1980 Olympics
Nadia left Bela to train in Bucharest in preparation for the 1980 Olympics. The Olympics were very controversial that year. Judges turned a blind eye to obvious errors in Soviet routines, which made the Romanians very upset. The biggest controversy was when Nadia was doing well and battling Soviet Elena Davydova for the Olympic title. Nadia suffered two wobbles on beam, her last event. The judging took 28 minutes before the score was posted. People say that the delay was purposeful, therefore allowing the judges to see how Davydova would perform so that they could score Nadia's beam in a way to make Davydova get gold. Even though there was a lot of controversy, Nadia would tie for second with East Germany's Maxi Gnauck and come back in the event finals to win beam and tie with Soviet Nellie Kim on floor.
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This is Nadia's beam routine from the 1980 Olympics.
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