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☆ Bela Karolyi, coach who developed USA Gymnastics into world force, dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Bela Karolyi, one of the United States' most eminent gymnastics coaches alongside wife Márta, has died at age 82, a spokesperson for USA Gymnastics said Saturday evening. In an interview with USA Gymnastics in 2016, Retton described her first American Cup competition under the Karolyis. In 2016, USA Gymnastics purchased Karolyi Ranch and celebrated the couple’s influence on American competitors. In 2018, USA Gymnastics terminated its contract with Karolyi Ranch and closed the facility in Walker County, Texas. Comăneci said on Instagram that Bela Karolyi was a "big impact and influence in my life."

Persons: Bela Karolyi, Márta, Jill Geer, Karolyi, Nadia Comăneci, Dominique Dawes, Phoebe Mills, Betty Okino, Kerri Strug, Mary Lou Retton, Kim Zmeskal, Retton, Bela, ‘ Mary Lou, Márta Karolyi, Gregory Bull, Simone Biles, Marta, Larry Nassar, Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Nassar, ”, it’s, “, Dominique Moceanu, Whitney Harding, Harding, Comăneci Organizations: USA Gymnastics, Gymnastics Hall, Angeles, USA, American, Garden, Calif, Karolyi Ranch, U.S, Gymnastics Hall of Fame, Olympic, National, Team Training, Gymnastics, Karolyi, of Fame, NBC Locations: United States, Romania, Retton, Houston, Madison, San Jose, Oklahoma, Márta, U.S, Michigan, Karolyi, Texas, USA, Walker County , Texas, Columbus , Ohio

☆ Bela Karolyi, the polarizing coach who helped launch gymnasts to Olympic stardom, dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Bela Karolyi, the legendary and controversial Romanian American gymnastics coach who helped lead Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci and Kerri Strug to Olympic gold, has died, USA Gymnastics announced. Still, Bela Karolyi remained unapologetic to the end for the methods he used to blaze a path to sports glory. And by his senior year, he was coaching the school’s women’s gymnastics team, whose star Marta Enoss would become his wife and professional ally. “I think he was learning gymnastics with us.”At age 14, Comaneci famously scored the first “perfect 10” in Olympic gymnastics. “Prior to entering the Bela Karolyi camp, I knew one thing; Bela was my bus pass to the Olympics,” Okino wrote in 2001.

Persons: CNN — Bela Karolyi, Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci, Kerri Strug, Karolyi, Marta Karolyi, Bela Karolyi, ”, ” Bela Karolyi didn’t, Marta Enoss, That’s, “, Marta, Bela, ” Comaneci, Comaneci, Nicolae Ceaușescu’s, Karolyi’s, USA's Kerri Strug, Susan Ragan, Dianne Durham, Kim Zmeskal, Strug hobbled, USA’s, Strug, ” Karolyi, Larry Nassar, –, Nassar, Retton, ” Retton, ‘, Betty Okino, ” Okino, “ Karolyi, goddam Bela, Dominique Moceanu, ” Moceanu, Moceanu, Nadia Comăneci, ” CNN’s Lindsey Knight Organizations: CNN, USA Gymnastics, Texas, Romanian, Romania College of Physical Education, Eastern Bloc, Guardian, Rocky Mountain News, University of Oklahoma, USA, Olympic, US, Los Angeles Games, Team USA, International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, Orange County Register, –, Team Training, US Olympic Committee, ” Locations: Romanian American, Texas, Montreal, Romanian, New York, America, Houston, American, Atlanta, Romania, United States, California

☆ Béla Károlyi, former gymnastics coach who trained Olympic champions, dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Tess Demeyer | Rebecca Tauber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Béla Károlyi, the gymnastics coach who rose to prominence by training Olympic all-around champions Nadia Comăneci and Mary Lou Retton, has died at 82, USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Saturday night. The governing body for the sport in the United States said Károlyi died on Friday, though the cause of death was not immediately clear. He quickly built his reputation in the United States after guiding Retton to gold at the 1984 Games. He was named the head coach of the 1992 Olympic team after years of his gymnasts excelling at domestic and international competitions, though many were plagued by injuries because of overtraining. In 2018, USA Gymnastics cut ties with the training center, known as the Károlyi Ranch, where instances of abuse occurred.

