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Nadia Comăneci: Perfection
Nadia Comăneci forever changed the face of women’s gymnastics with her stunning perfect-score performances during the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. Little attention was paid to the 14-year-old Romanian gymnast when she first took to the uneven parallel bars in the Montreal Forum. The Soviet Union’s gymnasts were expected to dominate, but Comăneci attracted notice as she performed flawlessly from start to finish. Throughout her routine her steps were impeccable, and she wore an uncanny expression of calm expectation. After an eaglelike dismount, the crowd was stunned by the scoreboard, which flashed 1.00. The scoreboard lacked the space necessary to ...(100 of 245 words)