While gymnasts are known for having impeccable balance, grace, and attention to detail with their routines that demand perfection, this weekend was one for the record books. It was an all-timer.
Three separate Tokyo Olympians and college gymnasts — Auburn’s Suni Lee, UCLA’s Jordan Chiles, and Utah’s Grace McCallum — all scored a perfect 10 within less than a day of each other. It was the first perfect 10 for each young athlete, if that wasn’t enough.
A perfect score, for the first time, for one person — which again, the word perfect means mistake-free — is excellent. But three times, for the first time for each person, in a matter of hours? That’s absolutely bananas—an unquestioned concurrence of success in athletic excellence. The Great Gymnastics Conjunction happened, and we were all witnesses.
