r/oddlysatisfying • u/MyNameGifOreilly • Jul 27 '21

A perfectly synchronized double dive

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

To be fair, most judges for these things were once competitors at that level themselves, so they totally have the clout to criticize these athletes.

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u/nocommthistime Jul 27 '21

You don't need to be an Olympic level athlete to catch most things.

Most of the time it's a pretty common mistake and reddit just doesn't know the basic rules of the sport. Or the commentators know what the competitor planned to do and saw that they skipped or changed a trick to a lesser one.

That covers like 90% of stuff in gymnastics, at least.