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Kaylia Nemour wound up for her dismount, and the crowd held its breath in the way a gymnastics arena does at the end of a flawless routine that has one last hurdle to overcome. She gathered speed and launched into the air before somersaulting twice in pike and landing with the faintest hop. If this wasn’t perfection on the uneven bars, it was the next best thing. She raised her arms and burst into tears.
