25 years later: Kerri Strug relives iconic moment from 1996 Olympic Games
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25 years later: Kerri Strug relives iconic moment from 1996 Olympic Games
Kerri Strug will forever be remembered for her iconic moment when she clinched Gold for the U.S. gymnastics on a bad ankle. Strug reflects on what that moment 25 years ago means to her today.
Jul 22, 2021
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Highlighting a historic moment: Kerri Strug won gold for Team USA at the '96 Summer Olympics by landing an iconic vault on one foot despite a broken ankle. 🏅🇺🇸 🎥 credit/ tiktok: @i_was_a_mistake #AccessHealth #Olympics #KerriStrug #1996Olympics #MagnificentSeven | Access Health
Highlighting a historic moment: Kerri Strug won gold for Team USA at the '96 Summer Olympics by landing an iconic vault on one foot despite a broken ankle. 🏅🇺🇸 🎥 credit/ tiktok: @i_was_a_mistake #AccessHealth #Olympics #KerriStrug #1996Olympics #MagnificentSeven | Access Health
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VALIANT At Atlanta 1996, the pressure was on an injured Kerri Strug to land her final vault in order to clinch the first-ever team gold for USA Gymnastics. She stuck the landing, then fell to her knees in pain. But she had secured the gold medal in this iconic Olympic moment 🙌 | CBC Olympics
VALIANT At Atlanta 1996, the pressure was on an injured Kerri Strug to land her final vault in order to clinch the first-ever team gold for USA Gymnastics. She stuck the landing, then fell to her knees in pain. But she had secured the gold medal in this iconic Olympic moment 🙌 | CBC Olympics
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The vault that shook the world… and the shift that followed. 🏅 In 1996, Kerri Strug delivered one of the most unforgettable moments in gymnastics — racing down the runway on an injured leg and sticking a vault that helped secure Olympic gold. That landing became a snapshot of grit, pressure, and the “do it no matter what” era. 💥 But gymnastics has changed — and it needed to. Now the conversation is bigger than medals: athlete safety matters. Mental health matters. Long-term health matters. 🧠�
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The vault that shook the world… and the shift that followed. 🏅 In 1996, Kerri Strug delivered one of the most unforgettable moments in gymnastics — racing down the runway on an injured leg and sticking a vault that helped secure Olympic gold. That landing became a snapshot of grit, pressure, and the “do it no matter what” era. 💥 But gymnastics has changed — and it needed to. Now the conversation is bigger than medals: athlete safety matters. Mental health matters. Long-term health matters. 🧠�
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