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Childhood not lost, says Comaneci

August 2, 2008

She was a gold medallist at just 14, producing the first perfect score in Olympics gymnastics but Nadia Comaneci says that the common view that she sacrificed her childhood for sporting success is not true.

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  • During her peak, the New York Times described the Romanian as performing with "joyless expression" and like many athletes from the then communist Eastern Bloc she rarely let her emotions show.

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