Nastia Muntean Sets | 1 10 1 15

She sets her jaw.

Nastia Muntean walks to the end of the vault runway, chalking her hands in small, deliberate circles. She is seventeen, all sinew and focus, the kind of quiet that makes crowds lean forward. On the scoreboard, the numbers flicker: – 10. Set 1 – 15. Nastia Muntean Sets 1 10 1 15

No one explains what the numbers mean. Maybe they are her own private countdown. Maybe they are the judges’ secret language—tenths of a point held in reserve, degrees of difficulty waiting to be unlocked. She sets her jaw

Later, in the cool-down area, Nastia unwraps her grips. Someone asks what the numbers meant. chalking her hands in small