Olympics gymnastics scoring: How Simone Biles keeps pushing the limits of the sport to the brink
penalized for being better than everyone else. dismount off the beam during Team USA's championship series
“In assigning values to the new elements, the WTC takes into consideration many different aspects; the risk, the safety of the gymnasts and the technical direction of the discipline,” it said. “There is added risk in landing of double saltos for beam dismounts (with/without twists), including a potential landing on the neck."
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