There wasn’t nearly the padding and protection on apparatus that gymnasts have today, and it was brutal on the body. Many retired young because their bodies had just had enough and were pretty much destroyed.
At this time the Iron Curtain fell. Many of the girls had graduated from sport university or gotten their IFG training/coach certificates. Romania was so poor that it couldn't pay the gymnasts monthy stipends, apartments, etc. Therefore, to survive, the girls retired and immigrated--many to the US, but also to South America, the Pacific and Asia. There are some really terrible stories of several of the girls starring in adult films while many gymnasts have had PTSD, eating disorders, physical (hip desplasia, back problems) and psychological issues from the communist training system. Finally, that several of these girls were trafficked and sexually abuse goes without saying. Bella is an old man, but many point the finger at him for allowing the system that stripped the gymnasts of their humanity, education and right to their own bodies.
mamizing storyes,great music...wow
why did they retire so yong? The most were under 20 when retired.
There wasn’t nearly the padding and protection on apparatus that gymnasts have today, and it was brutal on the body. Many retired young because their bodies had just had enough and were pretty much destroyed.
At this time the Iron Curtain fell. Many of the girls had graduated from sport university or gotten their IFG training/coach certificates. Romania was so poor that it couldn't pay the gymnasts monthy stipends, apartments, etc. Therefore, to survive, the girls retired and immigrated--many to the US, but also to South America, the Pacific and Asia. There are some really terrible stories of several of the girls starring in adult films while many gymnasts have had PTSD, eating disorders, physical (hip desplasia, back problems) and psychological issues from the communist training system. Finally, that several of these girls were trafficked and sexually abuse goes without saying. Bella is an old man, but many point the finger at him for allowing the system that stripped the gymnasts of their humanity, education and right to their own bodies.
Everybody ran away from Romania