The Nadia Year will be marked in Onești, the hometown of the great champion.
Over half of the Olympic medals brought home by Romanian gymnasts have been won under the training of one coach: Octavian Bellu.
The year 2026 has been officially declared as the year “Nadia Comăneci” by the Romanian authorities to mark 50 years since the first ten in gymnastics obtained at the Montreal Olympics back in 1976
Romania has again walked away with no medals from the World Gymnastics Championships
Steaua Bucharest won the Balkan Cup in men's volleyball, and Romanian ice hockey teams won straight victories in Erste Liga.
Gold medal for the Romanian gymnast Sabrina Voinea at the World Cup and victories for the Romanian women's handball teams in the Champions League.
After a 33-year break, a Romanian, Amalia Lică, won a medal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships; the tennis player Sorana Cîrstea won the WTA 250 tournament in Cleveland.
At the latest European Gymnastics Championship one athlete won four medals for Romania, a first since 2013 when Larisa Iordache compelled international recognition in the aforementioned competition hosted by Moscow
50 years after Nadia Comăneci won her first European medals, a new star of Romanian gymnastics is rising
