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| | Gymnastics back in search of perfect 10 - Gymnastics - MSNBC.com |
 | | The perfect 10s were transforming moments for the Olympics and gymnastics, and the feeling came again eight years later when Mary Lou Retton earned a perfect mark on the floor, and closed with another on vault en route to her all-around gold. |
 | | Where perfection used to be something that could be sensed or felt, as well as seen, it is now something that must be measured according to the rules of the very strict, very long, very complex Code of Points to which each judge and gymnast must adhere. |
 | | In the past, gymnasts used to strive for a perfect 10; these days, they strive to develop a routine with a “start value” of 10, meaning it could conceivably earn a perfect score if it were done flawlessly. |
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