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After the defection of the Károlyis, life changed drastically for Comăneci in Romania, as she could not have predicted. Officials feared that she would also defect. Feeling she was a national asset, they strictly monitored her actions, refusing to allow her to travel outside the country.
Ironically, the Romanian withdrawal happened right after Nadia Comăneci's performance, for which she received a perfect 10. If she had not left the building, she would have won the gold medal in the beam finals.
Károlyi's status as "Nadia's coach" quickly attracted gymnasts to his club. Three years after his defection, he attended the 1984 Olympics as the individual coach of Mary Lou Retton , who won all-around champion and Julianne McNamara , who won the gold medal for uneven bars . [ 7 ]
Comaneci paid tribute to Karolyi with a post on her Instagram, showing a carousel of photos that included a black-and-white photo of her with the coach on a walk in the woods. The caption read: "A ...
Karolyi, who was born in Cluj-Napoca in Romania, coached 14-year-old Comaneci to gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Her uneven bars routine was awarded a perfect 10.0 - the first time in Olympic ...
Béla's status as "Nadia's coach" quickly attracted gymnasts to the club, and by the late 1980s, the Károlyi gym had become the preeminent training facility in the United States. By 1990, Károlyi gymnasts were so dominant at national United States meets that journalists dubbed the top cluster of athletes the "Károlyi six-pack".
Nadia Comaneci became first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics, a feat she duplicated six more times. She won three gold medals in 1976 Opinion: Nadia Comaneci has 'perfect' way to ...
This was the first world championships to make use of video replays. A video control system was installed near each apparatus to help judges in disputable situations. [1] The system had first been used at the 1977 European Championships. For the first time eight gymnasts were allowed to qualify to each of the apparatus finals, rather than six.