PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 28: Simone Biles of Team United States competes in the floor exercise during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Qualification on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy ...

"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well." – Baron Pierre de Coubertin, considered the father of ...

Strug's injury meant sacrificing any chance at individual glory because it left her unable to compete in the all-around, vault and floor exercise despite having qualified for the medal rounds.

Bela helped guide Retton — all of 16 — to the Olympic all-around title at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and memorably helped an injured Kerri Strug off the floor at the 1996 Games in Atlanta ...

ATHENS, GREECE — The night was begging for a Kerri Strug kind of moment. We saw the classic confrontation and remarkable degrees of difficulty unfolding before us, and we cleared our mind's eye ...