Persons: Béla Károlyi, Nadia Comăneci, Mary Lou Retton, Károlyi, Márta, Béla, Lawrence G, Nassar, Dominique Moceanu, Gabriela Geiculescu, Svetlana Boginskaya, ” Moceanu, Comăneci, Kerri Strug, Strug, ” Károlyi, Kim Zmeskal, Julianne McNamara, David Madison Organizations: Comăneci, USA, American, International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame, Getty Locations: USA, United States, American, Romanian, Texas, Atlanta, Béla, Kolozsvár, Hungary, Cluj, Napoca, Romania, Houston

☆ Simone Biles is back at the Olympics, and no one is telling her what to do anymore
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Dana O'Neil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

It began in Tokyo when Simone Biles said she couldn’t go on and no one told her she’d better go anyway. We were all beaten down and battered,” Strug’s teammate Dominique Dawes says in “Simone Biles Rising,” a Netflix documentary. Simone Biles talks with coach Cécile Canqueteau-Landi after the vault that led her to withdraw from the team all-around at the Tokyo Olympics. Are they really letting Simone Biles try out for the Olympics? GO DEEPER Team USA's Olympics gymnastics leotards revealed: A look at the eight designs for Paris(Top illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; photo of Simone Biles: Jamie Squire / Getty Images)

Persons: couldn’t, Kerri Strug, Béla Károlyi, ”, Larry Nassar, Simone Biles, Strug, Jack Youngblood’s, Kirk Gibson’s, Willis Reed’s, Michael Jordan’s, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Bill Clinton, “, Doug Pensinger, Karolyi, Dominique Dawes, “ Simone Biles, Biles, Cécile Canqueteau, Landi, Robert Deutsch, “ It’s, I’ve, ” Simone, don’t, ” Simone Biles, Elsa, Getty, audibly —, “ They’ll, leotards, Dan Goldfarb, Jamie Squire Organizations: Paris Games, United, Olympic, Gymnastics, Paris, Planet Hollywood, Sports Illustrated, USA, Netflix, Team, U.S, Tokyo, Russian Olympic Locations: Atlanta, United States, Tokyo, U.S, American, Strug, Russia, USA, Paris

☆ Gabby Douglas ended her bid to return to the Olympics. She’s still a champion in my eyes
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Opinion Onnie Willis Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Her painful backstory was a good part of the reason why I, like many other gymnastics fans, pulled hard for Gabby Douglas when she announced her return to elite gymnastics. Had she made the team, Douglas would have been the oldest American woman to compete in gymnastics at the Olympics since 1952. Ross, a teammate of Douglas’ in London, was the youngest member of the “Fierce Five” that won team gold at that Olympics. And if she can’t make the national championships, she can’t make the US Olympic team. Dominique Moceanu, the diminutive, dynamic athlete on the “Magnificent Seven” 1996 Olympic gymnastics team, paralleled Douglas’ journey in some ways.

Persons: Onnie Willis Rogers, CNN —, Gabby Douglas, Onnie Willis Rogers Rogers, Douglas, Gabby, Alexandra Raisman, Madison Kocian, Lauren Hernandez, Simone Biles, David Ramos, Douglas ’, —, It’s, Kyla Ross, Ross, Bela Karolyi, Ronald Martinez, Karolyi, calculatingly, Martha, Larry Nassar, Nassar, Dominique Moceanu, Moceanu, ” Moceanu, Douglas soldiered, ”, Simone Biles —, won’t Organizations: UCLA, Northwestern University, CNN, London Olympics, Olympic, Getty, US Olympic, Bela, USA Gymnastics, Twitter, Facebook Locations: London, Rio de Janeiro, US, Fort Worth , Texas, Romanian, Texas, Rio ., Paris

☆ U.S. great Retton home from hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Olympic Gold medallist gymnast Mary Lou Retton (R) of the U.S. and her former coach Bela Karolyi laugh as they sit next to the floor during the AT&T American Cup gymnastics competition at New York's Madison Square Garden March 3, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 23 (Reuters) - Olympic gold medallist Mary Lou Retton is home from hospital and "in recovery mode," her daughter said on Monday, after a rare form of pneumonia left the American fighting for her life. Retton, 55, has spent nearly two weeks in an intensive care unit where she was unable to breathe on her own. A fundraising page set up by the family to help cover Retton's hospital bills was approaching $460,000 in donations on Monday. "Thank you Jesus, thank you doctors & nurses, thank you to this loving community of support," Kelley said.

