Kerri Strug landed a one-foot vault with an ankle injury at the 1996 Olympics—see how Strug now praises Simone Biles’ decision after her own tough vault.

It seemed so serious on July 23, 1996, when Strug captivated the country by landing a vault with a severely sprained left ankle, securing the U.S. women's gymnastics team its first gold medal ever.

Kerri Strug, whose vault at the 1996 Olympics clinched gold for the U.S. women's gymnastics team, on Tuesday marked Wednesday's 100-day countdown to the Beijing Games by sharing lessons with ...

Tucsonan Kerri Strug, who became a global star by helping Team USA win the 1996 Olympic gymnastics gold medal, is 40 now, but continues to command an audience. She will ...

During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Kerri Strug of Team USA pushed through the pain to stick her final vault landing while battling an injured ankle. With the gold medal on the ...

- Nino Leto/Mondadori Portfolio/Zuma Press Karolyi’s most iconic career moment may have come at the 1996 Olympics, when Kerri Strug fell and injured her ankle on her first vault in the team finals.

In a memorable moment from the 1996 Olympics, Károlyi urged an injured Strug to complete a second vault with an injured ankle en route to Team USA’s gold medal win. As CNN reports, however ...

But once I had them, it’s not how it’s gone," 1996 Olympic champion Strug told Reuters in a telephone interview. "I like to be in control. As an athlete you are focused on you and your actions.