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In which sport did Nadia Comăneci earn her famous perfect 10 at the 1976 Olympics?
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Gymnastics
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Artistic gymnastics once used 10 as the highest possible score for a routine. Nadia Comăneci famously earned a perfect 10 at the 1976 Olympics. Elite international gymnastics later adopted an open-ended system, so the old perfect-10 scale is a historical reference.
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