How Much Is Too Much?
Years later, long after Nadia had left the arena, she was asked whether she felt that she was over-trained by Béla or not. Her response revealed quite the contrary. When Béla would instruct her to do two exercises, she would do four. If he told her to do five, she would do seven. She was out to be the best.
Onward, Ever Upwards
During the 1975 European Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Skien, Norway, she brought home a collection of accomplishments. Comăneci received gold for every performance, except just one – the floor exercise for which she received silver.