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Originally Posted by djtestudo
Things like gymnastics, diving, figure skating, etc. have a subjective judging system. The ruling is based on the feeling of a judge. This can lead to problems such as what happened in the 2002 Olympics and what is happening this year as well.
Basically, if you are in direct competition with someone/thing, it's a sport. If someone judges you, it isn't a sport.
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I don't think you understand gymnastics scoring at all. They don't just watch a routine and give their score based on how they felt about it. There are differences between a perfect routine and a near perfect routine, the only thing is that a casual observer isn't going to see the differences.
Each routine has a start value, based on difficulty. A "perfect" performance cannot get a higher score than that. I guess it can be broken down into each move being worth a specific amount of points. Each form break within that move is worth a certain deduction, that can vary depending on how bad the form break was.
Pound for pound, gymnasts are a hell of a lot stronger than athletes competing in the NFL, MLB, NHL, or NBA. The control they have over their body movements is far greater than any athletes, aside from maybe those highly skilled in martial arts.
Overall, I think you are being critical of a sport that you really don't understand. The same arguements can be used to say that boxing isn't a sport either. If there is no KO, the winner is decided by judges that can score subjectively.