Focused As Ever
There were many potential factors that could have got in the way of Nadia’s focus during the competition, but she was as focused as ever, determined and cool, she kept it together. The world’s spotlight was back on her, drunk Russian soldiers heckling her from the crowd, shouting “Fall, Nadia! Fall!”, as well as knowing that she hadn’t had the ideal amount of time to train before the massive competition… None of that was to stop Nadia Comăneci from winning two gold and two silver medals.
Focused As Ever
Tallying up the Marks
As before, Nadia gave an outstanding performance, blowing everyone away with her grace and precision. Yet, trouble lay ahead when the judges took a remarkably long time to deliver her scores, and when they were finally revealed, Bela Károlyi was outraged. He was sure that they did not match up to her performance. Feeling the marks were not fair, Bela got upset with the judges, and his outburst was captured on television and broadcast across the world. Some Romanian officials felt that he had humiliated them, and therein began some major fallouts between Bela and the Romanian government.
Tallying up the Marks
