Unafraid
Sports injuries are common and dangerous, and can happen anytime, anywhere. While competing in the World Championships in 1979, Nadia cut her wrist on a metal grip buckle and got rushed to hospital. The medical staff advised her to refrain from competing in the meanwhile. Nadia, however, defied the doctors and returned to compete, and successfully secured the first gold for her team.
Unafraid
Moscow Summer Olympics
By the time the Nadia and Béla were reunited as a team, there was not a lot of time left to train and prepare for the Olympics in Moscow. They had five weeks, and they gave it their all, training day-in day-out for the entirety of that time. Not to mention, these Olympic Games would turn out to be quite controversial. For example, as a protest against the USSR’s actions in Afghanistan, The USA refused to send a team to compete in the Games. On a more personal level, the Russians were afraid of Nadia Comăneci.
Moscow Summer Olympics
