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Some gymnasts also said that the strict discipline and conditions at the ranch made them feel inhibited from reporting Nassar's abuses. As a result of the scandal, in July 2017 USA Gymnastics canceled its plans to buy Karolyi Ranch. [33] In January 2018 USA Gymnastics announced they were cutting ties with Karolyi Ranch altogether. [34]
In 2021, the Karolyi ranch was sold to a lumber company. The Karolyis retreated from the public eye after the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal and their whereabouts are unknown, with some speculating that they returned to Romania. [8] Her husband Béla died on November 15, 2024, at the age of 82. [9] [10]
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.
Karolyi changed all that, though, bringing a team to the Montreal Olympics with only one gymnast older than 14. It was in Montreal, of course, where the world got its first real glimpse of Karolyi. When a solemn, dark-haired sprite named Nadia Comaneci enchanted the world with the first perfect 10 in Olympic history, a feat she would duplicate ...
Bela Karolyi was a man whose influence on my life and the sport of elite gymnastics is undeniably significant. He was a complex individual, embodying a mix of strengths and flaws that left a ...
Bela Karolyi, the legendary gymnastics coach who coached stars including Mary Lou Retton and Nadia Comaneci to victory at multiple Olympic games, has died.He was 82. USA Gymnastics confirmed in a ...
Dominique Helena Moceanu (/ m oʊ ˈ tʃ iː ɑː n uː /, moh-CHEE-ah-noo; Romanian: [moˈtʃe̯anu]; born September 30, 1981) [1] is a retired [2] American gymnast.She was a member of the gold medal-winning United States women's gymnastics team, the "Magnificent Seven", at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Bela Karolyi, gymnastics coach who mentored Nadia and Mary Lou and courted controversy, dies at 82; Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi, who trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and world champions, has died at 82; Behind Robertson and Washington, Baylor wins fourth straight, beating West Virginia 49-35