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By Amy Van Deusen, About.com Guide to Gymnastics

The Top 10 Stuck Landings: #8

Monday June 29, 2009
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Alexei Nemov was the runner-up in the 1996 Olympic all-around competition, and in 2000, he was determined to win it all. He put together a near-perfect meet, capped off with a flawless parallel bar set and a stuck double pike dismount.

He won the all-around by just over a tenth of a point – anything less than a stick would have most likely given the gold to Chinese gymnast Yang Wei.

He went on to win four more medals in the individual event finals, winning six Olympic medals in all. (He'd also earned bronze with the team). Watch it.

Find out all of the top 10 stuck landings of the last decade.

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