Athlete Of The Year
Dedication songs were just the start. Newsweek Magazine printed a full color picture of her image and a caption that read, “A Star Is Born”. BBC gave her the title of, “Overseas Sports Personality of the Year” and the Associated Press called her, “Female Athlete of the Year”. The world was buzzing with the words, “Nadia Comăneci”.
Athlete Of The Year
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Time Magazine took Nadia as their cover, even though a space mission to Mars was already a hot topic worldwide. Instead the space mission was granted just a small corner on the cover while Nadia Comăneci dominated the full page.
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