Former gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi, best known for guiding Nadia Comaneci to the sport's first 'perfect 10', dies aged 82.
Former gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi, best known for guiding Nadia Comaneci to the sport's first 'perfect 10', has died aged 82.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 gymnastics history the score had been given."Almost 50 years ago he guided me to the historic performance of the first perfect 10 in the Olympics... and that changed my life forever."He began working with American gymnast Mary Lou Retton in 1981. Three years later, at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the 16-year-old became the first American to secure the Olympic all-around title.
Karolyi, alongside his wife Marta, helped to shape United States gymnastics over the subsequent decades. Karolyi retired from coaching following the Atlanta Games in 1996 but was hired as the US' national team co-ordinator in 1999, spending just over a year in the role.It became the US women's national team training centre in 2001 when Marta was named the women's national team co-ordinator.
However, USA Gymnastics halted use of the venue in 2018 following the abuse scandal involving former team doctor Larry Nassar.saying the Karolyis were part of a system that created an oppressive culture that allowed Nassar's behaviour to run unchecked.
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