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How older athletes powered up and transformed women’s gymnastics

by admin | Aug 8, 2024 | Representation, SEW

In 1976, Nadia Comaneci, the 14-year-old Romanian athlete, won gold with the first perfect 10 ever scored in the Olympics. After that, the ranks of elite female gymnasts – which previously included women in their 20s and 30s – filled with adolescents and young teens....

Secret police reports ‘show Nadia Comaneci was starved by her coach Bela Karolyi’

by admin | May 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW

In 1968 the Romanian gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi saw a six-year-old girl executing immaculately graceful cartwheels during her break at a small rural school. Afterwards he went from classroom to classroom until he found her, and signed her up for his training...

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