The heroic vault of Kerri Strug was 25 years ago. See it now.

It's been 25 years since the seven magnificent won their gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics.


One of the most memorable moments ofOlympic history of the United States is whenKerri Strug took the vaultAt the Atlanta games of 1996. It was during the group's final and it was the last event for the American women's team. If Strug nailed his vault, the team would gain. Strug has landed a lot on his first attempt, ripping two ligaments in his ankle. But she went forward with her second attempt anyway, holding landing and leaning immediately on one foot only. Later, she was famous for the podium of the medal by the team coachBéla Károlyi. The USA team took gold and will be known forever like the magnificent seven.

The whole team brought together a few times over the years, including foraToday to interview In 2016. Now 25 years passed since their great victory, and with the Tokyo Olympics of 2021, we arrive again with this legendary group. This is what Strug and the rest of the 1996 Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team are up to our days.

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Kerri Strug: So

Bela Karolyi carries Kerri Strug at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Strug participated in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. In 1992, she won a bronze medal as part of the team competition and improved to gold four years later.

Kerri Strug: Now

After completing his Olympic career at the age of 18, Strug attended the College - first at UCLA, then Stanford and graduated from a master's degree in psychology. Strug, now 43 years old, worked as a primary school teacher before taking a job in the White House office for the correspondence of presidential students under the presidentGeorge W. Bush. In 2008, she was responsible for program in the Juvenile Justice Office and the prevention of delinquency, according toAn interview withIllustrated sports. While Strug no longer works in gymnastics, shewas a guest correspondent Occasionally, including the Athens Games in 2004.

As for his personal life, like most of his teammates, Strug shares updates on Instagram. She and her husbandRobert Fischer Have two young children.

Dominique Dawes: So

Dominique Dawes on the balance beam at the 1996 Olympics
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Dominique Dawes In competition in three Olympic Games: 1992, where she won a bronze medal of the team; 1996, where she won a gold and individual bronze team with soil exercise; and 2000, where she won a bronze team, which was awarded after theThe medal of the Chinese team has been revoked.

Dominique Dawes: Now

Dawes' career is always on gymnastics. The 44-year-old directs the DaWes Gymnastics Academy Dawes in Maryland, where she comes. In addition to possessing its own gym, some of its other career milestones include being thePresident of the Female Sports Foundation In 2005 and 2006, being a correspondent for the 2008 and 2010 Olympic Games and be named the co-chair of the Chairman of Fitness, Sport and Nutrition byBarack Obama. She is also one of the executive producers of the new documentaryGolden: the trip of the United States elite gymnasts.

The name of the Dawes husband isJeff ThompsonAnd they have four children together.

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Dominique Moceanu: So

Dominique Moceanu waving to fans at the 1996 Olympics
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The 1996 Games were the only Olympic GamesDominique Moceanu Participated, and she was the youngest team at just 14 years old. The previous year, at 13, she became the youngest gymnast of winning the US Gymnastics Championships. Now you must be 16 years old to participate in the gymnastics at the Olympic Games.

Dominique Moceanu: Now

As Dawes, Moceanu also has a gym, theDominique Moceanu Gymnastics Center in Medina, Ohio. The gym has also a yoga studio and Moceanu is an instructor. Following his gymnastic career, the age of 39wrote a memoir entitledImbalance, in which she told difficult times in her family life and as a young gymnast working under an exhausting training schedule. She then became active inHelp these gymnasts have been mistreated By USA Team National DoctorLarry Nassar, which is now in prison after being sentenced on several heads of sexual assault.

Moceanu and her husband,Michael Canales, have two children.

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Shannon Miller: So

Shannon Miller on the beam in the 1996 Olympics
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With a total of seven,Shannon Miller Won the most Olympic medals of any American gymnast. She won two silver medals in the individual beam and balance in 1992; bronze medals in uneven bars, soil exercises and team competition the same year; and gold medals for the team and equilibrium beam in 1996.

Shannon Miller: Now

Following his gym career, Miller attended the University of Houston for Subgrad, then Boston College, where she graduated in law. But rather than practicing law, Miller has become a motivating speaker, launched a brand focused on the health of women andbecame a spokesman for various other companies and organizations. Like some of his other teammates, she also contributed to gymnastics sports coverage.She published a memo,It's not perfect: compete for my country and fight for my life, in 2015.

In 2011, Miller was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but after chemotherapy, she has now beenwithout cancer for 10 years. The 44 year old is married to his second husband,John Falconetti, and they have two children.

Amy Chow: So

Amy Chow at the 1996 Olympics
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Amy Chow In competition in the 1996 Olympic Games, where she won the silver medal for unequal bars in addition to her gold medal of the team. She participated in the competition in the 2000 Olympics, winning the bronze team medal alongside Dawes and their other new teammates.

Amy Chow: Now

Amy Chow on the
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Chow became a doctor after retiring gymnastics. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in biology and graduated from Stanford Medical School. Chow received a scholarships from Paul & Daisy Soros for new Americans in 2003. According to the camaraderie site, the 43 years oldis now a doctor and a surgeon, who leads a private medical practice with her husband, her colleague surgeonJason Ho, in northern California. The couple also has two children together.

Jaycie Phelps: So

Kaycie Phelps performing her floor exercise at the 1996 Olympics
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Like Moceanu,Jaycie Phelps Only competed in the 1996 Olympic Games. But, as the rest of the magnificent seven, she also attended competitions such as the World and National Championships.

Jaycie Phelps: Now

Since 2010, Phelps have had theJaycie Phelps Athletic Center In his hometown of Greenfield, Indiana, which sheOpen with his father as co-founder, according to theGreenfield Journalist. The gym website explains: "Jaycie wanted to open JPAC to give children in his hometown the chance to realize their dreams as she was capable of."

Phelps now 41 leads the gymnastics center with his second husband,Dave marus, with whom she has two children.

Amanda Borden: So

Amanda Borden performing her floor exercise at the 1996 Olympic trials
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Amanda Borden was the team captain of the 1996 Olympic team. She is another gymnast that went to this game, winning the gold medal with her team.

Amanda Borden: Now

After the gymnastics, Borden graduated from the State University of Arizona with a diploma in early childhood education. She now has a gold medal gymnastics academy, which has two places in Arizona, with her husband. It has also been gymnastics and cheerleading commentator for a variety of networks, and even won an emmée for his work covering the NCAA gymnastics, according toThe site of its gym.

Borden, 44, is married toBrad Cochran with whom she has three children.

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