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Kerri Allyson Strug (born November 19, 1977) is a retired American gymnast from Tucson, Arizona. She was a member of the Magnificent Seven, the victorious all-around women's gymnastics team that represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Strug performed the vault that clinched the gold for the U.S. team despite having injured ...
She is regarded by some gymnastics fans as "one of the most unfortunate and unluckiest gymnasts" because of the injuries she suffered. In the four-year period from 2008 to 2012, she incurred four injuries, including a broken foot, dislocated knee and other ankle and knee injuries that could have been serious.
Strug, Moceanu, Dominique Dawes, Romanian gymnasts Simona Amânar and Gina Gogean, and Chinese gymnast Ji Liya had all received floor scores of 9.825 or higher earlier that night from the same judging panel. [5] Strug vaulted next as the anchor of the team and performed the same vault as Moceanu, also falling backward onto the mat.
The 21-year-old gymnast is a favorite to compete with Team USA this summer at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. ... Shilese was hit during a bad car accident, which broke her ankle and her back, ...
Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images Gabby Douglas’ improbable bid for a spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics officially came to an end on Wednesday, May 29, when the gymnast withdrew from the U.S ...
Gabby Douglas’ bid for a spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics came to an end in May when she injured her ankle, but the gymnast is not giving up on her comeback dreams. “I do have [the Summer 2028 ...
In October 2010 he was part of the team which won the silver medal for England in the gymnastics in the men's artistic all-around team event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [1] In 2004, Jehu survived a 33-foot fall from a hotel window in Ljubljana, Slovenia by completing a mid-air loop and gymnasts' landing to escape with only a broken ankle ...
Gymnastics can be brutal on the body, particularly for those who spend the better part of two decades testing the limits. The injury rate is essentially 100%. Still, this was different.