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How did Nadia Comaneci score a perfect 10?

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Soon after Nadia Comaneci was awarded the first Olympic Perfect 10, gymnastics fans were seeing that number everywhere. Bill Littlefield introduces us to Hardy Fink, the man who first fought to change the sport's scoring system. read more

Comaneci received a perfect 1.00. It is easy to see why the IOC considered 10.00, a score never previously achieved in Olympic competition, to be unachievable. By the time she left Montreal the tiny Romanian had done it seven times. read more

Born in 1961, Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci became the first woman to score a perfect 10 in an Olympic gymnastics event at the 1976 Olympic Games, at age 14. Her performance at the 1976 Olympics redefined both her sport and audiences' expectations of female athletes. read more

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