Out of all the VISA commercials, Kerri is the only one in which Morgan does not say her name. That can be attributed to the fact that if you don't remember her name you have must have been living under a rock.
It's terrible when a coach forces to do it again!!! Have you seen the video of that olympic games?? She was crying, not for the victory but for the coach!!!
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the show "make it or break it" used this in one of their episodes..one of the girls hurt her leg and had to the vault with one hurt leg.......just sayin
I am really amazed at this. However, I think she landed on both feet. That probably shows more dedication than landing on one anyway, because it must have hurt.
Truly a tribute to her hours in the gym of doing the same thing over and over, so that muscle memory could take over...and guts!!! Still inspires me all this time later!!
Still makes me teary eyed with pride cause you know that hurt. True courage and dedication to her team and the dream of the Olympics. That was a great year for us.
She played it by ear and waited to see how her ankle was before the AA and event finals, in hopes that she might be able to handle something, and chose to let the next person who qualified step in, in her place! How can you all be so hateful and say she faked her injury? Thats so wrong!
Agreed, It is SO wrong and utterly ridiculous!!!! Isn't it?? As if all those top notch doctors would be fooled, and fake her diagnosis??? And what, did they do,put make up, and prosthetics on her ankle to make it look so swollen, misshapen, and discolored when they showed it several days later??? That would take a pretty impressive conspiracy!!! LOL, it is absurd!!
Also Supercue, you have never answered to OUR satisfaction, how did they make it looked contorted and discolored, makeup? WHY would a gymnast who wanted DESPERATELY to compete in the AA lie to prevent herself that opportunity? There are other arguments on several of these videos, answer!
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I HAVE answered this already but briefly:
Under all the pressure, she simply choked and fell on the 1st vault of what was touted as "her event". (at this point, her mind was on failing again. The AA WASN'T EVEN a thought. Not blowing it was her ONLY focus NOT her AA eligibility) After the fall, she feigned an injury to excuse it (bad acting on the limp BTW) AND if the unimaginable happened again. But it didn't. She nailed it but had to continue with the hurt act which took her out of the AA.
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Also, I have NEVER seen what you describe as a "contorted and discolored" ankle. Where can I see it? All I've ever seen is a pic of 1 ankle. Which by itself doesn't even confirm if an ankle is swollen or not. A Dr. can't even determine if an ankle is swollen without comparing both of them. How can you?
Have you ever seen a gymnasts ankle after a meet? They are naturally all swollen and sore.
Where I can find this side by side of her ankles that you speak of or did you base this on just 1 pic?
Kerri Strug has been such an inspiration to all of the dedicated gymnasts. I am an elite gymnast, 14 year old and she still is one of my idol's. how more dedicated can you get when you have a broken, torn, i really dont know what happened but i know it was awfully painful for her to land on one foot while the other was hurt. Anyways, how more dedicated can you get when your ankle is in MAJOR pain and the fate of your countries team is on your shoulder, its a do or die thing. GO KERRI!!
She needed an excuse for falling on her first vault. After signaling her finish (without a limp), she started walking off not knowing which ankle to fake.
Then, after a limpless approach, plant and landing she lifts her left ankle, FALLS TO THE GROUND PUTTING ALL HER WEIGHT ON TOP OF IT AND (IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH) PROCEEDS TO SIT BACK ON HER "INJURED" ANKLE TORQUING IT EVEN FURTHER AS SHE DRAGS IT ACROSS THE MAT. Watch the video.
No matter how much you want to make your point, you can't tell that an ankle is "definitely broken" by seeing it on TV. lol You can't even tell if it is so much as swollen without comparing it to the other ankle (which they did not show). Sorry.
AND LIKE I SAID: A Dr. can't even tell if an ankle's broken just by seeing it on TV. How can you? The fact is IT WAS NEVER BROKEN! It was announced during the AA coverage as only a moderate sprain. Why are you making stuff up? You're losing all credibility by fabricating facts.
