Bela Karolyi, the famous Romanian and American coach, was in disbelief.

Bela Karolyi, the longtime Romanian and American coach, said with his usual optimism, "The future is great."

A Bucharest medical official says Mircea Lucescu, the Romanian coach of .

Samarian was a Romanian national coach both for men's and women's teams.

However, Romanian coaches were unable to decide between the two, so both were part of the Romanian Olympic delegation in Rome.

Romanian coaches have helped Greek and French gymnasts make significant leaps.

"This is a historic occasion for us," said Emerich Jenei, the Romanian coach, "because we have never qualified for the second round."

He helped make the connections that eventually led to her escape from that abusive relationship, and a new life in Montreal with a Romanian rugby coach and his family.

This explains the ill-humored reactions of the Romanian coaches when the luck of the Olympic draw placed their women in the first of four compulsory sessions.

And he will be fighting against his old comrade, Bela Karolyi, the former Romanian coach who defected in 1981 and has been training Americans ever since.