Catalina Ponor (ROU) of Romania competes on the floor during the women's qualifications.
Watch Olympic gymnastics this season in Rio and you’ll notice something is missing: Romania’s female gymnastics team.
The country that brought the "Perfect 10" in gymnastics 40 years ago had only one qualifying gymnast in these 2016 Olympics.
Twenty-eight-year-old Catalina Ponor had to be pulled out from retirement to represent her nation.
But when thinking about scoring a perfect 10 in gymnastics, the world thinks of Romania’s Nadia Comaneci in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
Above, hear an interview with journalist Dvora Meyers, who authored the book "The End of the Perfect 10."
Watch Olympic gymnastics this season in Rio and you’ll notice something is missing: Romania’s female gymnastics team.
The country that brought the "Perfect 10" in gymnastics 40 years ago had only one qualifying gymnast in these 2016 Olympics.
Twenty-eight-year-old Catalina Ponor had to be pulled out from retirement to represent her nation.
But when thinking about scoring a perfect 10 in gymnastics, the world thinks of Romania’s Nadia Comaneci in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
Above, hear an interview with journalist Dvora Meyers, who authored the book "The End of the Perfect 10."
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