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Who remembers the heroic gymnast (Kerri Strug) who fought through her own painful adversity and won America and her teammates the gold? “It is up to her... she is the last to go... she is the only one who can do it.”In what would become the most talked-about moment of The Magnificent Seven’s gold medal-winning efforts, Strug put in one final heroic performance. She struck the landing with just one good ankle, lifted her left foot up and finished her routine with the salutations for the judges to score before collapsing on the mats. She had to be carried off by her coaches, her teammates were looking on nervously...After a few seconds, it became official: 9.712 and the gold medal was USA’s!!