A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On July 18, 1976, at the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Nadia Comaneci of Romania became the first gymnast to receive a ...

Bela Karolyi, the controversial gymnastics coach who is perhaps best remembered for having trained Nadia Comaneci, the first person to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics, has died at the age of 82.

Gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci, celebrated for her historic perfect 10s, has voiced her stance on transgender athletes in ...

Nadia Comăneci is widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time. She gained international recognition at the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Wearing seven-inch black stilettos, skinny jeans and a black figure-hugging T-shirt declaring "I'm Gold", Nadia Comaneci was still turning heads in London 36 years after producing ...

He rose to fame leading the Romanian and U.S. Olympic teams. He was later caught up in scandals involving the abuse of young female gymnasts. By Alex Traub, Hank Sanders and Carla Correa In 2014, ...

Bela Karolyi, the larger-than-life coach who led Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton to Olympic gold while revolutionizing the sport of gymnastics, only to see his legacy destroyed by allegations of ...

Romanian gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci and the Romanian Olympic Committee are speaking out in protest over the results of the women’s floor exercise final, claiming one Romanian gymnast’s score was ...

Former gymnastics star Nadia Comaneci was present at the groundbreaking ceremony for the gymnasium which will bear her name, a project carried out by the Tiriac Foundation, a release informs. ''Nadia ...