Dozens of people congregated at the apartment building where she used to live for a chance to take a photo of the 64-year-old, some of them calling her "our neighbour".The former athlete recounted her life as a kid who had to wake up early and train hard to become a champion."It's an important year for everyone to push a restart button for movement, sport, health, independence, to learn how to navigate through life and to discover your limits," Comaneci told some 150 kids earlier in the day at a gymnastics competition which she attended.Comaneci -- who received seven perfect scores at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal to become a hero in then communist Romania -- showed them how to do some stretches and encouraged the adults present to move as well.In stark contrast to it's glory days Romania has sent a vastly reduced number of gymnasts to recent Olympics.The results have reflected this as they went 12 years without an Olympic medal -- they returned home with three from London in 2012 and garnered a bronze in Paris in 2024. Hopes for a revival of the sport in Onesti have been rekindled with the 50 year anniversary of the first perfect 10 and Comaneci's visit.The project includes new accommodation for the gymnasts, fresh and salt water pools and a gymnastics museum.Dreaming of another ComaneciThe town of 34,000 inhabitants used to have a successful club, which was founded during Comaneci's time and delivered results up to the 2000s.