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Degree of difficulty? Kokas? We're confused ...

By Jim Caple
ESPN.com

Thursday, August 14, 2008

BEIJING -- I went to the men's gymnastics all-around on Thursday and found myself amazed, astounded and scratching my head. Not by the performances, which were extraordinary, but by the scoring system, which is baffling. In the old days, gymnastics scoring was simple. You got a 10 if your routine was absolutely, undeniably, indisputably, 100 percent, bona fide flawless, or if you were a 15-year-old girl from the Soviet Bloc. But no longer. The scoring system has been changed and I was completel ...

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