Women’s gymnastics never disappoints in providing the most shocking moments in Olympics history. This year, we watched the bittersweet unfulfillment of Jordyn Wieber’s Olympic dreams. But, to anyone who remembers 1996’s women’s gymnastics competition, Kerri Strug’s vault is still the most shocking moment in Team USA history. Kerri Strug’s famous vault in the 1996 Atlanta ...
Though Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) told a sobbing player in “A League of Their Own” that “There’s no crying in baseball,” evidently it’s okay for the tears to flow in football. NBC 10 in Philadelphia reports that Wide Receiver Terrell Owens cried during a press conference following the Dallas Cowboy’s disappointing loss to the New ...
In 1996, the Olympic Summer Games were held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The USA women’s gymnastics team was a force to reckon with, earning the highest Team all-around honor, the gold medal. The women’s team comprised of Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps, and Kerri Strug. I was ...
The Olympics were always bonding time in my family. We would curl up in our pjs on the living room sofa, my sister and I nestled between our parents and watch the athletes complete amazing feats that we could only dream of accomplishing. There were many exciting, and sometimes heart-breaking, moments that we witnessed during ...
Born February 6, 1976, in Houston, Texas, Kim Zmeskal would soon become one of America’s greatest gymnasts, landing a spot on the cover of Time Magazine and in the hearts of gymnastics fans across the globe. Zmeskal began gymnastics at six years of age when she began classes at a new school opened in her ...
Born November 20, 1976 in Silver Spring, Maryland, Dominique Dawes would soon become on of America’s great gymnasts, combining high jumps with a verve rarely seen in other gymnasts. The fearless spirit of Dominique Dawes was present, even from a young age, when she began gymnastics quite on accident. When a local tumbling program was ...
The modern Olympics have always had a great deal of excitement and unexpected events. One of the most exciting events has always been women’s gymnastics. Whether it was Nadia Comaneci’s magical performance in 1976, or Mary Lou Retton’s first American women’s individual all-around gold medal in 1984, or the Fab Five’s monstrous team win in ...