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Olympics Day 1: Moral Gymnastics Competition
Olympics Day 1: Moral Gymnastics Competition
Photo by ChiaLynn Today, as you may have heard, is the first day of the 2008 Olympics. I usually find the Olympics pretty boring, but this year's edition features an exciting new event: Moral Gymnastics, and the Republicans are heavily favored to walk away with the gold. The scoring is similar to that of figure skating: Competitors are graded from 1 to 6 on awfulness, with multipliers ...
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In one of the most memorable moments in Olympic history, the American gymnast Mary Lou Retton received a perfect 10.0 on her vault at the 1984 Los Angeles Games to clinch the all-around title. No gymnast will repeat that feat at the Beijing Games, guaranteed. The gymnastics scoring system based on a top mark of 10.0 will not exist at these Olympics. The system, which had been in use for ...