An American Reception
It was a special day when Nadia successfully arrived in America. The press swarmed her with questions and cameras, but she didn’t care – she was just happy to have made the journey safely. Most Americans were happy to receive the Romanian star.
No Contact
When her former coach, Béla Károlyi heard that she had made it to America, he was ecstatic and wanted to see her. But no matter how many times he called, she didn’t return his calls. What neither Nadia nor her coach knew, was that Constantin Panait was preventing her from ever getting those calls.