Nadia Comăneci: Behind The Legend

Published on 01/14/2019
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Wedding Day

Nadia and Bart decided to fly across the Atlantic Ocean to celebrate their wedding. They wanted to tie the knot in Romania. Naturally, Nadia was a little skeptical—how would the people in her country welcome her after she defected to the United States? The couple must have been pretty surprised to see more than 10,000 adoring fans greet them.

Wedding Day

Wedding Day

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In 1996, Nadia and Bart got married and their wedding day turned into a national holiday, with the ceremony being televised for the entire country to watch. Some even referred to it as “the royal wedding of sport.” They must have had a beautiful wedding.

COMANECI CONNER WEDDING

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