Can YOU admit when YOU'RE wrong or will you resort to lies and name calling to try and prove your point?
Either answer the question or stop wasting our time with this nonsense.
It's like contradiction to yourself. You are the one clearly claiming that she faked this injury when I'm saying she had one. None of us are doctors (I'm only 15!). When I saw the ankle on the NBC coverage, it looked pretty ugly and distorted. I'm not diagnosing something that happened 13 YEARS AGO! I have an idea. Why don't YOU stop your BSing and just let it go. Oh, by the way, your question is just retarded.
That explains why I'm not being a total idiot and claiming Kerri Strug faked her injury. Just let it go already. You're not going to win. There's 13 year old evidence that she had an injury.
??? I don't know what you're talking about but she was taken to the the hospital to be examined and said to have a "moderate strain". This was reported live at the medal ceremony. She was never admitted or "put in" any hospital but try and do me a favor...ANSWER THIS: If her ankle was really hurt, why would she sit back on it and use it to stand like she does in 1:45-2:00?
OMG! Give it a rest. All of America knows that she really hurt her ankle and she couldn't compete in AA because of it. This is a known fact that she had this injury. Why do you think she was limping on the way back after her first vault? Huh? She did the second vault for the team and her country, so don't argue that.
Everyone can see that you are answering my question with a question because there IS NO REASON for anyone with an authentic ankle injury to behave as she did in 1:45-2:00. If you take a deep breath, check your ego and look at the facts objectionably from both sides, it is painfully clear. I felt just like you when it was first brought to me but I couldn't explain her actions either. I have even asked Dr.s and they were speechless.
It sucks I know but if you can think of anything, let me know.
There's NO REASON for you to call her a faker. Gymnastics is a sport where injuries are an everyday thing. Just let it go. This was, what, 13 years ago!
FOR THE 3RD TIME STRAIGHT you've avoided answering my one and only question
If you think she was really hurt, then try and give us ONE common sense reason why someone with a freshly injured ankle (like YOU say she had) would REPEATEDLY roll back torquing it the way she does (so much that at one point the entire front of her foot is in contact with the mat). You are not seriously asking us to consider that her "testing" it are you?
You must admit her actions at least look a little questionable.
I didn't answer your question with a question. All I said was that gymnastics was a sport where injuries are an everyday thing. Plus, it was over a decade ago. It's a fact she was injured. I don't need proof. Let it be!
I said you AVOIDED ANSWERING my one and only question...and you did it again (4x). Could it be that there is no logical answer for someone to do that???????? I want to believe in her heroism but I couldn't think of one either.
Will you get over with that "avoiding your question" thing already? It's pissing me off just like your arguement and how she's "faking". You know what? This was 13 years ago (over a DECADE), so get the hell over it already.
It's not pissing you off enough to try and answer it though is it? If you want me to get over pointing out that you are avoiding the question, stop avoiding the damn question! lol
With all the time you have spent responding I would think that you would have come up with something...anything by now to explain her actions but it's obvious that you either CAN'T or really agree with me but can't bring yourself to say so. That's sad.
The damn question is retarded! You should know why she did it. To try to win the first gold medal for the US WAG Olympic team and to know that she was the one to do it. Nobody knew how serious the tiny injury from the first vault was until after the second vault when it clearly was serious.
The question AGAIN (6x)is: If you think she was really hurt, then try and tell us why someone with a freshly injured ankle would REPEATEDLY rock back torquing it the way she does in 1:45-2:00 (so much that at one point the entire front of her foot is in contact with the mat)?
She didn't do THAT to win gold. She already stuck the vault. lol
The "clearly serious" injury remained tiny after the 2nd vault. It was only a moderate sprain per the Dr.s that examined her. Sorry
Seriously, get over it. You're wrong and you hate to admit it. There's proof she had an injury. She was carried off to be examined and she came back wearing a CAST. Plus she didn't compete in the AA because of that injury.
