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...vault was set too low during the women's all-around. When's the last time you heard of an equipment failure during the Olympics? It has to be an NBC conspiracy. The ratings have been an abomination...
...around, she seemed poised to dropkick the rest of the featherweights into oblivion but even she couldn't have prepared herself for the drama on vault-with it set two inches too low, Khorkina crashed onto her knees. The tears began to flow and the face sunk even more when she fell off the uneven bars during her signature move; the diva had melted into desperation. Every ounce of her haughty energy, her I-kiss-you-than-I-kill-you demeanor, had evaporated with two falls...
...unprecedented error threw the competition into turmoil. The Romanians were on their way to sweeping first second and third place. But now the girls who had taken the vault on the faulty apparatus were being given a scond chance. Five of them took it (not including Khorkina), though their scores did not change the position of the top three gymnasts. Nearly every one of the gymnasts over 153 cm had fallen or done badly. The Romanian gold medalist Andreea Raducan had sailed through the event, but she is only 148 cm. The impact of the miscalculation could not be overstated...
...Questions arose. If Svetlana hadn't fallen on the vault, would she have made the error on the bars? "She was obviously handicapped on the vault," said U.S. team coordinator Bela Karolyi. "That's what started her downfall because when your confidence is shaken, you are open to another mistake." Added Russian team official Valeri Dianov: "She was emotionally depressed after that. We expected her to be Olympic champion. This is the worst performance the Russian team has ever had at the Olympics." Knowing she'd need an impossibly high score to take even a bronze medal, Svetlana chose...
...individual medley. The crowd roared in rapture. The likable Italian, who lived in Australia as a child, danced, and danced, and danced. "We're writing history at the moment," he said after the race. "Unlike the U.S., who do it every day." It was a remarkable vault into the swimming elite, at a time when other out-of-the-box results were drawing slurs. "If you want to come and check me, my main drug is spaghetti parmigiano," said Rosolino when the drugs issue surfaced...