An Early Win
Béla Károlyi sent Nadia to her first major competition, the Romanian National Junior Championship where she came in at 13th place. Even though it was a disappointing rank in her mind, she pushed on with the help of Béla and competed again in 1970 and successfully took first place.
Hard Work And Little Rest
Her first success would prove to be the first mark of a series of excellent achievements. But it didn’t come without hard work. Nadia was training for 8 hours a day and 6 days a week when she was only 13 years old.