5 key takeaways from the NBC documentary on the Larry Nassar scandal 

Former USA Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar

Larry Nassar saved McKayla Maroney's Olympic dreams

Of the five key takeaways from this documentary, this is probably the weirdest. McKayla Maroney herself stated that she felt extremely confused about this situation and still does until this day, so I don't feel nearly as bad for feeling the same way.

While he sexually assaulted her, Nassar saved Maroney's Olympic dreams.

After getting to London, England for the 2012 Summer Olympics, Maroney sustained a significant injury to her foot -- a broken right toe. Nassar, however, lied about it to coach Márta Károlyi and told her that it was an old injury.

Had the truth gotten out, Maroney would have been kicked off the team and not have been able to compete.

She ended up competing, and she helped the United States women's gymnastics team win the gold medal for the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia with a vault in the team competition that many people believe is the greatest of all-time.

Here is the video of that vault, which was given a score of 16.233, the highest score among all 24 of the vaults performed in the team competition by far.

Maroney also earned a silver medal for her individual performance in the vault in what was and is one of the largest upsets in Olympic history after she failed to land her dismount on her second vault in the finals.

Prior to that fall, she had an amazing streak of 33 consecutive vaults during which she successfully landed her dismount.

Of course, it would seem safe to assume that the only reason Nassar saved Maroney's Olympic dreams is because he wanted to keep her there to continue sexually assaulting her, which is exactly what he did. After all, she was one of his primary targets.

But at the same time, his lie kept Maroney's Olympic dreams alive, and that's what makes the whole situation so confusing, especially for the 22-year-old.