I know nothing about gymnastics, so in my uneducated mind it all looks the same. What sets her apart and makes her the GOAT? I know she’s unstoppable, but why? What’s she doing on a technical level that sets her apart?
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(Not a gymnast)
The scoring in gymnastics is split into two parts, difficulty and execution. For the difficulty section, each thing the gymnast did whether a flip or a spin or a twist, is assigned points or fractions of a point. For instance on bars, a somersault in tucked (curled up) position is worth less than in pike (legs straight) position, because its physically more difficult to rotate with yor legs out. So to start with, Simone’s routines have a higher difficulty score. And the execution score is how well you perform, was it smooth, did you fall or miss any landings, etc. She scores well for both components, on a lot of apparatus, over several competitions.
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