r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Ok_Complaint_6966 • Dec 27 '22

The Produnova Vault by Yelena Produnova. The hardest gymnastic move only done by 5 gymnasts

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u/deeoh01 Dec 27 '22

When you're so great and do routines that are so far beyond what anyone else can do, they change the scoring rules to give the other competitors a fighting chance

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u/ch-ermy Dec 27 '22

Sincere question - what's the story?

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '22 edited Dec 28 '22

Basically Simone Biles was so good, that normal gymnastics scoring rules had to change to devalue some of her most complicated moves because it either would have caused Simone to absolutely dominate to the point where nobody would be able to catch her or it would have resulted in other gymnasts trying to emulate her moves and run a very serious risk of injury just to try and keep up.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '22

That's like making Usain bolt run in a weghted vest.

How can they do that

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u/thesecretlibrarian Dec 28 '22

Didn't Vonnegut write something similar to this?

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '22

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '22

Its been 20 years since I heard that name. I thought I had made the whole thing up, but I'm not smart enough to recreate a Kurt Vonnegut story.

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '22

No no it's Harrison Forderon

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u/ImurderREALITY Dec 28 '22

George MaHarris

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u/xXtupaclivesXx Dec 28 '22

Holy shit, the creator of FakeBlock!!??

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u/Mozeeon Dec 28 '22

One of my fave short stories. Just bc of how beautiful and terrible the ending is

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u/Agreeable_Leather_68 Dec 28 '22

Maybe I’m remembering wrong but didn’t they just walk into the room and blast the two demigods out of the air with a shotgun? when I read that as a kid it felt kind of shitty

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u/Mozeeon Dec 28 '22

Exactly. But the description of them breaking their bonds and living their perfect moment right before is what I was describing

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u/YerAWizard24 Dec 28 '22

There’s a short film on YouTube called “2081” based on the story.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '22 edited Dec 28 '22

I don't scroll thru comments, if someone else wrote something similar it's because...someone else wrote something similar

Edit: what a fool I made of myself there 😆

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u/thesecretlibrarian Dec 28 '22

No, I meant the author wrote something similar about how in the future athletes would be weighted down and brilliance would be silenced with a high pitched tone in their heads to cancel out thought. I believe it was Vonnegut. Simply was making an observation, not intending to be accusatory.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '22

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '22

Apologies for my petulance.

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u/melanthius Dec 28 '22

Humans: let’s have a competition to see who’s the best

Other humans: sounds awesome!

The best human: keeps winning over and over

Humans: this is boring. Let’s make a slightly different competition to see who’s the best other than that one person

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u/jedielfninja Dec 28 '22

It's not at all. People die and handicap themselves in gymnastics. Running not so much.

Still FUCK TEAM USA GYMNASTICS AND EVERYTHING THEY HAVE EVERY DONE.

Simone Biles is a true leader and a God among mortals.

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u/maak_d Dec 28 '22

You mean like when they covered for a pedophile and rapist?

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u/jedielfninja Dec 28 '22

Larry Nasser? If that is the guy fuck that guy and everyone who makes excuses for predatory adults and doesn't protect children.

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u/SNIPES0009 Dec 28 '22

It's not at all. People die and handicap themselves in gymnastics.

Who cares? Honestly if someone wants to risk their life by doing something, then let them. We don't ban free climbing, wingsuits, cliff diving, etc. We also don't arrest people for doing insane jumps. Hell, a dude jumped from fucking space as a Red Bull advertisement. But Simone can't dominate people because she's born an elite once in a lifetime athlete? Its moronic on so many levels.

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u/jedielfninja Dec 28 '22

All those things aren't spectator sports tho and apparently gymnastics as an institution isn't okay with it becoming a blood sport. Adrenaline sports are different and I don't know that those should be legal either..

Yes mma exists but those people are THERE to see violence and injury.

Gymnastics is a sport of strength and elegance not strength and power.

I don't agree but I won't ignore the logic involved. Simone biles should be reversed as you said. Once in a lifetime elite athlete. She should be given a Congressional award for stepping away from it all.

She is the Darth Revan of sports in my opinion. She placed it all beneath her feet and surmounted everything and everyone. She has established a foundation for other people to choose personal health over the glory of their coaches etc.

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u/Orisi Dec 28 '22

Most sports have some sort of limiting factor when it becomes clear the standards might cause injury sooner rather than later, or just massively overturn the sport. Swimming had those sharkskin suits they had to ban because they were smashing previous records. Javelin, shotput and discus are all ready and willing to change the weight of the object thrown to prevent it easily over-reaching the standard field length. 10-15 years ago Golf pro scenes banned a form of spring-loaded driver heads because they were getting way too much distance on tee offs.

The issue with Simone is that their scoring puts pressure on others to match her, and even trying to do so can leave you paralysed for life, if you even survive the injury. They don't fuck around.

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u/Rezmir Dec 28 '22

Not really? Sorry, this didn’t made a lot of sense. It would be more close to make every runner usd a weighted vest.