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How do scores work in Olympic sports
The Daily Advertiser
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7/29/2024
The Daily Advertiser's Tahlia Sinclair explains the ways gymnastics and diving scores are calculated at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Filmed July, 2024
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Every four years, we gather round to watch a bunch of sports that we don't really care about.
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And I want to know, how do they work?
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Of the 32 Olympic sports, at least 10 are based on a judging system.
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That subjectiveness has really made me wonder, what goes into scoring?
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Gymnastics is and always has been a fan favourite sport.
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However, it's one of the more confusing ones to understand.
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Each skill has a value.
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For example, a very basic skill is worth 0.1, which is an A.
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So they call it an A.
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And then it goes up by 0.1, like the alphabet.
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So you could be gaining a whole mark on a skill if you get up to a letter J skill,
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which is a really extremely difficult skill.
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So they'll calculate your difficulty score.
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And then your execution judges will judge your execution out of a 10.
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So your pointed toes, your bent legs, and things like that, gets all taken off 10.
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And then they add those two scores together, and that's the total score.
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Okay, so now we understand how you get a score flipping across the floor.
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But what about if you're flipping through the air?
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So when you're a diver, it starts at zero, and then you perform your dive on the board,
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and there'll be a panel of about seven judges, and they'll score your dive.
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When they dive, the judges are looking at the execution and the height.
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So when you're coming off the board, if the dive is getting enough height.
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And then they look at the actual dive, if they've performed what they're supposed to
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and the type of technique they're doing and whether they're strong enough.
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And then they look at the entry, if they've pointed their toes, feet are together,
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and obviously whether there's too much splash or not.
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