Writing History
Fans were wild to know how Nadia felt about her history-making score and the attention grabbing moment. Nadia came out and said that when she competes, she prefers not to check the scoreboards. “I didn’t know I was making history when I got the 10.”
Writing History
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The Perfect “10”
At first, Nadia’s coach, Béla Károlyi, was furious. He thought there must have been some mistake, or some penalty that he has not noticed. He recalled, “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”