Stick It Page #7

were amazing.

You'll win floor at

event finals for sure.

- No. I didn't even qualify.

- That is so lame.

Boo-hoo.

Stop whining.

- Diva.

- Dee-vil.

I think you are

a very good coach.

- Really?

- I do.

There's a little action

in the back section?

- That's not too bad.

- Not... not good.

I wouldn't, ya know...

Oh, yikes. Those two.

I worked with her

last year. Nightmare.

On Elm Street.

Have you seen her face?

- Hey. Scotch. Neat, please.

- Yes, sir.

Hey, Burt, how ya doin'?

Good job today.

That Haley is a handful,

isn't she?

What do ya mean?

Oh, come on, Burt,

I built that kid.

I mean, you can

glom on for the ride,

but everyone knows

who built her.

Make no mistake, buddy.

Yeah, that "kid"...

That kid is here

in spite of you, Chris.

You're kidding.

You know,

if I didn't have

four girls competing tomorrow,

I'd kick your ass

just for thinking

you had anything

to do with her.

She might not

have medaled,

but at least she can

still walk, right?

Good job, Burt.

Unbelievable.

Every girl here

wants the same thing:

To justify this

crazy thing we do

and stand on that podium

and be the best.

And we want it so bad we will

fight each other for it.

But who are we really

competing against?

I mean, we all wanna win,

but should we be

fighting each other...

...or the officials?

You know, maybe they judge us so

harshly because of one thing:

They really wanna be like us.

I mean, everyone knows...

...they're just jealous.

Phyllis?

Alice!

How are you?

Oh!

Did you have

work done?

You look great.

I'll see ya later.

- Thanks!

- We'll talk later?

That's not an answer.

First up on vault

is Mina Hoyt.

And, Elfi,

she is vaulting

a handspring

double front somersault.

Has a start value

out of a 10.0.

Very few gymnasts

perform this vault

because it is so

incredibly difficult.

I haven't seen one done

since Produnova of Russia

dominated with it

nearly a decade ago.

Her body will flip over

three times in the air

and somehow

find the floor.

And, Tim, I just

saw her do it moments ago

in the warm-up.

It is unbelievable.

Come on, Mina.

Let's go.

Let's go, Mina.

Go, Mina!

That was incredible.

The height, the distance.

Bam! The stuck landing.

If they don't give her a ten

on this, there is no justice.

Come on, judges,

give her a ten.

How can they not?

What?

Elfi. Whoa,

I can't believe it.

A nine-five?

This is an outrage.

- Tim, I'm shocked.

- Oh, crap.

You're not supposed

to be up here, Burt.

Where is this deduction

coming from? Hmm?

Her bra strap

was showing, Burt.

It's an

automatic deduction...

- Come on!

- ...if an undergarment's showing.

That rule...

Doris, she's

flipping through the air.

She's spinning, Doris.

Of course her bra popped out.

That rule is ancient.

Apparently, so is her bra.

Don't make me

red card you, Burt.

I really don't

wanna red card you, OK?

Vick.

Vick, don't. Come on.

Even I think that's low.

And I should be happy.

I mean, I wanna win.

Your bra was sticking out.

One-tenth off because

her bra was sticking out.

I've never even heard of that.

They didn't deduct her

because of her bra.

They deducted her

because I'm her coach.

Come on, Haley.

You're up.

This is where

the sport loses fans.

The system, the judging,

it's too confusing.

The crowd just saw

a spectacular skill.

They don't understand why a

gymnast is not rewarded for it.

- That's wrong.

- Come on. You got it.

Come on, Haley.

Come on, Haley.

Did she just scratch?

An intentional scratch

from Haley Graham

in event finals.

This has never happened before.

Way to stick it.

Next time you should

stick out your tongue too.

I would, but my coach likes it

when I control my tricks.

That was for you.

Come on, Joanne.

Let's get out there.

- Come on. You got it.

- Joanne!

She is walking

down the runway?

There is something really weird

going on here today, Elfi.

You can say

that again, Tim.

There is something really

weird going on here today, Elfi.

Elfi, I have

never seen this before.

Back-to-back athletes

scratching intentionally.

Beautiful!

I couldn't let you have

all the attention.

'Cause of the scratching,

looks like Mina Hoyt

is going to be the

new national vault champion.

This is unprecedented.

My God, I'm the

new vault champ.

- I know!

- Woo!

And I loved not going.

I mean, if we chose

the winner on every event,

we could actually control

the results for a change.

Oh, my God,

you're right.

Since when

are you brilliant?

I don't know.

Since now.

You guys, we are going to

scratch and let Nastia...

- Yeah. Absolutely.

- She's the best.

- This is ridiculous.

- Woo!

Whoo! Good job, Gloria!

The judges are

trying to figure out

what is gonna happen.

I'm not so sure either, Elfi.

- Come on, Nastia!

- She's goin' for it.

Well, Elfi,

we've seen five athletes,

and no one's done that,

right there, an element.

So that means that she is

going to be the uneven bar

champion just by

that skill alone.

Whoo-hoo!

Way to go, Nastia!

Amazing. She's amazing.

- I'm so glad we picked her.

- Whoo!

- I'm so glad we picked her.

- Picked her?

Unreal.

That rocked.

Nastia Liukin will be

the new uneven bar champion.

Well, the athletes have spoken.

And there will be no silver,

no bronze medals on bars today.

Thanks.

It was everybody.

After what happened to

Nastia Liukin and

Wei Wei Yong yesterday

and Mina Hoyt today,

I think it's safe to say

the athletes are

sending the judges a message.

This is historic, Tim.

I've never seen this kind of

organized rebellion before.

Are you going to tell me who is

going to compete and who isn't?

You're not going

to tell me, are you?

Oops.

'Cause there are alternates

who would like to compete.

They can't do anything.

He's trying to save his butt.

Tricia's gonna compete.

So selfish.

Game over.

Haley, I don't have to go.

I can scratch, and we can

still make our point.

No, no, no, we picked you.

We wanna see your routine.

It's your call.

OK. Cool.

We have seen

scratch after scratch.

The meet director,

prior to this event,

he decided to put in the

alternate, Tricia Skilken,

because he thought for sure

he'd get a routine out of her.

We'll see.

Here comes her big

acrobatic moment right here.

Connected together.

Two aerial skills,

very nicely done.

Is this how you feel

when you watch my routine?

Uh, yeah.

I am so sorry.

She's looking

really secure in this routine.

Vary exact in all her movements.

Now, she does do

a very interesting skill

that's coming up here.

Two in a row.

Very nicely done.

Illusions, they're called.

What'd I miss?

Just kidding.

Just the dismount left.

Double twist.

Excellent job.

Why don't you

just make out.

Whaddya think, huh, Wei Wei?

Beat that.

Oh! I'm so

shakin' things up.

That's right.

- Come on. You got this.

- Let's see what ya got.

- Come on, Wei Wei!

- Come on, Wei Wei! Whoo!

I think the judges

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