Bela Karolyi, a controversial figure in the world of gymnastics, has trained a plethora of Olympic superstars, from Nadia ...

Bela Karolyi coached several renowned gymnasts, including Mary Lou Retton, Kerri Strug and Julianne McNamara. But he was ...

Karolyi developed USA Gymnastics into a global force, but his legacy would be tainted by the Larry Nassar scandal ...

Bela Karolyi, the embattled yet successful gymnastics coach who helped young women vault to the highest levels of the sport ...

Karolyi briefly became the national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics women’s elite program in 1999 and incorporated a semi ...

Former Romania and United States coach Bela Karolyi, who trained Nadia Comaneci to become the first gymnast to score a ...

Bela Karolyi, the gymnastics coach who helped shape the sport and propell athletes to internaional stardum, has died at 82, ...

"Gymnastic continues to be changing and more and more complex and a more and more difficult sport." - Bela Karolyi marveled ...

In one memorable from his career, the controversial coach urged Kerri Strug to complete a vault on an injured ankle at the 1996 Olympics.

Born on 24 January 1968, Retton was inspired by her East European idol, and set her mind on becoming a gymnastics champion. Later, she moved to Houston to train with Bela and Marta Karolyi, Comaneci’s ...

On a national and international level, Bela ... Karolyi defected from their native Romania to the U.S. during an exhibition tour in 1981. At first, Bela worked at a series of menial jobs to support ...