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Nellie Kim... Where to start.... Rewriting Russian Gymnastics posted an interview from Nellie Kim who is head of the women's technical committee. She was instrumental in bringing the new code of points as we see it today. Yet she proves herself to be a complete hypocrite and blasts the code. The code has it's faults. Gym fans are well aware of that.

Nellie Kim is seen quite frequently these days on the floor of international gymnastics meets. She's not a competitor, she's the president of the women's technical committee for the FIG. Ms. Kim's job duties involve the overseeing of  the creation of new rules. she had a hand in the changing of the 10.0 system to the current difficulty plus execution system that has been in place for the past six years. Source: FIG Before she was gracing her presence in the FIG, she was a fierce competitor on the podium.