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Comaneci Gets World Record Status
Romanian legend Nadia Comaneci was honored by the World Records Academy on Wednesday, which marked the 31st anniversary of the gymnast's historic perfect 10.0 at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
On July 18, 1976, Comaneci became the first gymnast in Olympic history to score a perfect mark of 10.0. The possibility of a 10.0 had been so remote that the scoreboard in use was forced to display the mark for her compulsory bars routine as "1.00."
The 14-year-old Comaneci scored six more perfect marks in Montreal, on her way to five medals, including the all-around gold. She is the youngest Olympic all-around champion in the history of the sport.
In 1976, gymnastics was already in the public eye following Olga Korbut's performances at 1972 Olympics in Munich. Comaneci's 10.0 captured the world's attention, launching the sport of gymnastics to new heights of popularity. She became the face of the Olympics, landing on the covers of "Time," "Newsweek" and "Sports Illustrated" all in one week.
"July 18 is also declared by the Records Academy as the World's Records Day, a day to remember one of the most beautiful evolution in the history of Olympics," stated the World Records Academy.
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Comaneci's compatriot Daniela Silivas tied Comaneci's 1976 record by scoring seven perfect scores of her own en route to six medals, including three gold.
The last perfect 10.0 also came from a Romanian, Lavinia Milosovici, whose floor exercise scored a 10.0 at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.
The International Gymnastics Federation abolished the 10.0 scoring system in 2005. A gymnastics exercise is now the sum of two marks: an A score for difficulty value, and a B score for execution. The FIG had originally championed a "world record" for difficulty that would replace the public excitement of a perfect 10, but this concept was shut down by the International Olympic Committee. | 
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发表于 2007-7-20 01:25:15
