Editing Simona Amânar (section)

===2000===
At the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], the Romanians edged out the Russians to take the team title—their first since [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] and their first ever in a non-boycotted Olympics.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/20/sports/sydney-2000-gymnastics-romania-conquers-and-americans-are-left-divided.html |title=Romania Conquers and Americans Are Left Divided |last=Roberts |first=Selena |date=20 September 2000 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>

In the all-around, the vaulting horse was set too low by the Olympic organizers, and the favorite for the title, Svetlana Khorkina, fell on her signature vault.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100494&page=1 |title=Gymnastics: Olympic Vault Set Too Low |last=Pells |first=Eddie |date=21 September 2000 |website=ABC News |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> Several other gymnasts fell or stumbled because of [[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|the same problem]]. Many went on to make mistakes on their next event, knowing their medal chances were gone, only to be informed later of the error and their chance to vault again.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/09/22/unthinkable-error-mars-gymnastics-competition/ |title='Unthinkable' Error Mars Gymnastics Competition |last=Isaacson |first=Melissa |date=22 September 2000 |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> The three Romanian women either managed to perform well on the faulty vault or vaulted after the mistake had been corrected. They swept the medals, with Răducan winning the gold, Amânar the silver, and [[Maria Olaru]] the bronze.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/22/sports/sydney-2000-gymnastics-romania-sweeps-as-controversy-swirls.html |title=Romania Sweeps as Controversy Swirls |last=Roberts |first=Selena |date=22 September 2000 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>

Răducan was subsequently found to have used a cold medicine containing a banned substance. Although her results in other events were allowed to stand, she was stripped of her all-around gold medal, which went to Amânar.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/26/sports/sydney-2000-drug-testing-gymnast-tests-positive-and-loses-gold.html |title=Gymnast Tests Positive and Loses Gold |last=Roberts |first=Selena |date=26 September 2000 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-26-ss-27078-story.html |title=Romanian Teenager Stripped of Gold |last=Pucin |first=Diane |date=26 September 2000 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> Initially, Amânar refused to accept the medal, insisting that Răducan had rightfully earned the title. Olaru took the same stance when the silver was awarded to her.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://juneauempire.com/stories/092600/Bre_Breakin.html#.V52TsTkrIy4 |title=Romanian gymnastics team gives up two all-around medals |date=26 September 2000 |website=juneauempire.com |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> However, they eventually reconsidered and decided to bring the medals home to Romania as symbolic victories of the country.<ref>{{Cite website |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sydney/story/0,,374965,00.html |title=Bitter pill as tiny gymnast loses gold |last=Chaudhary |first=Vivek |date=29 September 2000 |website=www.theguardian.com |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> Amânar continued to insist, however, that Răducan was the true Olympic all-around champion.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/gymnastics/952053.stm |title=Amanar retires as Raducan feted |date=1 October 2000 |newspaper=BBC News |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> 

In the event finals, Amânar had the opportunity to defend her Olympic vault title from four years earlier. However, she stumbled badly while debuting a new vault (a 2{{frac|1|2}} twisting laid-out [[Yurchenko (vault)|Yurchenko]], which was then named after her), and did not win a medal. She went on to win bronze on floor exercise after losing points for a step out of bounds on her last tumbling pass.