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Bela Karolyi, the legendary and controversial Romanian American gymnastics coach who helped lead Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci, and Kerri Strug to Olympic gold, has died, USA Gymnastics announced. He was 82.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karolyi, along with his wife and world-class coaching partner Marta Karolyi, is credited with catapulting US women\u2019s gymnastics to unprecedented success.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cBela\u2019s wife, Marta, was involved in gymnastics \u2026 so Bela got involved, too,\u201d Comaneci recalled to The Guardian. \u201cI think he was learning gymnastics with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At age 14, Comaneci famously scored the first \u201cperfect 10\u201d in Olympic gymnastics. She earned six more perfect 10s at the 1976 Games in Montreal and helped solidify Karolyi as a powerhouse coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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