Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt of an article first published on College Gym News. The full article includes the judge’s breakdown of every perfect 10 in January.
Each month, I’m going to take a look at all the 10.0 routines in NCAA women’s gymnastics. To be clear, each and every one of these gymnasts is an incredible athlete, performing world-class gymnastics, but if we are honest with ourselves, sometimes the judges overlook small or blatantly obvious errors that really should have put the athlete at a 9.950 or a 9.900. In this article, I’m going to point out the obvious — and not so so obvious — errors that the judges missed, then rate the “10-iest” of each routine on a five-star scale.
⭐ This was clearly not a 10.0 routine (but still very good!)
⭐⭐ There was definitely a deduction there, but maybe the judges blinked?
⭐⭐⭐ 10.0 vibes, but not actually perfect
⭐⭐⭐⭐ It was a “college 10”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 100% a perfect routine
Trinity Thomas, floor (Jan. 13)
Please bear with me on this one, especially with the change in camera angles, since it makes it hard to track the turn…
