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[quote=Anonymous]Here is the opinion of a Romanian immigrant (not a gymnast, with no close family involved in high-level gymnastics). I watched proudly as Nadia got the perfect 10 in Montreal. The whole country was extremely proud and the two of them were national heroes. He trained countless other Romanian gymnasts who did really well. We all knew that it was hard work - the type that not everyone could or was willing to do. We were heartbroken when he left Romania to train the US athletes - he is the reason why your gymnasts became competitive.

When you find the perfect coach who delivers results for every type of athlete build him or her a statue. Different athletes respond differently to different coaching styles. His coaching style may have turned some gymnasts away from gymnastics. Go ahead and demonize him for everything that went wrong with the US gymnastics team. But blaming him for the Nassar sexual abuse is off-the-rail nuts. You would need to come up with evidence that he was even aware what was going on (and you probably can't). Back in Romania Nadia was harassed by the dictator's son - are you going to blame that on Karolyi as well? How can a coach protect their athletes from everything? Did Nassar sexually abuse the athletes at Karolyi's ranch? Where is the correlation between Karolyi's coaching and Nassar's abuse?

Karolyi proved himself at least twice: with the Romanian gymnast team and with the US gymnast team. How about you do it once using the approach that you know to be working better?[/quote]

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