Talk:Kerri Strug

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People need to add every single piece of information on here not some of it but everything was useful! :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.176.145.152 (talk) 20:19, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Didn't she end up going to Stanford, too?

Yes, after having transferred there from UCLA, where she was 'team manager'. She was unable to compete for them in the NCAA as planned because she went professional and therefore was ineligible.

miss zara 03/04/06

Quoted from main article: "In the final rotation, the U.S. women had already achieved a convincing victory due to their wide margin of the Russian team, but those on the floor believed that the U.S. team still needed a single good score on the vault to win gold."

Does the above quote discribe that USA was mathematically guaranteed to win, regardless of how Kerri scored? it was awsome rock on kerri.

The description of the SNL skit is excessively long -- it breaks up the flow of the article and strikes me as essentially triva. Gerardw (talk) 17:57, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Didn't the US team have the medal clinched before she performed? Check here: http://sports.jrank.org/pages/4676/Strug-Kerri-Historic-Vault.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.6.127.111 (talk) 03:52, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Greater, cited details added about this question. CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 03:23, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

is the information on her back injury complete and accurate? during 2012 Olympic coverage they had a good half-hour segment about the "magnificent seven" from '96 and said Kerri fractured two vertebrae in her fall from the uneven bars. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.45.86.68 (talk) 04:33, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

1992 Olympics

Somehow, I think there's more that can be said about the 1992 Olympics besides the tiny notation that she won a bronze there. The interviews I've seen with her mark that as an important "loss" which fueled her desire to get a gold in 1996. And the experience of that Olympics caused a whole series of other events, such as the retirement of Bela Karolyi, which went into shaping the Olympic "break". Anyone wanna take a stab at beefing up the 1992-1995 time period on this article? CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 03:23, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

1996 Vault Scorring Confusion

This section is plain wrong. Tesh announced the score needed to clinch the medal if the last 2 russian gymnasts scored 10 on floor. Galieva was performing her floor exercise after Strugg finished vaulting. Galieva scored a low 9.5 on the floor (see Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around) that forced the Russians to keep Khorkina's 9.662. Alternatively since Galieva did not compete until after strugg, she could have potentially scored a 10, increasing the russians team score by .338, making Moceanu's 9.2 insufficient (you can tell this by adding .338 to Russia and subtracting .512 from the USA). I also believe the second to last gymnast for Russia did not have their score in yet by Strugg's first vault (which would have been either 9.725 or 9.750 (depending on whether kochetcova when before dolgopolova, so the 9.493 is believable).MATThematical (talk) 00:32, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

The previous comment would be considered vandalism.

Who are you talking about when you claim "an American who blew her landing got high marks"? Kerri Strug stuck the landing on an injured ankle to clinch the gold medal and became famous for it.

76.241.85.211 (talk) 06:14, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

High School Graduation Date

1995 is the normal graduation year for an American with a November 1977 birth date. Is there a cite that explains how this was deemed early in her case? Kafziel ^{Complaint Department: Please take a number} 00:27, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

No, 1996 would be "normal" but so could 1995 if she started elementary school a year earlier which is not uncommon for children with birthdays in the fall. She was 16 when she started her senior year and turned 17 during the year and then didn't turn 18 until 5 months after graduating so you can see she was one of if not the youngest in her class. I changed your "dubious" to "citation needed". It may not be notable at all unless she actually skipped a grade of school and graduated in one year less time than normal.

76.241.85.211 (talk) 06:07, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Sourcing/Improvement

the sourcing here needs a lot of improvement - especially for the pre 96 stuff. There's a lot of material out there that stems from the '96 win, but I'm not familiar enough with gymnastics to know what's notable StarM 02:12, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

1996 2nd vault dilemma.

I just came across an article on the Snopes website that has detail about whether or not Ms Strug needed to make that 2nd vault and risk further ankle injury. "Was Kerri Strug Team USA's Only Chance for Gold? Kerri Strug fought through the pain of an ankle injury to compete at the 1996 Olympic Games, but was it necessary?" - https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kerri-strug-usa-gold/ Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 20:40, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Healing?

How were her injuries treated and how long did healing take before she was able to continue participating in sporting events? Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 21:55, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Public perception

Is it relevant to include some reference to the public perception - and changing public perception - of completing the vault in 1996 while injured? The article comments that she was a national sports hero, and there are many positive references over the years regarding her completion of the vault while injured. However, in light of changing norms, there are many more recent articles discussing whether this was unethical of her coaches and an inappropriate feat to glorify (in order to avoid others being pushed to complete competitions under injury). I'm not sure whether it fits with the article or format, and in any case would need sourcing, but there is a lot of material on this theme. LJade728 (talk) 08:19, 2 August 2024 (UTC)