Still gives me chills, even after all these years!

i not even into gymnastics but I was watching this when it happened. And until this day I still remember the name Keri Strug from the 96 women gymnastic team.One of the greatest moments in American sports.

I remember this, this was such a big deal

this is the most 90s thing ever.

I think it's lovely to see the replay of the coach's reaction to Stug's injury. Great to see evidence that the coaches really do care about these young girls, not just about the victory.

this is the one moment in olympic history i will never forget and that i was watching . . . GO KERRI SHRUG!

This is the most inspiring moment in sports. God bless this point sized genius

Every time I cry

It was so disgusting how the media cramped her space after she got hurt let the poor girl get to the hospital sheesh

@annapavfan4680

5 жыл бұрын

So true. How imprudent of them. But it's all about the money and press.

@annapavfan4680

4 жыл бұрын

@@rolandgreen7484 LMAO your delusion makes me laugh 💀

I watched this when I was 13, still gives me chills...

i was in the crowd, it was amazing

@ 1:47..this is the part that was shown over and over and over again..It was incredible to see her land this vault on 1 leg..no matter who fell on what..The Magnificant 7 won because they were just plain good...

This was so amazing I'm getting goosebumps.. God bless that little girl.

This was the most pivotal moment in Gymnastics history, mpo. Thank you for capturing it and sharing.

you can do it!!!!

1:56 anyone else hear someone yell "One foot!! CMON!!" before she stuck the landing?

One of the best, if not the BEST moment in US sports history, and what started the gain in popularity for women's gymnastics... IMO. Remember watching live on TV, and the front page of the newspaper the next day. What a great meet for these athletes.

@gymnastics46 Maybe you should ask the non-Soviet gymnasts who competed in '80 what that experience was like--competing against a home team who enjoyed overwhelming support from the crowd and ended up winning the team gold, as well as numerous other golds. Must've been rough for them as well. The noise is part of competing. These athletes are trained to shut that out. They can deal with it, the rest of us should as well.

You are my hero

Am I the only one who started hysterically laughing when the Russians cried?

@katemarieeee

8 жыл бұрын

Probably

@CamilleNadia

6 жыл бұрын

I didn't laugh, but I didn't feel sorry for them either. They've won practically every year except the one they boycotted. Give someone else a chance.

@annapavfan4680

5 жыл бұрын

@@katemarieeeeLOL good one👌

still my favorite olympics to this day!

It was disgraceful that USA women won their first gold team EVER and instead of letting the fans see their happiness at that moment, they put the cameras on the Russians who were naturally upset because they lost. We never even got to see the girls in the moment that they found out they made history in this sport.

Crazy how almost quiet the crowd got during her 2nd vault- everyone was holding their breath!

Loved the competition, loved everything about it! Go USA!!!

I still can't believe she only got 9.712 on that vault. she stuck it and usually got closer to a 9.8. I was also always surprised that the russians were so shocked they didn't win. they hadn't made the top 2 in many years, but they seemed to feel entitled to the gold.

@mikeg8375

6 жыл бұрын

lostlyrarose right? Silver for them was not a bad accomplishment for that quadrennium, they were 4th at the 95 worlds... I don't think a lot of people expected them to challenge for the gold over China and Romania and I guess that's how the cookie crumbled.

This was normal stuff back then. all the girls competed with injuries. 20+ years later the "rest of the story" comes out to what the girls had to live with while competing.

It's the Olympics and you only get one chance. Of course she didn't have to do it, but she did. What an amazing Olympic moment.

@frostdiamond1 Watch Magnificent 7 anything to win, "I think it would have been horrible to just walk away, and for the rest of my life wonder. If I had done it, would I have made it. Would we have won the gold, would we have not." - Kerri Strug

@raymondmeyers8983

4 жыл бұрын

But the answer was yes, they would have still won the gold if she did the second vault or not. But they couldn't have known that at the time so she did it.

I remember this day I was laying down on the floor at my dads house and after her vault I was like Karoly jumping in the air yelling Yes!!! Yes!!! I'll never forget that exciting moment!!

Kerri has even said she didn't regret doing that vault. She said she didn't the last view of her at the Olympics to be her falling.

