He and his wife cultivated champions in Romania and the U.S. But they were criticized for using harsh tactics and failing to ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Bela Karolyi, a charismatic taskmaster of a gymnastics coach who with his wife, Martha, developed generations of the sport’s leading athletes, but whose reputation was tainted by accusations of an ...

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

International and USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame coach Bela Karolyi, 82, died over the weekend, with USA Gymnastics confirming his death on November 15 in a statement on Saturday. Karolyi’s first ...

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