Carried to the Podium
On July 23, 1996, eighteen-year-old Kerri Strug stood at the end of the vault runway in Atlanta's Georgia Dome, barely able to put weight on...
This is a contemporary on courage and sacrifice, drawing on 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.
On July 23, 1996, eighteen-year-old Kerri Strug stood at the end of the vault runway in Atlanta's Georgia Dome, barely able to put weight on her left ankle. Moments earlier, her first vault attempt had ended with a hard landing that left her with torn ligaments. With the U. S. women's gymnastics team's first-ever Olympic gold hanging in the balance, Strug told coach Béla Károlyi she could do one more vault.…
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