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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).
Biles is known for performing extraordinarily difficult skills well. Her 2023 routine on vault and her 2024 routine on floor exercise are the most difficult ever performed in women's artistic gymnastics. As of 2024, she is the sole gymnast to have competed four skills valued at H or higher in the 2022–2024 Code of Points on floor exercise.
At the age of 86 when breaking the record, Quaas was a regular competitor in the amateur competition Landes-Seniorenspiele (State Senior Games) in Saxony. She became known worldwide when on 26 March 2012, YouTube user LieveDaffy uploaded two videos of Quaas performing gymnastics routines: one on the parallel bars and one on the floor.
After becoming the gymnast with the most combined world and Olympic medals ever last year, Biles is on the road to the 2024 Paris Olympics, which will take place in France this July. She currently ...
Simone Biles flew through another historic routine Sunday to win a record eighth all-around title at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, a full decade after her first national title.. The victory ...
Shi Jones, Simone Biles, and Leanne Wong pose for photos after placing second, first, and third in the all-around competition on day four of the 2023 U.S. Gymnastics Championships at SAP Center on ...
This section lists the female Artistic Gymnasts who have won at least one medal in every event (team final, all-around, Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and Floor Exercise) at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The years listed refer to the World Championships at which the gymnast won her first medal in the event; the dates of any ...
A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top. Biles, now a 26-year-old newlywed considered perhaps the greatest of all time, posted an all-around two-day total of 118.40, four points clear of ...