But the tiebreaker went to Raisman because she had a higher execution score.

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British fan favorite Louis Smith tied for the highest score in the pommel-horse final but lost a tie-breaker to Hungary's Krisztian Berki, who had a higher execution score.

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Gymnastics scrapped its perfect-10 high score in 2006, replacing it with one that was supposed to remove some human error by instituting one score for the difficulty achieving certain moves, alongside a second, more subjective score for execution.

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The best possible score, of course, will come from flawless execution of the most difficult dive.

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