Writing History
It took years for curious fans to actually find out how Nadia felt at the moment she realized her perfect score. “I didn’t know I was making history when I got the 10.” She said that during her performances she preferred not to look at the scoreboards.
Writing History
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The Perfect “10”
Her coach, Béla Károlyi was very angry at first. He recalls the moment he read the scoreboard, “I said ‘holy cow, they deducted something over here, there is a deduction, there is a penalty,’ I was on my way to the jury, then I heard, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, first time in the history of the sport, a perfect 10 in the Olympic Games.’”
The Perfect “10”
