Athlete Of The Year
Songs dedicated to her were just the beginning. Newsweek Magazine dedicated a full page cover, in color and everything, to her with the caption “A Star Is Born”. BBC awarded her the title “Overseas Sports Personality of the Year”, and the Associated Press called her, “Female Athlete of the Year”. The world could not get enough of Nadia Comăneci.
Athlete Of The Year
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Nadia quickly overcame other news stories. Even though much of the world was abuzz with a recent space mission to Mars, Time Magazine dedicated its cover to Nadia Comăneci, with only a small corner left for the Mars mission.
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