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Marine Brevet wins senior title at WOGAMarine Brevet wins senior title at WOGA Classic, Texans sweep junior divisionExaminer.comShe finished third (55.4), followed by Nadia Comaneci Invitational winner Mackenzie Brannan of Texas's Capital Gymnastics (53.75; third-highest score on bars with 13.65 but only 10th on floor with 12.8). Canada's Victoria Moors landed low on her double ...
Posted on 21 February 2011 | 2:01 pm
The Harappa Files | Ode to the commonplace -The Harappa Files | Ode to the commonplaceLivemintBureaucrats are represented by gargoyles; “self-taught chemists” selling cures for the eczema caused by terylene shirts are memorialized briefly; we recall a time when “we knew what the capital of Tonga was and how many medals Nadia Comaneci won at the ...
Posted on 18 February 2011 | 5:44 pm
To: the Mets, From: The Donald - Wall StreetTo: the Mets, From: The DonaldWall Street JournalIf Bret is unavailable, Trump can offer the following candidates from "Celebrity Apprentice": Stephen Baldwin, Andrew "Dice" Clay, Nadia Comaneci or Sinbad. He can also offer upcoming contestant Jose Canseco as an opening-day starter. ...and more »
Posted on 16 February 2011 | 11:55 pm
Who can forget Spitz feat? He inspired myWho can forget Spitz feat? He inspired my Olympic dreamIndependentFour years later, Nadia Comaneci from Romania, at 14, got perfect 10s in the same event, something that had never happened before. 5. 'Eric the Eel' epitomises the Olympic spirit: Sydney 2000 Eric Moussambani – or "Eric The Eel" – is one of those ...
Posted on 15 February 2011 | 11:46 am
New Lenox's Botterman a rare perfect 10 -Chicago Breaking Sports - Tribune (blog)New Lenox's Botterman a rare perfect 10Chicago Breaking Sports - Tribune (blog)College women's gymnastics still uses the scoring system with which Nadia Comaneci's performances at the 1976 turned the number denoting perfection into part of popular culture. Botterman earned first team All-America status on three different ...
Posted on 15 February 2011 | 2:35 am
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Romania’s Nadia Comaneci and Ilie NastaseFC Barcelona won the Lau reus World Team of the Year Award, Novak Djokovic won the World Sportsman of the Year Award, Kenya’s Vivian Che ruiyot won the Sports woman of the Year Award and Darren Clarke won the Comeback Award. The awards were conferred in a gala that took place in London on Monday.
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 7:16 pm
Memories of the 1976 Summer Olympics and aThe year was 1976. The season was summer. The event was the Olympics, or what was officially called the Games of the XXI Olympiad. I was 10-years-old, at sleep away camp, but oh, how I wanted to be in Montreal with the gymnasts.
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 7:12 pm
London 2012 Olympics: Britain's rhythmicFormer Olympian has thrown her support behind Britain's rhythmic gymnastic team to compete at London 2012 as appeal looms.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 12:43 pm
Comaneci mourns father's deathGymnastics great Nadia Comaneci arrived in Romania on Friday to arrange the funeral of her father, Gheorghe Comaneci. She confirmed his death in a statement on Thursday, when her 76-year-old father died of liver problems at Bucharest's University Hospital. He had been hospitalized since Dec. 26, when doctors said Gheorghe was suffering from cirrhosis.
Posted on 14 January 2012 | 4:57 pm
Father of gymnast Comaneci diesBUCHAREST, Romania - Gheorghe Comaneci, the father of gymnastics great Nadia Comaneci, has died. He was 76. Comaneci arrived in Romania on Friday, a day after releasing a statement announcing her father's death.
Posted on 14 January 2012 | 5:11 am
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Aerial’s Athletics - wnewsj.comKarolyi is most famous for being the Romanian who coached gymnastic stars Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton. “Our mission at Aerial’s is to provide an enjoyable, safe and educational environment designed to improve the overall wellness of each athlete.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 4:30 pm
Djokovic wins top honour at Laureus -The members of the Laureus World Sports Academy present were: Giacomo Agostini, Boris Becker, Sergey Bubka, Nadia Comaneci, Marcel Desailly, Kapil Dev, Mick Doohan, Emerson Fittipaldi, Sean Fitzpatrick, Dawn Fraser, Tanni Grey-Thompson ...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 4:34 am
Memories of the 1976 Summer Olympics and aThe year was 1976. The season was summer. The event was the Olympics, or what was officially called the Games of the XXI Olympiad. I was 10-years-old, at sleep away camp, but oh, how I wanted to be in Montreal with the gymnasts. I fashioned myself as quite ...
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 7:09 pm
London 2012 Olympics: Britain's rhythmicComaneci, the 1976 and 1980 Olympian, said the host nation should have a rhythmic gymnastic presence at the Olympics to inspire the next generation of young women. "It is important," said Comaneci, noting that this was a rare opportunity for the sport to ...
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 12:58 pm
London 2012 Olympics: watching Usain Bolt inWhen the question was asked of Nadia Comaneci, Mark Spitz, Daley Thompson and Edwin Moses – 19 Olympic gold medals and 58 World Championship titles between them – the Bolt race was raised only as a potential highlight, behind the men’s ...
Posted on 5 February 2012 | 11:58 pm











