Post Tagged with: "Nadia Comaneci"

No Athlete Should Be Placed in That Position

by March 18, 2024
The Culture in Sports Podcast
The Culture in Sports Podcast
No Athlete Should Be Placed in That Position
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Season 4 of the Culture in Sports Podcast continues with Lori Okimura and Dr. Jeremy Piasecki having a discussion with John Manly (The nation’s preeminent attorney representing victims of sexual abuse and assault) about athlete lived experience, protecting athletes, and how organizations can prioritize athletes’ health and wellbeing.

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The Miasma of Winning

by May 4, 2021

The news on Monday that Nadia Comanenci, one of the greatest, if not the greatest Olympic women’s gymnast, is reported to have suffered what is described as “horrorific abuse,” at the hands of her coach Bela Karolyi and his wife Marta, is less shocking than it is saddening. Reports that […]

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