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Five-time Olympic gold medallist gymnast from Romania Nadia Comaneci has lauded two Indian schoolchildren, who have hogged the limelight after a video of them performing tough gymnastic moves on the street went viral on social media.

In the TikTok video which has been viewed over 5 lakh times on Twitter, the two kids could be seen performing somersaults and cartwheels with apparent ease.

Comaneci, the first gymnast to record a score of perfect 10 at the Montreal Olympics in 1976, praised the children for their performance and tweeted: “This is awesome.” Many Twitter users pointed out that it was high praise coming from some of the stature of Comaneci, arguably one of the greatest gymnasts of all time.

CHILDREN IDENTIFIED

The two children who were seen performing somersaults and cartwheels in a viral TikTok video have been identified as Lovely and Ali from Kolkata.

According to a tweet by IAS officer M V Rao, the children study in Class 7 and are students of Sanghamitra Vidyalaya, Garden Reach, Kolkata.
“Kids are from Kolkata! Finally, puzzle is solved! Lovely and Ali in Class 7 studying in Sanghamitra Vidyalaya, Garden Reach. Just spoke to their mentor! Will meet them shortly!” tweeted Rao.