The Perfect “10”
At first, Béla Károlyi, Nadia’s coach, was furious. He immediately thought there had been some mistake, some penalty which he had not noticed. He explained, “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”
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