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It was the team finals of women's gymnastics in the 2012 Olympics, and McKayla Maroney was together with her game. The 16-year-old US gymnast was undertaking probably the best vault ever, starting herself unimaginably high in to the air and sticking a flawless landing. When her report came up, many were baffled: 16.233. Three-tenths of a point stood between her and a perfect report. If that vault wasn't excellence, what was? For years gymnastics was have scored over a 10.0 range. When this scoring system triggered major judging controversies at the 2004 Olympics, international elite gymnastics made the swap to the open-ended scoring system it uses today, permanently altering the sport along the way. Gymnastics insider Dvora Meyers examines the development of elite women's gymnastics over the last few decades. With understanding, flair, and a boundless love for the sport, Meyers right answers questions that gymnastics enthusiasts have been requesting since the previous perfect report was passed out over twenty years ago. She uncovers why successful female gymnasts are old and even more athletic than they have have you been before, how the USA became a gymnastics powerhouse, and what the continuing future of gymnastics will hold.
