If there were such a thing as an "elder" stateswoman in women's gymnastics today, Nadia Comaneci would win that title as readily as she once won gold medals. Others came before her, and many others would follow, but none has so firmly won the hearts of millions around the world. In this book, she shows what it takes to achieve athletic perfection and become the best. With inspiring and dramatic stories from her own experience, she tells us how the...

This title will give you the story behind records held by such Olympic stars as Michael Phelps, Nadia Comăneci, Greg Louganis, and more. The title also features informative sidebars, fun facts, a glossary, and further resources. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

A biography of the young Romanian gymnast describes some of the ways her energy got her into trouble as a child, how she became involved in gymnastics, and how practice and determination led her to become an Olympic champion.

"In the women's gymnastics team finals of the 2012 London Olympics, McKayla Maroney performed arguably the best vault of all time. But when her score came, many were baffled: 16.233.Three-tenths of a point in deductions stood between her and a perfect score. For years, gymnastics was scored on a 10.0 scale. But when the 10.0 scoring system caused major judging controversies at the 2004 Olympics, international elite gymnastics made the switch to the...

A biography of the Romanian gymnast who received seven perfect scores and won four medals at the 1976 Olympics.