How a dangerous error at the 2000 Sydney Games cost a gymnast her gold medal.
The gymnastics vault is methodical. But at the 2000 Sydney Games, it was set two inches too low. The mishap is still one of the biggest mistakes in Olympic history., host Ari Saperstein talks to several vaulters about how the error in measurement cast doubt on the entire competition — and put them in serious danger.One small step, you know, one inch is a really big difference," former U.S.
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