Losing Béla
Unfortunately, this would mark the beginning of her bad luck. The local sporting officials decided that Béla Károlyi would be able to serve Romania better by taking on a new athlete. Nadia was completely devastated by the news and who can blame her? He was the person who had coached her from the very beginning. Unfortunately, this was only the beginning of her downward spiral.
Stress Overload
Let us not forget that Nadia was only 15 years old at the time. She was too young to handle the stress that had suddenly popped up in her life. She completely lost her motivation to train and she eventually stopped heading to the gym altogether. In fact, she was even taken to the hospital as she was suffering from high stress levels.