Persons: Mary Lou Retton, Bela Karolyi, Mike Segar, McKenna Lane Kelley, Kelley, Rory Carroll, Ken Ferris Organizations: New, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles

☆ U.S. great Retton making 'remarkable' progress in pneumonia fight, daughter says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Olympic gold medallist Mary Lou Retton has made "remarkable" progress, her daughter Shayla Schrepfer said on social media on Saturday, after a rare form of pneumonia left the American fighting for her life. The 55-year-old gymnastics icon has been in intensive care for several days as she was unable to breathe on her own. "Prayers have been felt and have been answered," Schrepfer wrote in an Instagram post. "Though it's a lengthy journey, witnessing these improvements is incredibly heartening," wrote Schrepfer. Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mary Lou Retton, Bela Karolyi, Mike Segar, Shayla Schrepfer, Schrepfer, Amy Tennery, Ken Ferris Organizations: Olympic, New, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles, New York

☆ Olympic gold medalist Retton 'fighting for her life' with rare form of pneumonia, daughter says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Mike Segar /File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 10 (Reuters) - U.S. gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton is "fighting for her life" and has been in an intensive care unit for more than a week battling a rare form of pneumonia, her daughter said on Tuesday. Retton, 55, has not been able to breathe on her own, her daughter McKenna Kelley said in a post requesting prayers and donations to help the gold-medal winning star of the 1984 Olympics cover her hospital bills. Her Olympic success led to a surge in popularity and she became a household name. She also won American Cup all-around competitions in 1983, 1984 and 1985 before retiring in 1986. Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles Editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mary Lou Retton, Bela Karolyi, Mike Segar, McKenna Kelley, Retton, Kelley, Ecaterina Szabo, Rory Carroll, Chris Reese Organizations: Olympic, New, REUTERS, Los Angeles, Games, American, International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, Thomson Locations: Retton, , West Virginia, Los Angeles

☆ U.S. great Retton 'still fighting' rare form of pneumonia, daughter says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Former Olympic Gold medallist gymnast Mary Lou Retton (R) of the U.S. and her former coach Bela Karolyi laugh as they sit next to the floor during the AT&T American Cup gymnastics competition at New York's Madison Square Garden March 3, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Segar /File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 11 (Reuters) - Olympic gold medallist Mary Lou Retton is "still fighting" a rare form of pneumonia that has left her in an intensive care unit for more than a week, her daughter said on Wednesday. Retton, a former U.S. gymnast, captured the heart of the nation with an historic gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. "Thank you so much for all the love and support you have given to my mom," her daughter Shayla Schrepfer said in a video on Instagram. "So please continue the prayers and we can not thank you enough for the love and support you guys have shown."

Persons: Mary Lou Retton, Bela Karolyi, Mike Segar, Shayla Schrepfer, McKenna Kelley, She's, Schrepfer, Ecaterina Szabo, Retton, Rory Carroll, Toby Davis Organizations: Olympic, New, REUTERS, International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, Thomson Locations: U.S, Los Angeles, Fairmont, West Virginia

☆ Watching Simone Biles this weekend will show how women’s gymnastics has changed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Elle Reeve | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Simone Biles, photographed practicing this week, is set to compete for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021. Stacy Revere/Getty ImagesAt 26, you might hear commentators call Biles “old” for her sport. “To do gymnastics, you have to have good strength-to-weight ratio,” said Jessica O’Beirne, host of the long-running GymCastic podcast. You can’t do the gymnastics required if you don’t have power.”In the bad old days, the emphasis was on weight. “One of the things that has totally changed is the fact that people understand now how important nutrition is.

Persons: Simone Biles, ”, she’s, Stacy Revere, Biles, Jessica O’Beirne, Bela Karolyi’s, Nadia Comaneci, Comaneci, Frank Barratt, Svetlana Boginskaya, Tatiana Lysenko, Jennifer Sey, Mattie Larson, Nick Laham, “, ” Larson, Podcaster O’Beirne, Ellie Black, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Carey, Chiles, O’Beirne, ” O’Beirne, I’ve Organizations: CNN —, Tokyo, ”, Olympic, CNN, USA

Autorul scrie despre anumite evenimente incredibile, petrecute la lotul național, care-l aveau în prim plan pe antrenorul Bela Karolyi. „Bela Karolyi are precocupări evidente de a o discredita pe Nadia Comaneci și a o determina să se retragă din activitatea de performanță. Nadia Comaneci și Teodora Ungureanu, o colegă de la lotul național, povestesc unor ziariști veniți de la București bătăile încasate de la antrenorul Bela Karolyi. (Nadia Comaneci / numele ei era înlocuit în multe rapoarte sau interceptări cu „obiectiva”): Mi-a dat. Nu doar Bela Karolyi o bătea pe Nadia Comaneci.

Persons: Nadia, Securitatea, Olaru, Comaneci, Bela Karolyi, Daniela, Karolyi Bela, Ionescu, Teofil Dragomir, Mirita, Nadia Comaneci, Teodora Ungureanu, Securitate Ioan Popescu, T ., Nicolae Ilie, Condovici, Mariei Simionescu Organizations: Ministerul Învățământului, Securitate, T Locations: a.c, României, Spania, Onești, București, Montreal

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