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During the team compulsory portion of the competition, she was awarded the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics for her routine on the uneven bars. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Omega SA , the official Olympics scoreboard manufacturer, had been led to believe that competitors could not receive a perfect ten, and had not programmed the scoreboard to ...
Ironically, the Romanian withdrawal happened right after Nadia Comăneci's performance, for which she received a perfect 10. If she had not left the building, she would have won the gold medal in the beam finals.
It is particularly remembered for the first ever Perfect 10 in Gymnastics at the Olympic Games. Nadia Comăneci of Romania, who was only 14 at the time managed a perfect score, in the compulsory team round. The scoreboard had been designed with only three digits due to the apparent impossibility of a perfect score, so at the time, it only read ...
The same year, Korbut completed a backflip-to-catch on the uneven bars; this was the first backward release move ever performed by a woman on bars. [ 6 ] She finished fifth at her first competition in the 1969 USSR championships, where she was allowed to compete as a 14-year-old. [ 2 ]
Nadia Comăneci poses beside the scoreboard that recorded her perfect 10 as 1.00 (with no Olympic precedent, the sign was incapable of displaying a 10.00).. A perfect 10 is a score of 10.000 for a single routine in artistic gymnastics, which was once thought to be unattainable—particularly at the Olympic Games—under the code of points set by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG).
At the 1975 European Championships, Tourischeva placed fourth in the all-around behind 13-year-old Nadia Comăneci of Romania (who also won the vault, uneven bars, and balance beam apparatus finals), her own teammate Nellie Kim (who placed second and won the floor exercise final) and Annelore Zinke. This marked the first time in 5 years that ...
USA Gymnastics shared a video of Biles practicing the move on social media. The skill includes a clear hip circle forward with 1.5 turns to a handstand. The skill includes a clear hip circle ...
After the routine of Olga Korbut, for which she received a 9.8, the audience booed in protest believing her score should be higher. Soviet delegation leader Yuri Titov attempted to persuade International Gymnastics Federation President Arthur Gander to change Korbut's score, but was unsuccessful.