Editing Nadia Comăneci (section)

====1980 Summer Olympics====
[[File:Nadia Comăneci Moscow1980.jpeg|thumb|upright|left|Comăneci in Moscow, 1980]]
Comăneci was chosen to participate in the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow#Soviet era (1917–1991)|Moscow]]. As a result of the [[Soviet–Afghan War|Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]], [[President of the United States|President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] declared that the United States would [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|boycott the Olympics]] (several other countries also participated in the boycott, though their reasons varied). According to Comăneci, the Romanian government "touted the 1980 Olympic games as the first all-Communist Games." However, she also noted in her memoir, "in Moscow, we walked into the mouth of a lion's den; it was the Russians' home turf."<ref>Comăneci, p. 98.</ref> She won two gold medals, one for the [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam|balance beam]] and one for the [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's floor|floor exercise]] (in which she tied with Soviet gymnast Nellie Kim, against whom she had also competed in the 1976 Montreal Olympics and other events). She also won two silver medals, one for [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around|the team all-around]] and one for [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around|individual all-around]]. Controversies arose concerning the scoring in the all-around and floor exercise competitions.{{r|guardian20111214}} As of the [[2020 Summer Games]], she is the only gymnast to defend her Olympic gold medal in the balance beam apparatus.

Her coach, Bela Károlyi, protested that she was scored unfairly. His protests were captured on television. According to Comăneci's memoir, the Romanian government was upset about Károlyi's public behavior, feeling that he had humiliated them. Life became very difficult for Károlyi from that point on.<ref>Comăneci, pp. 99–105.</ref>