@GardiniaBloom Many of the other teams believed that the United States was awarded more points throughout the competition than other teams. And, when your country has won every Team gold medal in womens gymnastics at a fully attended olympics it probably hurts.

@TheSienna29 its called home gym advantage.... you should see NCAA Gymnastics, it means the fans care

A world record for strugg

that replay of Bela's reaction to Strug's vault gets me everytime. he is so scared for her and knows that 1 bad fall can be the end of a career.:( so sweet.

Keri Strug is a GD American HERO!! This girl!!

Best Gymnastics Ever

@TheSienna29 It will always be that way, i man the whole purpose of the Olympics is really national pride....of course if you have the hometown advantage its going to be like that

The reality is no one could have landed that vault in that moment besides her. She blew out her knee. She didn’t twist an ankle. Not that anyone knew announcer wise. Still ran down there and stuck it on one foot.

I'm watching this in 2011!!!!!!

I love this competition, but the noise level was unfair for the other countries. Atlanta is basically in the middle of nowhere when you consider fans traveling internationally to watch their athletes, so it must have been largely only American fans. In comparison to a competition in Europe, where fans from dozens of countries can easily come watch. Announcements should have been made to keep the noise level respectful to other competitors. Milosovich couldn't even hear her music start.

@raulvega4016

8 жыл бұрын

+comment say Yes. I think is a total lack of respect and it should be penalized somehow.

@tekkenfan01

8 жыл бұрын

Both of you shut up. That's the name of the game. Deal with it. Europe can't beat USA.

@FSUruizfamily

8 жыл бұрын

+comment say The middle of nowhere? It's a huge city with the busiest international airport in the world. What are you talking about?

@DebbieSchechter

8 жыл бұрын

+comment say Atlanta isn't the middle of nowhere. And when it comes to the crowd; you all are forgetting the biggest thing. Not all of the Americans in the stands are there as gymnastics fans. They are USA fans, so they were cheering the fact that Kerri Strug just sealed the first ever US team gold medal in a fully attending Olympics. What we didn't know then was that it was already sealed and technically she didn't have to do that vault. Glad she did it.

@extra_ice_girl

6 жыл бұрын

This is nothing compared to how Brazilians behave.

Okay, I do kind of feel bad for Svetlana. But how amazing it felt to watch the Magnificent 7 win that gold.

@bethm5791

3 жыл бұрын

Nah. Don’t. She’s awful. She said Simone biles dopes because she is prescribed ADHD meds snd she’s not that good and Svetlana would beta her because Simone isn’t some “unbeatable queen” she also said that COVID causing no Olympics is because Russia got in trouble for their actual doping scandal and god is punishing the earth for not respecting Russia so COVID is our faults not there’s. Cool with Russia doping. Not cool with Simone even though Simone is so dominant she’s drug tested constantly. 2016 Olympics leading up to it she was tested multiple times a week. She also had the world medal count record and when she retired she said no one is good enough to beat it. Simone did then she said the dope stuff out of jealousy. But still. She’s not a good person AT ALL. She’s a diva whining

@reypalpatine3534

2 жыл бұрын

@@bethm5791 sorry to burst your bubble but Svetlana said it was UNFAIR for Simone biles to compete with banned substances even though she has a free pass because she has ADHD. In my Opinion kids with ADHD shouldn't compete in sports period.

True but they did not know at the time what the scores where from the Floor Exercise. But hey this builds drama and ratings. Keri is now a Legend for breaking her foot. (I know that sounds flippant but its true)

"The russians are in tears"

que dor e felicidade ao mesmo tempo

Back when Americans still love America.

I do gymnastics to

Kerri Strug is a strong fighter!

It's kinda funny how Dina Kotchekovas floor music is playing while Kerri in on the stretcher surrounded by a thousand photographers! That music sounds like the pandemonium that was going on!

I watched the BBC's live broadcast of this. NBC edited the last rotation so much, that they made it appear as if the Russians could not hear their floor music while competing, which was not completely true. When I saw how much NBC manipulated the sequence of events, I was disgusted. Watching the BBC broadcast was like watching a totally different 4th rotation.

