USA Gymnastics confirmed the news, saying he had died Friday. Comaneci paid tribute ... a bubbly teenager from West Virginia named Mary Lou. In 1984, Retton became the first U.S. woman to win ...

Bela Karolyi, the larger-than-life coach who led Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton to Olympic gold while revolutionizing the ...

A legendary gymnastics coach died Friday, according to USA Gymnastics. Bela Karolyi, best known for training legends Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton, died at 82. No cause of death was given.

Olympian Mary Lou Retton is doing an interview with Today co-host Hoda Kotb on Monday, her first since being released last year from the hospital. The teaser sees Retton claiming she almost died ...

USA Gymnastics said Karolyi died Friday. No cause of death was given ... including Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton. “A big impact and influence on my life,” Comaneci, who was just 14 ...

the legendary gymnastics coach who coached stars including Mary Lou Retton and Nadia Comaneci to victory at multiple Olympic games, has died. He was 82. USA Gymnastics confirmed in a statement on ...

The Romanian-born coach, along with his wife Martha, garnered international recognition for his role in turning Team USA ...

Karolyi and wife Martha trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and world champions in the U.S. and Romania, including Nadia ...

Lou Carnesecca, one of the most successful coaches in college basketball history during a 24-year career at St. John’s, died ...

Bela Karolyi and his wife Marta also coached Mary Lou Retton, Kerri Strug, Dominique Moceanu and many more Olympic champions.