A Broad and Generous Definition of Heroism: Celebrating Kerri Strug’s “Yes”— and Simone Biles’ “No.”
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Twenty-five years ago last Friday, the Olympic women’s team gymnastics final came down to the United States and Russia. With the two historic rivals neck-and-neck, the teams moved to their final rotations: the Russians on floor, the USA on vault. On her first vault, 18-year-old Kerri Strug landed badly. As
A Broad and Generous Definition of Heroism: Celebrating Kerri Strug’s “Yes”— and Simone Biles’ “No.”
A Broad and Generous Definition of Heroism…
A Broad and Generous Definition of Heroism: Celebrating Kerri Strug’s “Yes”— and Simone Biles’ “No.”
Twenty-five years ago last Friday, the Olympic women’s team gymnastics final came down to the United States and Russia. With the two historic rivals neck-and-neck, the teams moved to their final rotations: the Russians on floor, the USA on vault. On her first vault, 18-year-old Kerri Strug landed badly. As