Nadia Comaneci scores first perfect 10 in gymnastics at Olympics 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 18 1976)


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(Sunday, July 18, 1976; during the 1976 Summer Olympics) — Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, 14, received the first-ever perfect score of 10 today with her routine on uneven parallel bars. Comaneci would go on to receive six more 10s at Montreal.


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