Athlete Of The Year
Things did not stop there, however. Newsweek Magazine also came out with a colored full page cover of her that had been captioned “A Star Is Born”. On the other hand, the BBC called her the “Overseas Sports Personality of the Year” and the Associated Press dubbed her “Female Athlete of the Year”. The world simply adored Nadia Comăneci!
Athlete Of The Year
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Nadia soon became the talk of the town. For reference, this was around the same time that a space mission was sent to Mars. Regardless, Time Magazine dedicated a cover to the young girl and only talked about the Mars mission in a small corner of the page.
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