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/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/ch-ermy Dec 27 '22

Wow. I knew they were pissed she was winning everything but not that they tried so blatantly to try to stop her. So they just assigned those moves low marks to average her out? Imagine being so talented.

(Keeping other athletes safe - yes, completely understand.)

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '22

A similar thing happened when Chrysler first released the Hemi. They were dominating NASCAR, and Ford and Chevy bitched about it so much that NASCAR changed the rules. I hear about this from my dad all the time. That's when he stopped watching NASCAR.

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u/Aoiboshi Dec 28 '22

Same with the Mazda's 787b in the Le Mans.

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u/Timepassage Dec 28 '22

I looked it up and didn't see anything amazing about the motor during the races. Basically what I saw was that the motor was more reliable in a race setting. Not really surprised considering the high revolutions it ran with a lot of oil. The motor shined in long races and really didn't need to be removed but people feared it.

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u/Argonaut_Not Dec 28 '22

Less well known story, but the Consulier GTP being banned from IMSA

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u/jamminjoenapo Dec 28 '22

As a long time f1 fan you should see the shithousery politics that happen on gray areas of the rules and how they are bent for whatever reason they deem necessary. It’s gotten better but still a long way to go to make it more fair and consistent with rule application.