Kerri Strug injures ankle at 1996 Summer Olympics More than two decades ago, United States olympic gymnast Kerri Strug, like Biles, also badly injured her ankle during the vault competition at the ...

Though perspectives on Strug's heroics in 1996 have changed over the years, she has said, "If I hadn’t gone for that last vault, it always would have haunted me." ...

Take a look at these 15 photos that capture some of the most unforgettable moments in sports history. 1. Kerri Strug’s Vault Routine on an Injured Ankle (1996) Lpeer/Reddit.com ...

Like Strug, Biles sprinted down the runway and launched herself. She was meant to do an Amanar, an incredibly difficult vault that requires 2 1/2 rotations.

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 ...

Former Arizona Wildcats gymnastics coach Jim Gault, who was Olympic gold medalist Kerri Strug’s first coach, died Monday in Leesville, S.C. He was 77.

As a self-confessed control freak whose gymnastics career was all about regimentation, Kerri Strug cannot quite believe how her life has spiraled out of control over the past four years -- all ...

"Strug took the final vault, landed, hopped slightly on her one good leg, but otherwise was clean, and scored a 9.712, clinching the gold medal for the US," read Strug's official olympic biography.