Keeping To Herself
There had been talk about Nadia being “an emotionless gymnast”, because of her deeply concentrated determination for success. But of course, this was not true! And inevitably she was very emotional. But she was a young star who had become accustomed to “keeping everything inside”, as coach Béla Károlyi said of her. This focused determination had suited everyone fine, so no one had encouraged young Nadia to express her feelings, and now she was too young to cope with it all and quite overwhelmed.
Keeping To Herself
Time To Reboot
It wasn’t long before the Romanian sporting officials started to realize the magnitude of their decision to remove Béla as Nadia’s coach, and the effect that was having on their young national hero, and they reversed the decision, reinstating Béla as her coach once again. Although the reunion was a teary, but happy one, there was not much time to relax as the next Olympic Games, planned to take place in Moscow, were not far off.
Time To Reboot
