Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. Additional uses will require permission of the rights holder.Ĭite as: AJCP582A-028k, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Items may be used for scholarship, educational, and personal use. Printed on file: "Olympic Pictures- John Glenns show, removed from carousel."Ĭopyright to items in this collection is owned by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She fought through a third-degree lateral strain of her left ankle and two torn ligaments to help crown the USA all-around team. In the final vault of the women’s gymnastics team finals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, the 18-year-old gymnast. At the Atalanta Olympics Kerri Strug became an American idol. United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 Medium: Everyone in the production truck knew Kerri Strug had done it. Olympic Games (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) People: Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug landing on one foot during the vault competition, 1996Ītlanta Journal-Constitution Date of Original: Records containing the words bread and butter or bread and fruitĪtlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs Title: Records containing the phrase “African American” and art Records with the word Brunswick but not the word stew Records with the word low that also contain girl and/or scouts Because she may have not known at the time, but Team USA would have still won the gold medal even if Strug had not attempted a second vault. Truncation and wildcards are not supported This Search You can use parentheses in your complex expressions In the final vault of the women’s gymnastics team finals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, the 18-year-old. Use "OR", "AND", and "NOT" (must be capitalized) to create complex boolean logic Everyone in the production truck knew Kerri Strug had done it. Use "-" before a word or phrase to exclude Pretty much, I cannot stress enough how much of a sporting moment it was. If not doing that vault meant she'd go on to win 5 All Around Medals at the next few years' world competitions, this would still be bigger. Use "+" before a term to make it required (Otherwise results matching only some of your terms may be included) The 2nd Kerri Strug vault is such a legendary moment that it's literally bigger than the sport of Gymnastics. Use quotation marks to search as a phrase Select "Full text" to search only the scanned or transcribed text for items. Select "Records" to search only metadata for items. Not only do such comments seek to erase her hard work, they perpetuate the win-at-all-costs mentality that pushes people over their limits.Select "Records and Full text" to search both the metadata and available full text. They’ve attacked her as a “ national embarrassment” and argued she should no longer be able to compete for USA Gymnastics. And I feel empathy for Simone Biles, who had to put her health before her team.Ĭritics want to relegate Biles - who announced Saturday she was skipping at least two individual competitions after pulling out of the team and all-around finals - to being a quitter. Though the crowd erupted in applause afterward, I feel sympathy for the athlete who put her team above her own health. What I see is Kerri looking stoic, poised - and in pain. Anyone following the Olympics has probably seen this highlight, accompanied by the immense praise heaped on her for overcoming adversity and winning the gold for the United States. In 1996, gymnast Kerri Strug vaulted her way to Olympic victory despite having gravely injured her ankle on her first attempt moments earlier.
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