A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On July 18, 1976, at the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Nadia Comaneci of Romania became the first gymnast to receive a ...

Nadia Comăneci is widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time. She gained international recognition at the 1976 Montreal Games, when she became the first gymnast in Olympic history to ...

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan and Deputy Prime Minister Tanczos Barna met at the Victoria Palace with Nadia Comăneci, a symbol of world gymnastics, and with Mihai Covaliu, president of the Romanian ...

The final event of women's gymnastics at the 2024 Paris Olympics came to a dramatic conclusion at the Bercy Arena. Simone Biles, who's dominated the floor exercise throughout the competition in Paris, ...

Bela Karolyi, the larger-than-life coach who led Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton to Olympic gold while revolutionizing the sport of gymnastics, only to see his legacy destroyed by allegations of ...

Just days after gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci criticized judges in Paris for a score change that gave Jordan Chiles a medal, she is now coming to Chiles' defense. A controversial reversal of the ...

Gymnastics great Nadia Comaneci expressed concern about athlete's mental health after Jordan Chiles' score change on Monday meant Ana Barbosu of Romania lost out on a medal: “I can’t believe we play ...