In its statement, FIG compared Simone's dismount to the Produnova vault. Because some gymnasts were chucking that vault unsafely, knowing the difficulty value would often outweigh the execution deductions they got for doing it badly, FIG lowered the difficulty value. 14/
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Takeaway 1: The open-ended code was specifically designed to reward a gymnast like Simone Biles, and so it's absurd not to.
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Takeaway 2: Gymnasts who can't do Simone's dismount safely aren't going to. It's not like the Produnova, which was attractive to gymnasts who were talented enough to learn many difficult but safer vaults, but didn't have the resources to train something technically complex.
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Takeaway 3: If you want to discourage gymnasts from chucking skills they can't do, then for god's sake lower their execution scores. Don't pretend a crazy-hard skill is easier than it is, thus punishing once-in-a-lifetime talents like Simone Biles who CAN do it. The end.
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