Until the 1976 Games in Montreal Nadia and Olga had not competed against each other
no gymnast had ever achieved a maximum score at the Olympics
gymnastics did not attract large audiences
Olga Korbut was the most successful woman gymnast of all time
the Romanian gymnasts had never won any gold medals
Nadia's perfect score in Montreal was a repeat of Larissa Latynina's past performances
did not stop Olga Korbut winning two gold medals
has never been achieved since
gave Romania its first ever gold medal
didn't make her the best female gymnast of all time
From the statement in the passage, it's clear that the minimum age for an Olympic competitor is fourteen
gymnastic standards were higher in 1956, 1960 and 1964 than in 1976
Olga Korbut was hoping to win more gold medals in 1976
the Russians are rarely beaten by the Romanians at the Olympic Games
Nadia was only better than Olga on the uneven parallel bars
46 THE TITANIC On 15 April 1912, the Titanic - at that time the world's largest and most luxurious ocean liner - disappeared into the icy depths of the North Atlantic. Some 1,500 people died - more casualties than in any other marine disaster in peacetime history. After striking a huge iceberg, the 46,500-ton vessel sank in less than three hours. Lloyd's of London, the firm which had insured the Titanic, had reasoned that the probability of such an event was one in a million. At 11:40 pm on the evening of the disaster, the lookout on the Titanic's bridge saw an ominous shape ahead. "Ice! Dead ahead!" he shouted. The helm was turned hard over and the engines were reversed, but it was too late. A 300-foot gash was ripped along the side of the Titanic's hull as though it were made of tin. If the lookout had not sighted the iceberg and the helmsman not turned the wheel, the Titanic would probably have struck the iceberg head-on. It is then likely that only the bow sections of the ship would have been flooded and, though seriously crippled, she would have remained afloat.
