![]() ![]() Overall, I think she dodged a bullet getting out when she did and if she had continued I think there's no way she wouldn't have been removed. Morgan actually recently said that while she feels safe being activist now and would've felt safe doing so under Valeri, she wouldn't have under Marta. So they'd definitely met Marta and the top members of the junior national team during her tenure would've actually been to selections. Notice how they also deliberately avoid mentioning Haney even when explicitly talking about Riley's gym change.Īs others have said, the gymnasts start out at developmental camps very young and go to the Ranch sometimes for those. Marta disappeared on her own, but the culture of silence and obedience and fear she created has consistently be cited as a huge part of why Nassar went unchecked for so long. The NBC broadcasts have just generally avoided all mention of most of the people taken down or what have you in the past few years. I don't feel like gymnastics could be such a big part of your life for so many decades and then you just ignore it afterwards. Marta seemed increasingly sentimental in her final years as NTC so maybe she is following the competitions. I think her retirement was timed conveniently most definitely, but that it was just luck, not intention.Īt any rate, I heard somewhere that Bela maybe went back (or was sent back?) to Romania, but I have no idea of that has any basis in fact. The Rio team even named themselves Final Five in honor of her. Martha said years beforehand that 2016 would be her last Olympics (she was throwing around the idea of retiring in the lead-up to 2012). Martha also mysteriously retired at the right time (although she claimed she planned it would be her last Olympis Anyone know if any of the younger current quad went to the Karolyi ranch? It's just weird how she can go from that important to not even mentioned at all like she never existed.Īlso, do you think Martha is keeping up with this new quad of gymnasts and is secretly watching the meets/competitions? I could see her watching intently from her couch and making her own judgments on who's good and who's not.Īlso, I think it's interesting that this quad of gymnasts (besides Simone, Mykayla, Laurie and Chellsie) were not under the Karolyi system and probably didn't even meet her or remotely know what it was like to be a gymnast under her. Martha was such a big part of USAG and the holy grail all these years, and now there's absolutely no mention of her from any of the commentators during meets. And no one has been questioning it or even mentioning them. I saw some speculation that they went back to Romania, but does anyone have any solid info on this or what they are up to? I know Martha mentioned a while ago that Bela has dementia. ![]() Martha also mysteriously retired at the right time (although she claimed she planned it would be her last Olympis). Bela and Martha Karolyi made a quiet exit and mysteriously disappeared after the Nassar scandal. ![]()
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