She was in pain, so instead of falling over from hopping on her right foot, she got down.
Stop criticizing something that happened 13 years ago. You're coming off as a douche.
Their is a definite possibility that she was testing her ankle for pain, other than that I believe she was either trying to find a more comfortable way of resting it, as you can see she is moving it repeatedly. Also as a gymnast her ankles would have been very flexible so it wouldnt have hurt her as much as another person to extend it, there is also the fact that her pain threshold would have been high.
Nevertheless she wasnt faking, it doesnt make sense for her to shut herself out of the AA.
And it's a definite possibility (whatever that means) that she wasn't. (it's either definite or a possibility. can't be both)
If that what yo think a gymnast looks like "testing" a fresh ankle injury, I would question your source. An injury is tested gingerly. 1 to avoid pain but more importantly to prevent further injury. She flops and folds her ankle like it doesn't hurt at all...REPEATEDLY. nothing ginger about what she did.
Flexibility allows more range of a good joint without pain not an injured one.
A high tolerance for pain might explain how she could have vaulted successfully but does not address my question of why she would continually mistreat herself after the vault if she was really hurt.
Under all that pressure, it DOES make sense for her to feign an injury after her 1st fall in case the unacceptable happens again and she fails on her final attempt. She simply painted herself into a corner with it though and had to continue with the act (though not very convincingly) after sticking the 2nd vault, excluding her form the AA.
This explains her actions very neatly.
Thank you for addressing my question though without insulting me.
Um no actually a definite possibility means that it is not impossible. Go back to grammar class.
Yes but had you read correctly you would have realized what Ive already said, her ankle is really flexible, she bends it about halfway to what she could before she stops. That seems about right to me.
|f YOU went back to grammar class, you would find that "definite possibility " is an oxymoron aka an impossible contradiction.
Again, if what you see is her "testing an injury" then I would question your experience with ankle injuries. Mines is extensive (30+ years).
I take it that you're not an athlete, coach or in the medical field and base your opinion on your feelings and not the facts. We can debate facts but I will never try to change your feelings. It's a "definite impossibility".
Im not going to argue grammar with you, but you need to learn to recognize literary techniques properly.
Phew 30 years, you must be old! I don't care because regardless of ''experience'', you can still be wrong.
In fact I am an athlete, and a few months back I tore some lateral ligaments in my ankle while training. So I would have a better picture to what it feels like, I believe she acted as anyone would in her position, not knowing exactly what to do with it or what position to put it in.
The instinctive position for ANY injury is to hold it in a state of rest (not flex) protecting it from contact and further injury. She did neither. You didn't fall on top of your injury did you?
Sit back on your ankles the way she does and tell me if this would ADD or RELIEVE the pain and tension on freshly damaged nerves in your ankle. It's not even a close call. This rocking would have caused EXCRUCIATING pain and is why I don't think she'd do it.
she went to the hospital afterwards for a third degree latteral sprain and tendon damage. i dont know what you were trying to say but she was definetly hurt pretty bad
???What does that even mean???? You don't "go to the hospital" knowing the extent of your injury. lol
However, I CAN tell you that when the Dr.s actually examined her, they could only say she had a "moderate" sprain. This was reported LIVE, ON-AIR by the reporters commentating during the All-Arounds.
Where did you get your information from? Did you make it up? I seem to be getting a lot of that around here.
They made that immediate diagnosis, whilst being in a hurry to give the minimum treatment that would allow her to join her team mates for the medal ceremony.
Later, after an MRI, they found that the injury was worse than what they announced on TV.
If she was faking, then all of the doctors, trainers etc. collaborated with her. think your theory is absurd, and I wonder why you insist on trying to stain the reputation of this beloved athlete.
I have responded to many of your posts as you try and poison this moment in history. She was later diagnosed with a 3rd degree sprain, on the inSIDE of her ankle. 3rd degree means the ligament(s) was/were completely torn.
