Or maybe it's Pete. Old man still doing good. Even though he retired three years ago as the most celebrated gymnastics coach ever, Bela Karolyi hasn't stopped collecting trophies. He has caught wild boar in his native Romania and collared moose, caribou and grizzlies in Alaska. This summer in Hungary he bagged his first elk.
First place is the best place.
It sure beats sixth, which was the spot the U.S. women's team sank to at the world championships in Tianjin, China, two months ago. What's more, the defending Olympic champions also failed to take any individual medals. When Bob Colarossi, the no-nonsense president of USA Gymnastics, returned from China, he called Karolyi and asked him to assume the newly created position of national team coordinator. Karolyi enthusiastically accepted. I'm not happy when I see 18 years of coaching here going down the drain.