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Transcript: U.S. Female Gymnasts Take Gold
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- NPR Morning Edition
- Article date:
- July 24, 1996
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Kerri Strug saved the day for the U.S. gymnastics team, by getting
a 9.7 out of a possible score of 10. She may have sacrificed her
individual performance, however, by injuring her ankle in the team
effort.
BOB EDWARDS, Host: This is Morning Edition; I'm Bob Edwards.
For the first time, a team of female gymnasts from the United
States has won an Olympic gold medal. Last night in Atlanta, the
U.S. team dethroned Russia in dramatic fashion.
From Atlanta, NPR's Tom Goldman reports.
TOM GOLDMAN, Reporter: After nearly two hours of leaping and balancing
and twisting and flying, this competition came down to one 18-year-
old American gymnast. ...