As for the "rocking" the only basis for your accusations, I watched carefully, watch the actual joint, it never flexes as she slides forward, as for her weight it was mostly over her arms then she reaches back and releases her foot and whatever pressure there was.
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"She was later diagnosed with a 3rd degree sprain"
OK, I'll bite. Where do you get this info so we can check it out?
As for the rocking: Give me a break! At one point her entire ankle was in contact with the mat. Your ankle at rest is shaped like an "L" if you haven't noticed. Do exactly what she did to your healthy uninjured ankle and you'll see what I mean. It hurts.
...and yes this unnatural reaction to what you say is a 3rd degree sprain is a VERY GOOD basis for my accusation.
Sacramones performance was terrible during the olympics and was the reason why Team USA lost. With that kind of performance and still made it to the national team, I wonder how many coaches did she have to sleep with in order to get the spot. Her ass is so fat, I think her ass is at least 20 pounds extra compared to her teammates. That was why she brought down Team USA. Stupid bitch should go to Jenny Craig. Alicia will go down as the worst, and most disgraceful gymnast in Olympic history.
Well, technically, she didn't land it on one foot. Before the vault, she could walk; after the vault, she couldn't. That was from landing on both feet. She may have been favoring one side, but she landing on both feet. Amazing, either way.
Kerri is a great American champion. Visa sucks ass and will do anything it can to suck more money out of people, including exploiting a fine American moment.
It is figurative language moron. She didnt have the full use of her left foot since it was injured, hence the "do it all on one foot." Everything is not literal, especially marketing for visa adds. Nonetheless I loved these adds and thought this one was particuarly well written.
i remember when this happened. she twisted her ankle and tried to do it on one foot during the first vault and fell. She literally landed with most of her weight on her good ankle. This was an incredible moment to watch as a child.
She's performing at an Olympic level with an injured ankle. Regardless of if she stepped with the injured foot or not, IT WAS INJURED -.- She was pretty much completely relying on the other foot.
yea, but you didnt see that her ankle was really badly sprained, did you? And besides, when she landed, she had one foot up in the air...or did you not notice that?
You clearly aren't old enough to have watched Kerri do that live. She sprained her ankle on the first vault, and the coach told her if she didn't do one more vault and get at least a 9.4 the USA would lose gold. So she stuck the landing on a sprained ankle and got a 9.7. This vault won the gold. It's one of the greatest Olympic moments of all time.
i think it was a great commercial and with me being a athlete myself still at age 12 and able to swim in sectionals is great i think she shows how much heart she had and you saying go suck a (man hood) is very disrespectful..... why dont you try breaking your leg and having heart to spin around the air and stick a landing
Uh, you are a complete moron. The fact that "she did it all on one foot" shows how much heart she had. Holy crap, it's called an implied meaning...anyone who isn't mentally retarded would understand it.
i agree..to slightly correct freeman though...she did it on one *good* foot (=...the music for these commercials are amazing.........jus wanted to throw that in.
she had a sprang ankle it was her second time around the doctor said she shouldn't, but the judges let her. It's not how many feet she used it's the heart it took to do it again
it is a nice presentation but really crappy for VISA to exploit it. I remember when it happened and it was more memorable than even this silly commercial can capture
Out of all the VISA commercials, Kerri is the only one in which Morgan does not say her name. That can be attributed to the fact that if you don't remember her name you have must have been living under a rock.
petis1976 5 days ago
EPIC moment. EPIC voice.
jdsthird 1 week ago
crazyness.
MissGlamarellaaa 3 months ago
Inspirational.
Asiax1025 4 months ago
@FuxiaAngeL she CHOSE to go again.
gymnastagirl141009 5 months ago 2
I never expected to cry from this.
broadwaymelody33 5 months ago
Ehy, a girl broke her leg!!!!
It's terrible when a coach forces to do it again!!! Have you seen the video of that olympic games?? She was crying, not for the victory but for the coach!!!
