The 1992 clip that explains exactly how Larry Nassar got away with it all

Published September 16, 2021 12:36am ET



A clip from 1992, five years before Simone Biles was born, explains exactly how American gymnastics became a cesspool of corruption hell-bent on protecting a serial predator like Larry Nassar. The clip from that year’s Sudafed Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular illustrates how the horrifying congressional testimony of Biles and other Nassar survivors connects directly to the evils of communist Romania.

The clip begins with Bob Costas interviewing Nadia Comaneci, who earned the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics just 15 years before. This rosy, curvy, and beaming adult Nadia looks nothing like the 14-year-old so emaciated that you could see her ribs through her leotard as she dominated the 1976 Olympics. Unlike the old Nadia, whose face was set in a stony glare under black straight bangs unless she had a pasted-on performance smile, this Nadia laughs and smiles with ease.

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