Nadia Comăneci – The “Perfect 10” Olympic Gymnast

Published on 10/22/2017
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Losing Béla

The bad news didn’t stop with her parents’ divorce. Romanian sporting officials decided that her coach, Béla Károlyi, needed to abandon Nadia and coach elsewhere. Seeing as he was the coach whom she had trained with since she was 6 years old, she felt heart-broken and the result of this feeling would lead her down a dangerous path.

Losing Béla

Losing Béla

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Stress Overload

At only 15 years old, Nadia couldn’t handle the stress of all the drastic changes around her, and she lost her motivation to train at the gym. At this time, she wound up in hospital due to the high levels of stress that she wasn’t equipped to deal with.

Stress Overload

Stress Overload

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