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Olympic order:
The international competition order that is decided by the FIG.
For women: vault, uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise
For men: floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, horizontal bar

Open scoring:
System of scoring in which marks given by each individual judge are made visible to the audience.

Optionals:
Personally designed routines. Until 1997, these routines made up the second day of compeititon, the first day being Compulsories. Today gymnasts only perform optional-type routines.

Overgrasp:
Hands grasping the bar or bars, palms down

Out-Of-Bounds:
Situation during the floor exercise event when a gymnast crosses the border line marked around the floor mat, resulting in a deduction