@fordfocuschik820

6 жыл бұрын

you are right, it was Kochetkova's floor music, not Galieva

@mikeg8375

6 жыл бұрын

They did edit the rotation, but if you watch the videos i believe USA gymnastics took (dont quote me on that) which are quite grainy and show all of the routines from the competition for each team, you can see that it was kochetkova whk was performing right after Strug vaulted. I don't know if her routine was broadcasted on any network but you can certainly infer that she had difficulty hearing her music. I don't know why NBC insisted it was Galieva who couldn't hear her floor music because of strug's Vault, she performed in the aftermath of the vault when it was much quieter. NBC did edit out quite a bit of time between strugs' vault and the medal ceremony.

@mmoran3

5 жыл бұрын

Please send me the link

Dominique is genuinely concerned for Carry! The other girls are happy for the gold.

@beatriceamg And the multiple falls by the Russians? They counted a low score, the American's didn't. And a low score due to a large error...not a conspiracy.

I must admit that I don´t ADORE any US gymnast (I LIKE many of them but my ADORATION belongs to such lovely girls like Izbasa, Kochetkova, Karpenko, Kozich, Dudnik, Laschenova and others none of whom is, unfortunately, American). But I fully respect American gymnasts´s qualities and agree that they deserved this title. And I see many European fans really can´t take it this way.

Agree. Plus, the Americans weren`t at all bothered by the crowd. Poor Galiyeva, she couldn`t hear her music...

@tmwalkerm He/she is talking about how when Shannon Miller asks Dominique if Kerri is ok, she just ignores the question, and walks away. She was probably upset that she "lost" her all around spot. That is what they were pointing out.

@GemGoddess1

6 жыл бұрын

Huh? Dominique clearly answers Shannon...twice. Shannon asked "Is she okay," and Dom answered, "I don't know." Then Shannon asked "What did she do?" and again Dom responded, just quietly so you can't tell what she said.

Kerri wiw the gold for the USA girls

It seems as though team USA almost gave the gold medal away on a silver platter when Dominique Moceanu F'd up both her vaults getting overly anxious then Kerri came up right behind her and screwed up her 1st on as well...they had been damn near flawless throughout all the other rotations then started falling apart on their last event! smh...thank goodness Kerri kept a cool head even with her injury and they won the gold! I remember watching this back during these Olympic games...historic moment for team USA beating Russia.

@mikeg8375

8 жыл бұрын

+Matthew “Lorenzo” Sam actually, if Kerri had not gone, team us as total would be 388.713. So they still would have beaten Russia. But that's bc Kochetkova and Galieva who both went after strug vaulted did mediocre routines. if they had both scored in the mid to high 9.8 range they would have gained enough points on USA to win gold. Kerri has acknowledged in interviews kno ing the Russians still had two athletes yet to perform on floor and not wanting to give them any chance to steal the gold away.

@tomgallowitz4464

8 жыл бұрын

+Mike Giazzon I think also she didn't want the last thing to be remembered for was falling on her butt during the final, she wanted to finish on a high note despite injury.

@thomasdemay9805

5 жыл бұрын

cool head and GUTS

ya, esp when the russians have the record of winning like 10 team golds in the past. such a heartbreaking experience for them. they had trained their whole childhood for that moment.

0:46 Coming from my context, Shia was here

Neither could Kochetkova who was performing as Kerri Strug was being carried off and as Kerri's score was being posted (starting at 2:41)

I'm an American and am proud of this team but I can't help but cry when I see the Russians cry because I can feel their pain and the vain of their sacrifice. Not to say that our team didn't work hard and earn every bit of the gold they won, but keep in mind the Russians won EVERY SINGLE TEAM GOLD in the Olympic games since like 1952 (not counting '84 because they didn't attend that one) and you can imagine the shame they were feeling.

@reypalpatine3534

2 жыл бұрын

That's actually false. That would be the Soviet Union that has won since 1952. Russia was competing for the FIRST team gold since the country went to compete independently as a free sovereign nation

Now that i watched this.....i actually noticed that russia never won a team gold medal since 96 bcoz the Romanians and chinese have been dominating the sport

@weirdstream9572

4 жыл бұрын

the Americans won in 1996 a Olympic team gold medal

No pressure or anything Kerri...

can you post the part where they play the national anthem and leave the stadium? this would be part 13

Fucking LEGEND

Los Caroly y los Gringos siempre con afán de reflectores y protagonismo, no era necesario el segundo salto y exponer a Kerry a ese dolor, ya tenían ganada la medalla de oro.

