Nadia Comăneci: A Perfect 10 in Gymnastic History | SLICE WHO | FULL DOCUMENTARY
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- Montreal Olympic Games, July 18th, 1976: A fresh-faced young gymnast storms onto the sports scene, making history. Before an audience of over 5 million TV viewers, 14-year-old Nadia Comăneci achieves the impossible - a perfect score of 10, a feat never seen before in Olympic history. From both sides of the Iron Curtain, viewers are left in awe.
In a series of jaw-dropping performances, Nadia Comăneci becomes a global icon. She inspires countless young girls and becomes a symbol of triumph, reaching the heights of Western pop culture, akin to Hollywood's brightest stars.
Documentary: Nadia Comaneci; The Gymnast and the Dictator
Directed by: Pola Rapaport
Production: Roche Productions
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Is Nadia the Greatest of all time, or has Simone Biles surpassed her?
NADIA COMANECI IS THE BEST EVER AND NADIA COMANECI IS BETTER THEN BILES❤
very difficult to compare Simone to Nadia; you cannot use the number of medals (i.e. "the most decorated") because back in the 70's, there was only 1 world's championship per 4 years (just like the Olympics); Nadia won 3 European Championships (each 2 years apart, in 1975, 1977 & 1979), which back then, were the equivalent of the World's because the only power in women's gymnastics was from the communist block (USA was not a power back then; China was not competing internationally, etc); so the top spots were always shared amg very few countries (the Soviet Union, East Germany, & a few others). Back then, the balance beam & bars were not as high so dismounts such dble backs could not be performed; the bars were much closer so a lot of arial skills could not be performed; the floor mat had no spring underneath, so tumbling cannot be compared. Also, gymnasts were not allowed to take a breather before their tumbling runs (back then it was an immediate deduction if a gymnast stopped on the beam or the floor even for a moment). Nadia was the 1st to link tumbling skills on the beam; she was the 1st to change direction while tumbling; she showed the world was true control was, even with basic skills: instead of doing the back walkover fast on the beam like everyone else, she did it so slowly that she made everybody realize that it took + training to do it slowly than fast. She was the 1st gymnast to introduce change of direction in beam tumbling. She won the indiv gold medal even with a floor routine below her usual skills (she was so much above everybody else that she left out her dble back for a dble twist). She won the indiv silver medal at Moscow in 1980, even with a fall on the bars. Look at the 1976 pictures: you can see, while Nadia is performing on the bars, judges from the other 3 apparatus turned arnd to watch her. She made not only the crowd, but also the judges turn arnd to watch her. The Soviet national coach was fired after the 1976 Olympics for not being able to produce gymnasts of that level. For years after 1976, gymnasts from countries arnd the world copied her style. Elena Muchina spoke of the immense pressure on her shoulders to beat Nadia at the 1980 Olympics. Her Romanian teammates own their gold medal at the team competition of the 1979 World's championship to her beam routine. Nadia made other gymnasts wanting to be like her. Simone is by all means a gymnast above her contemporaries. Both Nadia & Simone share this confidence & unique relaxed way of truly gifted people. I admire Simone for prioritizing her mental health over the number of medals, & for so many other reasons. Nadia & Simone both have paved the way for their fellow gymnasts & I believe that trying to make one above the other is missing the point of the gift they gave the world. Both have showed commandable commitment to their sport. Most gymnasts who compete for medals end up burned out. Simone & Nadia have competed for the love of the sport, & thereby have raised above the Olympic entreprise that has reduced athletes to machines.
Nobody will ever touch what Nadia did! The greatest gymnast ever to walk this earth. There will never be another one like her. ❤❤❤❤❤
Nadia has more much more grace, respect and talent than the other !!!
@@giffysstiffy8874giffytuckBY FAR! AT EVERY LEVEL OF THIS SPORT!!!!!!
Nadia is a popular culture ICON! She's emblazoned in a lot of our childhood memories. Her achievements remain unsurpassed because of the historical and political context. She catapulted to fame without social media and lucrative endorsements, like current champions. Also, the equipment has changed drastically. Today's gymnastics is very acrobatic.
Nadia was always very down to earth and authentic. She didn't rely on theatrics or an Instagram post about her relationships, to captivate people. Her gymnastics was fascinating and she was intriguing!
NADIA SHE'S MY HERO SHE'S SO TOUGH ! 😍
Nadia did way more for this sport than anyone in history. Simone never had her very own theme song. And Nadia was only 14 years old!!!
