Bela helped guide Retton — all of 16 — to the Olympic all-around title at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and memorably helped an injured Kerri Strug off the floor at the 1996 Games in Atlanta ...

Kerri Strug is carried by her coach, Bela Karolyi, as she waves to the crowd on her way to receiving her gold medal for the women’s team gymnastics competition at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Bela Karolyi, the legendary and controversial Romanian American gymnastics coach who helped lead Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci and Kerri Strug to Olympic gold, has died, USA Gymnastics announced.

Bela helped guide Retton — all of 16 — to the Olympic all-around title at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and memorably helped an injured Kerri Strug off the floor at the 1996 Games in Atlanta ...

Kerri Strug of the United States is carried by coach Bela Karolyi during the team competition of the women's gymnastics event of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta held on July 23, 1996.

Bela Karolyi reacts with joy as his gymnastics student Kerri Strug finishes a nice routine on the balance beam during the optional portion of the U.S. Olympic Trials in gymnastics, June 30, 1996 ...

San Jose, CA (John W. McDonough /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) Bela Karolyi, who coached Nadia Comaneci, Mary Lou Retton and Kerri Strug to Olympic gold, has died. He was 82.

Strug, who works in Washington, D.C., for the Department of Justice, also trained with the Karolyis prior to the 1992 and 1996 Olympics and is best remembered for vaulting with an injured ankle ...

Bela helped guide Retton — all of 16 — to the Olympic all-around title at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and memorably helped an injured Kerri Strug off the floor at the 1996 Games in Atlanta ...

Bela Karolyi reacts with joy as his gymnastics student Kerri Strug finishes a routine on the balance beam during the U.S. Olympic Trials in gymnastics, on June 30, 1996, in Boston.

Bela helped guide Retton — all of 16 — to the Olympic all-around title at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and memorably helped an injured Kerri Strug off the floor at the 1996 Games in Atlanta ...

Bela helped guide Retton — all of 16 — to the Olympic all-around title at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and memorably helped an injured Kerri Strug off the floor at the 1996 Games in Atlanta ...