#kerri strug squad

I absolutely second that.aaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Como obligaron a Kerry a hacer ese salto y poner en riesgo su integridad física, ya tenían asegurado el oro porque las Rusas habían fallado.

I must agree that the Barcelona Dragons were probably not bribed but they are definitely the only ones in Europe who know what´s going on in the American football. And other Europeans? We are at least so modest that we don´t call "World series" each league or competition held in sports that are not practiced anywhere in the rest of the world.

LOL...Can I get an AMEN

"And everyone will receive a gold medal..." Then pans to Dominique Moceanu. awww...

I enjoyed this a lot more before I found out about Nassar, and there he is at the end. I just want to get him away from Kerri. Just, ugh.x

Sorry. Really I am. Let's just forget this and watch the video.

Que inhumano Bela Karoly el esta viendo que esta niña esta mal y aun asi le dice que puede hacerlo, se notaba la mirada de terror hacía él, estas chicas estaban realmente abusadas psicológicamente y no se si este equipo sexualmente. Que barbaridad. Llore al ver este vídeo. Esto realmente es explotación y abuso infantil.

I know you probably don't care, but it's spelled Kerri.

I understand it; but still, it was a problem for the athletes,not for us who just watched. And getting to win is a big deal for just any team; just because some did it more times doesn`t make it any easier. The Magnificent 7 were a great team... still I liked the Russians best ;-)

Because of ego these dogs rather sacrificed the life of a poor girl... shame

how come they hav that litle blue mat for when kerri goes but not for when dominique m goes?

This was not fair at all 😡

@TwisterFlipp95 this is really strange because I thought Dina only used that music in AA...interesting...I think they just played the music lol

@amandagarcia4902

5 жыл бұрын

Wow!!😯😎

imagine if she fell on the vault and they got silver. wow, what a dissappointmentt. i don think moceanu had an excusee for sitting down BOTH of her vaults, and puttinn gthat pressure on kerri.

lol

@tmwalkerm Actually the scores were different when Kerri did the second vault. The numbers only worked out to show that she didn't need the second vault because the russian who performed on the floor after her vault screwed up her routine. Had she not done the vault, and the last russian doesn't mess up, the USA would have lost...period.

@evanbyron1925

6 жыл бұрын

petis1976 no, not period. This isn’t accurate.

Moreover, the US team (namely: Chellsie Mamal, Johnson´nd´Johnson, Alicia Sacredmoney, Nasty Looking, Shayla Whorely and maybe Ivana Hong-Kong) is definitely unbeatable at the moment what I also respect and proclaim openly. Just forgive the nicknames - I couldn´t help, they were too funny and cost me a little bit invention!

Personally, I prefer the nickname Alicia Sackabaloney ;-)

This time last year i was happy that the americans won the gold but now i am still happy but i see the russians performed badly because of the crowds behaviour, if u just think if the russians hit all their routiens they would of won?

The American women win the first legit team gold ever and do they put the cameras on the girls so we can see their moment of joy when they find out? No, they put the cameras on the crying Russians. Horrible coverage.

@lisag5002

5 жыл бұрын

The Soviet Union now Russia had never lost when competing. So this was like the fall of a dynasty for them. Their winning streak was over.

Karoly should have NOT made her do that second vault. She's still suffering effects from this, or so I've heard.

Gosh, why are there always nerds to take it personally? The Romanians weren`t the best back in 96 and I know that; besides, I don`t remember saying anything about the competition being fixed. I just found the Russians more artistic. But before saying that intelligent thing about the Romanians, think about the fact that they had lost one of their best athletes. And, no matter how blind you are about this one, the crowd SUCKED big time in Atlanta, sorry to hurt your pride.

The crowd noise was deafening. I remember the Beiijing Olympics being almost as bad. Shame on both countries!