It must be tough to achieve such a feat at such a young age and then having to keep up with that level
Nadia was the greatest gymnast for a few years, then other greats came along and excelled in the sport. Nadia had her own style as Simone did. Both superb athletes.
This documentary shows us how olympic gymnastics in the late 20th century was essentially a second cold war, with prestige and soft power as the main prize. Károly's defection to the US was very interesting to know about, and I had no clue that Comaneci defected to Hungary before taking asylum in America. Truly, she has lived through a very difficult early life, and she deserves all of the peace and privacy that she wishes for. Her famous olympic scores may have been 10s, but I think she deserves 10+ for her shere strength to continue on throughout very difficult times.
Nádia a maior ginástica de todos os tempos 😊😊
Wow ! I remember that name for when I was like 12 yrs old !!
Her performance was legendary !
Excellent documentary
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Excellent Documentary BUT WHY POLITICKS...we love only Gymnastics of NADIA COMANECI, the child godess of gymnastics.31/May/2024.(nandan, hubli city, karnataka state, INDIA, jai hind, jai hanuman)
Nadia may have been out of shape and lacked a bit of training at 1978 worlds but she still won a gold and two silver medals.
That's how it is when you are the GOAT 😎😎
On Wikipedia it says she won two gold medals on 1980 Moscow ???
This documentary is helping us understand, gymnastic competitions are made for young girls ... from 12 to 16 years old, when they turn 18 they are already big heavy and ..out of shape, the career is over when other athlets just begin to shine, 18 years old. Nadia is a very Romanian kind of creature, such hard worker, discipline is her main nature, the strong sense of duty but patriotism as well, for her pride any sacrifice is worthy, any sacrifice for her people, that's what we call...very hearty ones, their hearts beat only for the pride to belong a certain nation, something all sports champions should feel, having the double speed and motive to break the limits, it's a feeling that becomes a human value beyond any job, later on, it's a great feeling I love a lot and I could never give up on
You are correct,melani monica.
the perfect 10 scoring system ended in 2006 now there's a difficulty score and an execution score and the Vaults are averaged so say a Gymnast does a Yurchenko double pike with perfect landing the top score they could get would be 16.4 and a Cheng Difficulty 6.0 with execution out of 9.9
Nadia was the very best there was. Then they changed the rules and no one got to challenge Her results. There will never be anyone better.
Nice story but the rule changes applied to everyone and Nadia though impressive in Montreal had some real gift scores that she didn't deserve after 1976
Bad rumors say ..some sports are not a good business 😢😢😢well, what a painful emptiness without them, let's get back that sweet feeling instead. During the Cold War, the Communist regime wanted to care of sports education in schools, it was a good decision, everybody let them kids enjoy sports education because you never know, only training kids surface the big champions, this gorgeous Nadia's story is the prove, athlets are like artists, they have a unique gift, a natural talent out of ordinary that must be exploited. If there's no chance for training, it's a huge loss for everybody.. for all countries and for all schools world wide 😢😢😢
You are correct melani monica.
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La Regina Elisabetta II disse di essersi pentita di avete invitato Ceausescu
Quella visita fu un disastro
Una timidezza patologica. Ma anche una sfinge
Un robot
Un pezzo di ghiaccio 😮
Al minuto 13:00 non sembra che stia scivolando ?
Beh😜...non è un caso che la Romania🇷🇴 sia l'unico paese neolatino dell'est Europa ( a parte le terre italiane date alla ex Jugoslavia, oggi in Croazia e Slovenia)
Roma= Romania😜
Siamo i migliori
Roma caput mundi🇮🇹
NADIA COMANECI IS THE BEST EVER AND NADIA COMANECI IS MUCH BETTER THAN BILES!!!❤
@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck. You wish! No comparison. Different power style of gymnastics now. The sport has evolved as it should! Different era.
@@beulahokonkwo I KNOW...BUTTER BUNS🥰🥰 NADIA IS MUCH BETTER
@@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck Prima di tutto molto più graziosa, un fisico perfetto. Se osservate nei ultimi anni,le ginnaste sono più muscolose, non hanno un fisico longilglinio. Io ho 75 de anni è in gioventù ero una ginnasta anch'io,certo che le regole sono cambiate e nello stesso tempo gli esercizi sono molto più difficili. Comunque NADIA RIMANE L'UNICA CHE HA PRESO 10.SPEAK NOW!!!!!