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Originally posted by AznSAE
last night in the men's individual gymnastic rings they gave the gold metal to the greece dude, but he did not have a perfect routine. in fact, he took a step after landing and scored a 9.86 something. he was the first one to go. there were seven others after him and two of them landed everything perfect. now, if they are protesting medals with paul hamm, i think they should do the same for last night. i truly think they gave him the gold because of the the greek crowd cheering loudly for him.
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Gymnastics and figure skating, as well as diving are largely judged subjectively rather than objectively. With the exception of mandatory elements in the routines and degree of difficulty factors, it's up to the eyes of the judges to scrutinize the routine and deduct points (or tenths of points) for mistakes. Some are so subtle that the average TV viewer wouldn't notice.
On very high degree of difficulty moves, such as blind landings, a hop or a step is not uncommon on landing, but isn't deducted as heavily as a simpler move.