Horrible game...
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petis1976 2 days ago
These commercials always make me cry.
sixtypixies 6 months ago
I absolutely adore Morgans voice!!
MrsShazziePepper1996 7 months ago
OMG i watched this like 14 times durring the olympics I LOVE IT:)
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JabbatheCunt241 9 months ago
the show "make it or break it" used this in one of their episodes..one of the girls hurt her leg and had to the vault with one hurt leg.......just sayin
13rainsN13eauty 9 months ago 3
@13rainsN13eauty with an entire nation watching.. needing a 9.4 to win.. i'm sure it was just like that. >.>
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boab23 9 months ago
You know you're a badass when Morgan Freeman narrates a commercial about you. LIKE.A.BOSS
Aditee8 9 months ago 12
@Aditee8 LMAO!!! You're so right!!
ftrmrswhite 9 months ago
Go World? I'm all about global community and brotherhood but that was 100% USA moment.
RollOnToVictory 1 year ago
Put Derek Redmond, Dorando Pietri and Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima on it.
caravaggio31 1 year ago 2
What an incredible, classic olympic moment...still gives me chills all these years later.
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@prncesskarleigh makes me so happy i tear up still!! haha
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Morgan Freeman's voice = the best voice ever created by God!!!
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@Mikizzle15 Morgan Freeman IS God.
Gazebo91 1 year ago 2
I am really amazed at this. However, I think she landed on both feet. That probably shows more dedication than landing on one anyway, because it must have hurt.
BrittanyandSidni 1 year ago
now that is a true athlete.
GBSproductions95 1 year ago
chills and tears. chills and tears
tboy13084 1 year ago 2
I was rocked to the core by this.
gracehuang101 1 year ago
i feel that if i ever spoke to god he would sound like morgan freeman
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@kb9102683 lol I sure hope so. that wound be amazing
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JabbatheCunt241 9 months ago
Truly a tribute to her hours in the gym of doing the same thing over and over, so that muscle memory could take over...and guts!!! Still inspires me all this time later!!
66nylorac 2 years ago
to have your story narrated by Mogran Freeman is so bad ass
jeanplaysgolf 2 years ago 67
Morgan Freeman can make an already awesome event sound even more amazing.
Eliz279009 2 years ago 156
I agree, perfect choice for these adds
TravisCBR600 2 years ago 2
Still makes me teary eyed with pride cause you know that hurt. True courage and dedication to her team and the dream of the Olympics. That was a great year for us.
SCJakubal 2 years ago 2
That's America! THAT'S AMERICA
RoxyMoron101 2 years ago 2
OUCH!!
vivtzka 2 years ago
She played it by ear and waited to see how her ankle was before the AA and event finals, in hopes that she might be able to handle something, and chose to let the next person who qualified step in, in her place! How can you all be so hateful and say she faked her injury? Thats so wrong!
TikiBoy382 2 years ago 3
Agreed, It is SO wrong and utterly ridiculous!!!! Isn't it?? As if all those top notch doctors would be fooled, and fake her diagnosis??? And what, did they do,put make up, and prosthetics on her ankle to make it look so swollen, misshapen, and discolored when they showed it several days later??? That would take a pretty impressive conspiracy!!! LOL, it is absurd!!
66nylorac 2 years ago
insperational!!!
nicolefilpsalot 2 years ago
You gotta really want it... go Kerri!
ptschafer 2 years ago
I choke up everytime!
hyperballad5 2 years ago
Also Supercue, you have never answered to OUR satisfaction, how did they make it looked contorted and discolored, makeup? WHY would a gymnast who wanted DESPERATELY to compete in the AA lie to prevent herself that opportunity? There are other arguments on several of these videos, answer!
