Hey everyone, Ari here.

So a few months ago, my producers and I released a five-part mini-series about women's gymnastics

at the 2000s Sydney Olympics.

And if you haven't listened to it yet, spoiler alert, during the women's all-around

final in Sydney, the vault was accidentally set two inches too low, putting gymnast's

physical safety at risk and forever changing the competition results.

The vaulting too low, and the way it was handled, is considered one of the biggest mistakes

in Olympic history.

And in the aftermath of that unprecedented, dangerous air, the people in charge of international

gymnastics competitions say that safety has become a bigger priority, that it's become

THE priority.

And while yes, that same mistake hasn't happened again, during the Tokyo Olympics this past

summer, gymnasts, both ones who were competing and ones watching from home, saw things that

troubled them, and they started talking, to the press, to their social media followers,

to anyone who would listen, to say that keeping gymnast safe from injury on the competition

floor did not seem like it was, in fact, the top priority.

At the Tokyo Olympics, there were rules and procedures being used that gymnasts described

as quote, a safety hazard for everybody, and a recipe for disaster.

Some of the most famous gymnasts in the world, from Nadia Komenich to Sunili, wanted

people to know, everything is not okay.

So I decided to reach out to gymnasts, with one simple question, do you feel safe, out

there, in the arena, at competitions, like the Olympics?

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