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- Mary Lou Retton was 8
- years old when she
- watched Nadia Comaneci
- score the first perfect 10 in
- Olympic gymnastics at the
- 1976 Games. Nadia's score appeared on
- the scoreboard as a 1.0, to show a 10. When
- Mary Lou saw a 1.0 in her first gymnastic
- competition, she was really excited.
- Unfortunately, her score really was a 1.0.
-
- At the 1984 Olympics, 16-year-old Mary Lou
- -- a muscular 4' 9'' -- was ready to turn her
- 1.0 into a 10. This was her first major inter-
- national competition. She had the same
- coach as Nadia, Bela Karolyi.
-
- After the first two events in the all-
- around competition, Mary Lou was
-