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be my honor.

You think I'm a b*tch?

No.

Yeah, kinda, I do.

But I don't have the problem

with it that Frank does.

I mean, he's gay.

- Call me.

- Stalk you.

Dude, I don't even

know you anymore.

What's a corsage?

The universal sign for...

...whipped.

Dude, what's so wrong

about bein' whipped?

When is that

a bad thing? Ever?

Huh. Good point.

I'm going to prom

I'm going to prom

I'm going to prom

I'm going to prom.

Can you believe it?

Mommy, I'm going to prom.

- No. No. No. No.

- I'm going to prom.

Josie.

We did not...

Stop dancing.

Stop it!

We did not move here from

Wichita so you could go to prom.

I just wanna go to one prom.

They don't give out

tiaras at Championships.

We moved here so you

could go to the Olympics.

- Phyllis.

- Mom.

The Olympics

are ages away.

Prom is, like,

any minute.

- OK.

- Phyllis.

You are a 24-hour gymnast.

Not part-time.

Full-time.

I know.

- Phyllis.

- And...

...we have an agreement

that you agreed to honor.

You are not going to the prom.

End of discussion.

- OK.

- May I?

Phyllis, now Joanne

is a lovely gymnast.

I think we oughta get real

about her chances

of making the Olympic team.

The only reason we're here

is because we agreed

that she'd be going

to the Olympics.

I know. I know.

I, uh...

I guess I lied. Hmm?

Look, everyone...

Everyone wants to hear

that their kid is special.

And they are.

And maybe they're

going to the Olympics.

- "Maybe."

- Yes. Maybe they will.

We don't

pay for "maybe."

People told me I was nuts

to bring Joanne here.

And they were right.

I'm just glad that I'm getting

her out of here in one piece.

A coach who's

a has-been

doesn't coach champions.

He just makes

more has-beens.

Goodbye, Burt.

You will miss me.

Championships

are three weeks away.

- Where we gonna go?

- I'll coach you myself.

I thought you

wanted her to win.

And what would you know

about winning?

Joanne. You're more

than welcome to stay.

Josie, let's go.

I think I'm gonna

go to prom first.

Are you OK?

Oh, it's just... I haven't

had four girls qualify

for Championships

in a long time.

Define "long."

Actually, I haven't

had four girls qualify...

...ever.

Are you gonna cry?

No, I'm not gonna cry.

It's just...

It's a nice thing.

It's beautiful.

- Jesus, Hay.

- What? You can cry.

Doesn't make you

any less of a man, Vicki.

Come on,

I won't tell the parents.

Welcome to the Neutrogena National

Gymnastics Championships.

Hello, everybody.

I'm Tim Dagget,

joined along

with Elfi Schlegel.

It is two days of gymnastics

competition on tap.

Today, the all-around finals.

Day two, the

individual event finals.

Think of the difference

as a jack-of-all-trades

versus an individual-event

specialist.

She should do her routine,

then warm up.

- They're already stretched.

- They need to warm up.

- No.

- They've been stretching.

Oh, crap.

Hm, Vickerman. Must be

some crutches around somewhere.

Tonight, the

all-around competition,

where the top six qualify

for a berth on the World Team.

The longtime favorite,

Tricia Skilken,

is hoping to make her

fifth and final World before her retirement.

While gymnastics wild child,

Haley Graham, has come out

of retirement to try to

make it for the second time.

Will her pyrotechnics

rise to the occasion?

Or will she simply flame out?

Few can forget

Haley Graham's walkout

of the World Championships

two years ago.

Haley was last to go

on the floor exercise

when she shocked fans and

teammates by exiting the arena

and walking into an

automatic disqualification.

That stroll knocked Team USA

completely out

of medal position.

If ever there was

a score to settle,

it's between Tricia Skilken

and Haley Graham.

Tricia.

I didn't mean

to wreck your Worlds.

Mine was disintegrating and...

I wrote you a note, apologizing.

I don't know

if you got it or not.

We have a tremendous amount of

talented athletes out on the floor.

One of them, Haley Graham,

brings a lot of potential

to this US team. She could

medal internationally

on virtually all

of the apparatus.

Super power, huge difficulty,

but she is not known

for her consistency.

And, Elfi, when ya get right

down to it, in gymnastics,

consistency over flash

is what rules the day.

And, Tim, we have

to remember that for Haley,

it's her record

and her reputation that will

really be the only thing

stopping them

from handing her that valuable

one-way ticket to Rome

and the World Championships,

later on this year.

It's the

same old Championships,

but I am a totally

different person.

And even though I'm pretty

sure that I'll be judged

for who I was

and not who I am,

I know I have to face this.

Four events and

four judges per event.

That's 16 judges ready to

tell us just how badly we suck.

Sixteen people ready to tell us

just how perfect we're not.

But here we are...

chasing perfection.

The problem is,

perfection doesn't exist.

But just try telling that

to the judges.

Where'd ya find

those deductions?

- The floor? Trash?

- 'Scuse me? Can you move?

Oh, very clever.

No, no, we decided her start value is

a nine-point-eight,

not a ten.

You know the strength

required for that?

You realize what you're

doin' to this girl?

- I'm aware, thank you.

- This about her routine?

Look, we don't want

to encourage the girls

to attempt such a dangerous

skill and risk injury.

Surely, you know,

with your track record,

you could understand that.

I mean, probably, anyway.

- Oh, I understand. Believe me.

- Could you move, please?

It doesn't matter how hard

we run or how high we flip.

Leave your hands

on the vault table too long,

deduction.

If you use one arm instead

of two, big deduction.

And if your feet

clip the vault

before they hit the floor...

you're done.

So you say you want lyrics

in your floor music?

Huge deduction.

Music finishes,

but you don't?

Two-tenths deduction.

It doesn't matter

how well you do.

It's how well

you follow their rules.

And that just blows.

It's a

little bit crazy, Elfi,

that Nastia Liukin threw

a quad twist on floor exercise

and got a deduction

on a silly technicality.

I can't believe it.

It's a commentary on judging

and how it's gotta change.

Haley Graham gave the

performance of her life tonight.

No way she should've ended up

seventh in the standing.

She might've been

shut out of the all-around,

but the judges can't keep her

outta the event finals tomorrow.

Well, Tricia,

congratulations.

How does this win compare to

other competitions for you?

It felt so great.

I just wanted to go in

and hit four for four

and qualify for Worlds

one last time.

And, um, winning was

just icing on the cake.

What about

Haley Graham out there?

Given your history, how did

it feel competing with her?

It was so great

competing with Haley again.

Um, I wish her

all the very best.

- OK. Good luck in the future.

- Thank you.

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