignant, the International Olympic Committee sounds satisfied, and the Beijing Games are almost over. Yet questions persisted Friday about the ages of China’s gold-medal women’s gymnastics team.

Are they 14? Are they 16?

Hoping to put a definitive end to a simmering controversy, China was asked to provide additional documents that prove five of the six team members were old enough to compete at these games. The request, by the International Gymnastics Federation, was made at the urging of the IOC, despite China’s insistence that its athletes were not underage and the fact that there is no irrefutable proof to the contrary.

Still, the questions haven’t abated, and so the Chinese federation was asked one more time to prove the girls were eligible.

“It’s not a question of a final decision,” IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said. “We simply want the federation to work with the national federation … to just put to bed once and for all the questions.”

The FIG asked China for documents on He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan, Deng Linlin and Li Shanshan, and said it will forward all information to the IOC. The organization didn’t set a deadline, but with the games ending Sunday, the IOC wants to dispel any lingering doubts as quickly as possible.