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On This Day, July 18: Nadia Comaneci Earns First Olympic Perfect 10

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On July 18, 1976, Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to be awarded the score of a perfect 10 in gymnastics.

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For exactly 50 years, on July 18, 1976, Nadia Comaneci performed in the asymmetrical bars the presentation that changed the history of gymnastics forever. At 14, at the Montreal Olympic Games, the Romanian became the first athlete to receive a 10th grade in an Olympic competition. During the Laureus World Sports Awards, in which she received the Extraordinary Achievement Award along the way, she told that it took some time to understand what she…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Today it is 50 years since the first grade of 10 in the history of gymnastics. On July 18, 1976, at the Olympic Games, Nadia Comaneci managed to get the maximum score.

·Bucharest, Romania
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The myth and the Spanish Eloisa Marcos commemorate one of the greatest feats in the history of sport

·Madrid, Spain
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Former Olympic gymnast Diana Plaza analyzes the evolution of difficulty and safety in this sport, after exercises such as the ‘Korbut flip’

·Madrid, Spain
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tvr.ro broke the news on Friday, July 17, 2026.
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