As a young coach, I almost jumped in a vehicle and drove 3 days to Montreal to watch Nadia win the 1976 Olympics.
It seemed to far. Too expensive. I didn’t go.
My mistake.
Her performance in Montreal was one of the great stories of our sport.
Nadia had a lot of difficulty. But — Nellie Kim had more. Nadia was more impressive to me for her astonishing execution.
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