66nylorac 2 years ago
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I HAVE answered this already but briefly:
Under all the pressure, she simply choked and fell on the 1st vault of what was touted as "her event". (at this point, her mind was on failing again. The AA WASN'T EVEN a thought. Not blowing it was her ONLY focus NOT her AA eligibility) After the fall, she feigned an injury to excuse it (bad acting on the limp BTW) AND if the unimaginable happened again. But it didn't. She nailed it but had to continue with the hurt act which took her out of the AA.
superque4 2 years ago
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Also, I have NEVER seen what you describe as a "contorted and discolored" ankle. Where can I see it? All I've ever seen is a pic of 1 ankle. Which by itself doesn't even confirm if an ankle is swollen or not. A Dr. can't even determine if an ankle is swollen without comparing both of them. How can you?
Have you ever seen a gymnasts ankle after a meet? They are naturally all swollen and sore.
Where I can find this side by side of her ankles that you speak of or did you base this on just 1 pic?
superque4 2 years ago
But she was also just getting over another ankle injury. I agree with 66nylorac.
toriluvsgym0618 2 years ago
she had a 3rd degree sprain in her ankle which is basically a broken one,
missmouse35 2 years ago
i did that to my ankle and i could barely walk until the next day. she's amazing!
jumpinggymnast5 2 years ago
The next Mary Lou!! Love her!
Anthonyb2644 2 years ago
does anyone know the name of the music in the background?
cheerpedge41 2 years ago
Kerri Strug has been such an inspiration to all of the dedicated gymnasts. I am an elite gymnast, 14 year old and she still is one of my idol's. how more dedicated can you get when you have a broken, torn, i really dont know what happened but i know it was awfully painful for her to land on one foot while the other was hurt. Anyways, how more dedicated can you get when your ankle is in MAJOR pain and the fate of your countries team is on your shoulder, its a do or die thing. GO KERRI!!
iluzvball333 2 years ago
she did it for the gold
ChiknThighTatorPie 2 years ago
It was her heart that made her do that. Desire, not only gold since she overcame a looooooong way of being overshadowed by everyone and her own self.
espinaca79 2 years ago
I was talking about what she said after she did it. She said "we did it for the gold"
ChiknThighTatorPie 2 years ago
this was one of TV's most memorable moments
ChiknThighTatorPie 2 years ago
She is an testiment to American "will power," when it absolutely needs to get done or else..only an American can be relied upon!!!
volontewilliam 2 years ago
Kerri Strug is amazing.
GymnasticsSuperstar 3 years ago 2
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SHE IS THE BIGGEST FAKER IN OLYMPIC HISTORY!!!!!
She needed an excuse for falling on her first vault. After signaling her finish (without a limp), she started walking off not knowing which ankle to fake.
Then, after a limpless approach, plant and landing she lifts her left ankle, FALLS TO THE GROUND PUTTING ALL HER WEIGHT ON TOP OF IT AND (IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH) PROCEEDS TO SIT BACK ON HER "INJURED" ANKLE TORQUING IT EVEN FURTHER AS SHE DRAGS IT ACROSS THE MAT. Watch the video.
superque4 3 years ago
Like I said, in the AA they showed her bare ankle and it was definitely broken!
12bmills 2 years ago
Dr. Mills,
No matter how much you want to make your point, you can't tell that an ankle is "definitely broken" by seeing it on TV. lol You can't even tell if it is so much as swollen without comparing it to the other ankle (which they did not show). Sorry.
superque4 2 years ago
AND LIKE I SAID: A Dr. can't even tell if an ankle's broken just by seeing it on TV. How can you? The fact is IT WAS NEVER BROKEN! It was announced during the AA coverage as only a moderate sprain. Why are you making stuff up? You're losing all credibility by fabricating facts.
Can YOU admit when YOU'RE wrong or will you resort to lies and name calling to try and prove your point?
