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oldsoftie

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28. Her lower score on that vault was a result of rule idiocy

Reply to llashram (Reply #23)

Sun Jun 6, 2021, 08:23 PM

Jun 2021

They didnt rate it as high on the difficulty scale as it should have been, so the score was lower than it could've been.
Their excuse was that they were afraid of injuries to OTHER gymnasts who may want to try it!

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