Dominant to Disqualified

grace handakas

A look at the rise and fall of the Romanian gymnastics program.

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  1. 05/03/2021

    Dominant to Disqualified: The Rise and Fall of Romanian Gymnastics

    In 1976, Nadia Comaneci scored the first perfect ten at the Olympics. In 2016, Romania failed to send a team to the Olympics at all. How is a gymnastics power built? Even more importantly, how is it brought down? Resources I used to create this episode: Romanian medal table Rocker Gymnastics End of the Perfect 10 GymCastic Videos mentioned: Nadia's first perfect 10 Catalina Ponor's Test Event vault Further reading: The New ‘Youth Fountain’ of Romania: How Tennis Overtook Gymnastics as the Premier Juvenile Sport of the Country The Test Event Reflections: Romania Romania’s Olympic gymnastics failure: where did it all go wrong? Superpower: Romanian women’s gymnastics during the Cold War Music: Komiku- The road we use to travel when we were kids

    Dominant to Disqualified: The Rise and Fall of Romanian Gymnastics
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A look at the rise and fall of the Romanian gymnastics program.

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