Either answer the question or stop wasting our time with this nonsense.
superque4 2 years ago
It's like contradiction to yourself. You are the one clearly claiming that she faked this injury when I'm saying she had one. None of us are doctors (I'm only 15!). When I saw the ankle on the NBC coverage, it looked pretty ugly and distorted. I'm not diagnosing something that happened 13 YEARS AGO! I have an idea. Why don't YOU stop your BSing and just let it go. Oh, by the way, your question is just retarded.
12bmills 2 years ago
You're only 15. THAT explains a lot! Thanks for playing.
superque4 2 years ago
That explains why I'm not being a total idiot and claiming Kerri Strug faked her injury. Just let it go already. You're not going to win. There's 13 year old evidence that she had an injury.
12bmills 2 years ago
Than that makes what Keri Strug that much more amazing. Sprains are more painful than breaks.
RhinoBarbarian 2 years ago 4
Are they? That's debatable. Anyway, you say it's amazing. I say it's unbelievable.
superque4 2 years ago
if she was "faking" she wouldn't have been put in the hospital for a lateral sprain and tendon damage. I think this was amazing.
321actionvideos 2 years ago
??? I don't know what you're talking about but she was taken to the the hospital to be examined and said to have a "moderate strain". This was reported live at the medal ceremony. She was never admitted or "put in" any hospital but try and do me a favor...ANSWER THIS: If her ankle was really hurt, why would she sit back on it and use it to stand like she does in 1:45-2:00?
superque4 2 years ago
OMG! Give it a rest. All of America knows that she really hurt her ankle and she couldn't compete in AA because of it. This is a known fact that she had this injury. Why do you think she was limping on the way back after her first vault? Huh? She did the second vault for the team and her country, so don't argue that.
12bmills 2 years ago
Everyone can see that you are answering my question with a question because there IS NO REASON for anyone with an authentic ankle injury to behave as she did in 1:45-2:00. If you take a deep breath, check your ego and look at the facts objectionably from both sides, it is painfully clear. I felt just like you when it was first brought to me but I couldn't explain her actions either. I have even asked Dr.s and they were speechless.
It sucks I know but if you can think of anything, let me know.
superque4 2 years ago
There's NO REASON for you to call her a faker. Gymnastics is a sport where injuries are an everyday thing. Just let it go. This was, what, 13 years ago!
12bmills 2 years ago
FOR THE 3RD TIME STRAIGHT you've avoided answering my one and only question
If you think she was really hurt, then try and give us ONE common sense reason why someone with a freshly injured ankle (like YOU say she had) would REPEATEDLY roll back torquing it the way she does (so much that at one point the entire front of her foot is in contact with the mat). You are not seriously asking us to consider that her "testing" it are you?
You must admit her actions at least look a little questionable.
superque4 2 years ago
I didn't answer your question with a question. All I said was that gymnastics was a sport where injuries are an everyday thing. Plus, it was over a decade ago. It's a fact she was injured. I don't need proof. Let it be!
12bmills 2 years ago
I said you AVOIDED ANSWERING my one and only question...and you did it again (4x). Could it be that there is no logical answer for someone to do that???????? I want to believe in her heroism but I couldn't think of one either.
superque4 2 years ago
Will you get over with that "avoiding your question" thing already? It's pissing me off just like your arguement and how she's "faking". You know what? This was 13 years ago (over a DECADE), so get the hell over it already.
12bmills 2 years ago
It's not pissing you off enough to try and answer it though is it? If you want me to get over pointing out that you are avoiding the question, stop avoiding the damn question! lol
With all the time you have spent responding I would think that you would have come up with something...anything by now to explain her actions but it's obvious that you either CAN'T or really agree with me but can't bring yourself to say so. That's sad.
ps You know this makes 5x don't you?
superque4 2 years ago
The damn question is retarded! You should know why she did it. To try to win the first gold medal for the US WAG Olympic team and to know that she was the one to do it. Nobody knew how serious the tiny injury from the first vault was until after the second vault when it clearly was serious.
12bmills 2 years ago
You're funny.
