Hey everyone, this is a serialized story, so if you haven't listened from the

beginning, go back to episode one and start from there. Previously on Blind

Landing. They said it wrong, but that's an official failure. Mistakes are never

acceptable, but what is more unacceptable is when you don't learn from those

mistakes. Did you ever get an apology or explanation from the officials? Oh no,

nothing. When it comes to getting information after, it's just move on, move on,

whatever. It changed the trajectory of the entire competition for everyone involved.

When the vault was set two inches too low during the women's gymnastics all

around final at the Sydney Olympics, it had a ripple effect on the entire

competition. It impacted who walked away with gold and who just walked away. In

this final episode, we're gonna hear about how that ripple effect lasted long

after the competition, but first one more story about the vault. I'm Ari Sapper

Seen, and this is Blind Landing, the untold story of one of the biggest

mistakes in Olympic history.

Episode five. A couple years ago, when I read about the vault controversy for the

first time, there was this one thing that I wondered about. In fact, it was the

very first question that popped into my mind. I'd love to know, what do you make

of the fact that so many gymnasts went on vault before you did, before you

notified the officials that it was low? Does it surprise you that 18 gymnasts

competed before you did? It is so many of them having falls, you know, without

coming to the same realization as you. I guess I don't know if anybody said

anything. When Australian gymnast Alana Slater competed on vault during the

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