the new Nadia

Larisa’s hit the mainstream media. A perfect 10. 🙂

Larisa Iordache: The rise of the ‘new Nadia Comaneci’
by Gary Morley and Lidz-Ama Appiah for CNN

It’s 25 years since the end of Communist rule in Romania, and although much may have changed in the East European nation, its production line of gymnasts continues to generate champions.

From Nadia Comaneci, the sport’s first “perfect 10” back in the 1970s, to multiple ’80s gold medalist Ecaterina Szabo and the post-revolution exploits of Simona Amanar, the country’s young women have set benchmarks of excellence.

Standing less than five foot tall, but with deceptively long legs, the 18-year-old Larisa Iordache is the latest to be dubbed the “New Nadia.” …

read more – Romania’s new gymnastics star

Thanks George.