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However, that seems very unlikely, and the new system is really not that hard to understand. Also, gymnastics is more popular than it has ever been, particularly in the United States, because U.S. women have won the gold medal in the all-around competition at the last two Olympic Games. Gymnastics is more athletic than ever. The new scoring system has focused gymnasts more on defying gravity in their vaults and tumbling. Let’s explore the physics behind those gravity-defying moves, shall we?

Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina soars off the vault at the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro.

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