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  1.                                  But she proved that she 
  2.                                  was still a fierce 
  3.                                  competitor. Nadia missed 
  4.                                  out on her second all-
  5.                                  around gold medal by only 
  6. a tiny margin. She needed to score a 9.9 in
  7. the final event, the balance beam, to win or
  8. tie for the gold. After a 28 minute debate by
  9. the judges, they scored her near-perfect
  10. routine a 9.85. The next day, Nadia won two
  11. gold medals by placing first in the beam and
  12. floor-exercise events.
  13.