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The Greatest Clusterfuck In Women’s Gymnastics History, Two Decades Later

By Dvora Meyers · Defector · September 2020
The Greatest Clusterfuck In Women’s Gymnastics History, Two Decades Later
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"When 16-year-old Allana Slater stood at the end of the vault runway before her timer warm-up during the third rotation of the 2000 Olympics women’s all-around final in Sydney, she almost immediately knew that something was off. “I was looking at it and thinking, ‘That looks wrong. That looks low.’” The Australian gymnast recalled saying…"

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