14-year-old Nadia Comaneci scored first perfect 10 in gymnastics at 1976 Montreal Olympics, winning multiple gold medals.
Part 3 of AFP's series on Olympic legends features Nadia Comaneci, who, at 14, became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the 1976 Montreal Games, winning multiple gold medals and the all-round title. Comaneci later fled Romania before the fall of dictator Ceausescu in 1989. Carl Lewis, another track and field icon, won nine Olympic golds and eight world championship titles.
June 24, 2024
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