On my recent vacation I was lucky enough to see and get a photo of this lady and she surely is one of the all time legends in the world of sport.It is of course former romanian gymnast Nadia Comeneci who as a 14 year old in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal became the first person to score a perfect "10". She did it on the Isometric Bars and in her Olympic Career recorded another five perfect scores. She enentually won 5 gold medals and numerous silver & bronze in her time in the sport.
In fact back in 1976 the scoreboards were not equiped to show "10" and her score actually came up as "1.00".
Anyway I would put this alongside the greatest sport performances of all time, performances that lift the standards for all others would you not agree ?
What other famous performances can you think of that are worthy of been classed legendary ?
I'd suggest some of these may be considered :-
Bob Beamons Long Jump World record that stood for about 30 years.
Roger Bannisters 4 minute mile, the first to achieve it.
Mark Spitz 7 golds at the same olympics
Steve Redgrave Gold in Rowing at 5 succesive Olympics
I sure you can come up with others ?
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I can't help you on this task...I am a football gal...
One HELL of a coach was PAul "BEAR" Bryant-- ALabama SEC.
Look him up and find some valuable info.
Enjoy what is left of the weekend.
(no news on my guy across the way yet)
Mick, you should see the interception by Prothro of Alabama before he got hurt. That is an awesome performance!
Ummm...when Bird intercepted the pass in a Celtics playoff game and Dennis Johnson streaked to the basket and the Celtics won at the buzzer! AWESOME.
Joe Namath declaring the Jets would win the Super Bowl - and they did!
Don't get me started on American sports, I can type me chubby little fingers off!
Synchronized Swimming-Nobody has cared for the past thirty years. That should be a record.
Here is a baseball one-- Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles beat the 'ironman' Lou Gehrig's record of consecutive baseball games without missing one for 2131 games. Pretty amazing.
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