A New Olympic Sweetheart
Things were shifting at the Olympic Games. Olga Korbut from the former Soviet Union was considered the “sweetheart” of the games after she stole the hearts of the crowd during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Her four golds and two silvers in Germany exposed her finesse and talent. Little did she know that her thunder would be stolen at the next Olympic competition.
A New Olympic Sweetheart
A New Hero
After the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal ended, Nadia flew back to Bucharest with her team. She didn’t know anything about the reception she would receive when she disembarked from the plane. Approximately 10,000 people were waiting for her with signs and posters out on the tarmac. It was so overwhelming that Nadia even went back into the airplane. Romania had a new hero.
A New Hero
