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- The Romanian press referred to Iordache as "The New Nadia " as early as 2008, when she was 12, due to her skills and potential.
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Oct 15, 2014 · Standing less than five foot tall, but with deceptively long legs, the 18-year-old Larisa Iordache is the latest to be dubbed the “New Nadia.”
Jul 24, 2021 · Before Biles came around, Nadia Comaneci was the gymnast against which the best were measured — a fact not lost on Iordache, whom the Romanian news media called “the new Nadia”...
The Romanian press referred to Iordache as "The New Nadia " as early as 2008, when she was 12, due to her skills and potential. In her first year of competition as a senior, Iordache won two gold medals at the 2012 European Championships, with her team and on floor exercise.
- Larisa Andreea Iordache
- 19 June 1996 (age 27), Bucharest, Romania
- Lari, Pikachu, Piciul
- Women's artistic gymnastics
Jul 2, 2012 · When Larisa Iordache was 14, the Romanian press dubbed her the “New Nadia,” in honor of Nadia Comaneci, the first female gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics. At 15, Iordache...
Oct 23, 2015 · Nadia Comaneci ‘sick to my stomach’ watching Romania crumble at Worlds. GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The reality hit and the tears, like the mistakes that doomed the Romanian women’s gymnastics team on the worst day in the program’s medal-strewn history, piled up quickly. First Larisa Iordache cracked, the 19-year-old star’s composure ...
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The Romanian press referred to Iordache as "The New Nadia" as early as 2008, when she was 12, due to her skills and potential. In her first year of competition as a senior, Iordache won two gold medals at the 2012 European Championships, with her team and on floor exercise.
In the nearly two years since Iordache, 27, competed at the Tokyo Games, she has never been far from the sport, spending much of her time in the gym in a new role: coach. As she thought about a return to gymnastics training, the balance between athlete and coach proved impractical. "Being a coach, it was very difficult for me to train and to ...
