FANS Besides the outstanding American fans, the Swiss and Canadian fans also deserve a gold medal in crowd noise. Each country brought gymnastics fans to cheer on their teams. They traveled to the U.S. with flags, cow bells and a secret clap.
for the first time ever atthe World Championships. Past Olympia ns commenta ted and television screens showed routines in slow motion- just like watching the competition on television in your own home!
Gwang Suk Kim on bars. Gwang Suk was presented $1000 to her training fund from the McDonald's Perfect 10 Award, since she scored a 10 during the individual event finals.
J.O.E. Judges Objectivity Evaluation (JOE) computer was first used at the 1991 World Championships to evaluate the work of women's judges. Mike Jacki, vice president of the International GymnasticsFederation, said, "Such programs will inevitably help to ensure the judges evaluation process and, therefore, the future fairness and objectivity."
EDUCATION Spectator Education Program-A radio broadcast of each competition and a large widescreen television were used
PERFECTION Only two perfect lO's were awarded at the 1991 World Championships to the U.S.'s Kim Zmeskal on vault and the People's Democratic Republic of Korea' s
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