The Secrets of a Gymnast by Andrei Nourescu is a book I want to read.
It was voted Book of The Year by the Romanian Sport Press Association (2003); 1st English edition released Jan 2006.
… “Fraud, violence, abuses with penal implications, here are some allegations about the secret methods used in Romanian gymnastics.” …
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I just learned about it on the extensive Romanian-Gymnastics.com site.
They also pointed me to their page called “The Wall of Shame” which names athletes who suffered abuse and coaches implicated.
This is far from the first time I’ve been told of horror stories in Romania. But people are innocent until proven guilty. Be clear that you cannot believe everything you read on the internet — not even on this site.
If you want to understand the allegations better yourself, you can purchase
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Nadia Comaneci unfortunately is responsible for Elena Mukhina’s death. Elena was also romanian.
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