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Former great champion Nadia Comăneci said she was impressed by Larisa Iordache’s evolution at the European Gymnastics Championships in Mersin, appreciating her will and determination. At the same time, Nadia Comăneci had words of thanks for junior Ana Bărbosu, in whom she sees great potential.
“It is a great joy, I was impressed by the return of Larisa. After three years without competition, it is extremely difficult to return to the current level in the world of gymnastics, and she, who had this injury and three operations, did not imagine that she would have been able to return to this level ”- confessed Nadia Comăneci, on Sunday at night, on Digi24.
“For gymnastics and tennis, I wake up at night, because it was quite early in her competition, and I promised to wake up to see her,” said Nadia Comăneci.
Larisa Iordache, Olympic and World Competitive Medalist
“It is true that some countries did not participate in these European Championships, but I paid more attention to the difficulty, the execution and the score it obtained. If we sit down to look at what happened on the beam, her exercise is world competitive and Olympic medal ”, considers the multiple champion. “The fact that he is successful because of the will and determination he had to compete at this level says that he still hasn’t said everything he had to say about the sport,” added Nadia Comăneci.
Romania surpasses Russia in medals
Nadia Comăneci commented that through the successful performance of the gymnastics team in Turkey, Romania equaled a Russian record and surpassed another.
“He performed (no, on the ground) the difficulty he did on qualifying day. His difficulty starts at 5.7, to which is added the execution. Today as they burned it with half a point, I do not understand why, but I am glad that this appeal was made and managed to bring this gold medal, which put Romania on par with Russia, in gold medals, 55 in the history of the European Championships and above the Russians in the total number of medals, ”noted Nadia Comăneci.
Nadia Comăneci: “Many years have passed since I last saw these young people”
Nadia Comăneci also had words of praise for the junior team, which she has high hopes for, highlighting their potential and the fact that “the alphabet works.”
“It is a beautiful platform, not only do I mean Larisa, but I also look at the evolution of junior girls. Many years have passed since we saw young people so young in our country and with great potential. Their base is very good. I understand that where these girls come from is someone who teaches them gymnastics correctly, the alphabet works. Of course, these juniors also come from the necessary sponsorship and investment we have to make at a sports level. Nothing happens overnight. (…) These juniors are still raw, but they have potential ”, commented Nadia Comăneci.
Ana Bărbosu has the potential to be good on the individual compound
See Ana Bărbosu, the junior who was the revelation of this competition, a future great champion.
“I looked at her exercises (no, Ana Bărbosu) and she has great potential, because right now the basis of gymnastics is the legs, four devices, three devices are for the legs. She has this potential to be good in the compound. individual and has room to grow in difficulty and I want to congratulate her for the way she competed and for her beautiful performance and the fact that she has difficulty in acrobatics and she shows us this artistic gymnastics, which we have admired for many years ”, said the multiple champion.
“The overall impression of those who have never seen Romania on the podium will probably start to change a bit,” concluded Nadia Comăneci after the evolution of the Romanian team from seniors and juniors at the European Championship in Mersin, Turkey.
At the Mersin European Championships, Romania won 14 medals, five in senior and nine in junior, of which eight were gold.
Larisa Iordache won four medals, of which two gold, in beam and ground, and two silver, with the team and in jumping, after a three-year break due to health problems.
Junior gymnast Ana Bărbosu won all the final gold medals on the machines on Sunday at the European Championships in Mersin. Andreea Preda won the bronze on the beam and Maria Ceplinschi the silver on the ground.
Nadia’s thoughts at the end of the year: Let’s hope to see a light at the end of the tunnel.
Nadia Comăneci ends the difficult year 2020 with the hope that in 2021 we will see the light at the end of the tunnel with the appearance of vaccines. She hopes that the beautiful result of Romanian gymnastics will bring joy to Romanians, given that the holidays are different this year.
“This year has been extremely difficult for the entire planet, with this pandemic came many difficulties, many lives were lost. Let’s hope that now, when the appearance of a vaccine, two, three, is known, I understand that there are others on the way, let’s see, a light at the end of the tunnel. We are taking small steps forward, but I hope that this beautiful result of Romanian gymnastics, Romanian sport, brings a smile and joy to all Romanians and that the New Year and the holidays will be a little different. And let’s hope that the year 2021 gives us greater joys ”, transmitted Nadia Comăneci, who in 1976 brought so much joy to the Romanians, by taking the first grade 10 in the history of gymnastics at the Montreal Olympic Games.
Editor: Luana Pavaluca
