Bela Karolyi and his wife Martha defected to the U.S. in 1981, and over the next 30-plus years, became a guiding force in ...

Bela Karolyi, a controversial figure in the world of gymnastics, has trained a plethora of Olympic superstars, from Nadia ...

Bela Karolyi, the Olympic gymnastics coach who died on Friday, was remembered by his family for his attachment to Houston and ...

Bela Karolyi, the embattled yet successful gymnastics coach who helped young women vault to the highest levels of the sport ...

Bela Karolyi coached several renowned gymnasts, including Mary Lou Retton, Kerri Strug and Julianne McNamara. But he was ...

Bela Karolyi, the larger-than-life coach who led Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton to Olympic gold while revolutionizing the ...

Bela Karolyi, one of the United States' most eminent gymnastics coaches alongside wife Márta, has died at age 82, a ...

In one memorable from his career, the controversial coach urged Kerri Strug to complete a vault on an injured ankle at the ...

U.S. Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi died last week. We talk with sports reporter Juliet Macur about his complicated legacy.

Bela Karolyi, the gymnastics coach who helped shape the sport and propell athletes to internaional stardum, has died at 82, ...

Last week, gymnastics legend Béla Károlyi passed away. He was 82 years old. He trained some of the biggest names in gymnastics at the height of the Cold War, and across the East-West divides. But his ...

Born on 24 January 1968, Retton was inspired by her East European idol, and set her mind on becoming a gymnastics champion. Later, she moved to Houston to train with Bela and Marta Karolyi, Comaneci’s ...