Nadia
Comaneci was the first gymnast who scored a perfect ten and astonished
the
world in the Montreal Olympics of 1976. She scored a perfect ten seven
times in
the Olympic Games. The Montreal Olympics of 1976 would be remembered
for
excellent performance by Nadia.
Nadia
was born in Rumania
in 1961. Gymnastic
exercises are quite popular in Rumanian girls. Girls there do gymnastic
exercises as their hobbies. Nadia from her childhood had an inclination
for
gymnastics. Nadia was selected to represent Rumania at the Montreal
Olympics in
Canada in 1976. Selection for the prestigious Olympics games was so
inspiring
to Nadia that she created a stir and got applause for her sterling
performance.
Nadia
Comaneci astonished
the audience with
gymnastic exercises of her flexible body in Montreal Olympics.
Everybody in the
world who saw her performance praised her. Although she could not
repeat her
performance in the Moscow Olympics of 1980, even then, she secured two
gold
medals in beam and floor exercises.
But the
people of the
world never forgot the
miracle performance in Montreal Olympics at a tender age of fourteen.
Even
today, people compare other gymnasts with Nadia Comaneci. Thus she left
an
imprint in the minds of the people and they still remember her
remarkable
performance at Montreal Olympics in 1976.