“HELEN HU WITH ABSOLUTE PERFECTION ON BEAM.” ESPN’s X-handle perfectly described Helen Hu’s achievement on the balance beam routine in January this year. Well, if you have missed the track, Helen stamped a perfect ten on January 17 against Oklahoma. She returned to the sport after a year and took 1 minute 13 seconds to post her first perfect score in her collegiate career. The achievement couldn’t have been sweeter as Helen was already in her gymnastics fifth year, and her perfect score came against the ranked opponent. However, two months later, Helen Hu had another chance to taste the glory. But as per the gymnastics fans, the redshirt senior had to miss the milestone because of someone else’s fault. How?
On March 22, Mizzou Gymnastics had the SEC Championships battle set in Birmingham, Alabama. However, in the match, Helen Hu took the anchor role in the balance beam routine and scored 9.925. Being the most prominent face in the beam routine from the Mizzou camp, she had the responsibility of giving an edge to the camp. However, she remained 0.025 short of the perfect ten. Meanwhile, the gymnastics fans raised their points on X.
According to them, Helen was a victim whose score was deducted deliberately. On that topic, someone posted, “helen hu robbed this is already annoying.”
Helen Hu anchors the rotation and scores 9.925
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— Mizzou Gymnastics (@MizzouGym) March 23, 2025
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