Nadia Comaneci's epic journey


[post_page_title]Meeting Bela Karolyi[/post_page_title]
The first time that Nadia took gymnastics classes was when she was a little tyke in kindergarten.

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Meeting Bela Karolyi

She did her routines as part of a team called Flacăra, meaning Flame in Romanian. Even at six years of age, Nadia took to gymnastics like a duck to water, and simply could not get enough of the sport. These early gymnastics classes helped to set the stage for her life to come.

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