People from all around the world come together every four years, to compete in the most important and exciting event which is held for amateur athletes-the Olympics. Yet, getting ready for the Olympics is not an easy task for either the host country or the athletes. Thousands of athletes compete in the Olympics, and Olympic village is built to house them. Tons of food are shipped to the host city, and millions of dollars are spent organizing the games. The host cities have four years to prepare for games that will last only two weeks. But the athletes take much longer to get ready for the Olympics. Nadia Comaneci of Romania was only fourteen when, in the 1976 Olympics, she received the first perfect score of 10 in the history of the Olympics. But she had started gymnastics when she was only six. Debbie Meyer from the USA had trained hard for years before she won her three gold medals in swimming at the age of sixteen during the 1968 Olympics.