The question AGAIN (6x)is: If you think she was really hurt, then try and tell us why someone with a freshly injured ankle would REPEATEDLY rock back torquing it the way she does in 1:45-2:00 (so much that at one point the entire front of her foot is in contact with the mat)?
She didn't do THAT to win gold. She already stuck the vault. lol
The "clearly serious" injury remained tiny after the 2nd vault. It was only a moderate sprain per the Dr.s that examined her. Sorry
superque4 2 years ago
Seriously, get over it. You're wrong and you hate to admit it. There's proof she had an injury. She was carried off to be examined and she came back wearing a CAST. Plus she didn't compete in the AA because of that injury.
She was in pain, so instead of falling over from hopping on her right foot, she got down.
Stop criticizing something that happened 13 years ago. You're coming off as a douche.
12bmills 2 years ago
If I'm wrong, give us just 1 reason that she would do that to her ankle (7x). It's obvious that you can't. Because there IS NO reason for this.
I don't mind being wrong. She was diagnosed with a "moderate" sprain. Look up the meaning.
If she was in real pain, she would have never subjected her injury to that kind of weight and movement.
I WANT to believe you but her actions don't support your arguments. Neither does her prognosis of only a moderate sprain.
superque4 2 years ago
Their is a definite possibility that she was testing her ankle for pain, other than that I believe she was either trying to find a more comfortable way of resting it, as you can see she is moving it repeatedly. Also as a gymnast her ankles would have been very flexible so it wouldnt have hurt her as much as another person to extend it, there is also the fact that her pain threshold would have been high.
Nevertheless she wasnt faking, it doesnt make sense for her to shut herself out of the AA.
ostentatiousvirtue 2 years ago
And it's a definite possibility (whatever that means) that she wasn't. (it's either definite or a possibility. can't be both)
If that what yo think a gymnast looks like "testing" a fresh ankle injury, I would question your source. An injury is tested gingerly. 1 to avoid pain but more importantly to prevent further injury. She flops and folds her ankle like it doesn't hurt at all...REPEATEDLY. nothing ginger about what she did.
superque4 2 years ago
Flexibility allows more range of a good joint without pain not an injured one.
A high tolerance for pain might explain how she could have vaulted successfully but does not address my question of why she would continually mistreat herself after the vault if she was really hurt.
superque4 2 years ago
Under all that pressure, it DOES make sense for her to feign an injury after her 1st fall in case the unacceptable happens again and she fails on her final attempt. She simply painted herself into a corner with it though and had to continue with the act (though not very convincingly) after sticking the 2nd vault, excluding her form the AA.
This explains her actions very neatly.
Thank you for addressing my question though without insulting me.
superque4 2 years ago
Um no actually a definite possibility means that it is not impossible. Go back to grammar class.
Yes but had you read correctly you would have realized what Ive already said, her ankle is really flexible, she bends it about halfway to what she could before she stops. That seems about right to me.
ostentatiousvirtue 2 years ago
|f YOU went back to grammar class, you would find that "definite possibility " is an oxymoron aka an impossible contradiction.
Again, if what you see is her "testing an injury" then I would question your experience with ankle injuries. Mines is extensive (30+ years).
I take it that you're not an athlete, coach or in the medical field and base your opinion on your feelings and not the facts. We can debate facts but I will never try to change your feelings. It's a "definite impossibility".
superque4 2 years ago
Im not going to argue grammar with you, but you need to learn to recognize literary techniques properly.
Phew 30 years, you must be old! I don't care because regardless of ''experience'', you can still be wrong.
In fact I am an athlete, and a few months back I tore some lateral ligaments in my ankle while training. So I would have a better picture to what it feels like, I believe she acted as anyone would in her position, not knowing exactly what to do with it or what position to put it in.
ostentatiousvirtue 2 years ago
Thanks for conceding the grammar.
The instinctive position for ANY injury is to hold it in a state of rest (not flex) protecting it from contact and further injury. She did neither. You didn't fall on top of your injury did you?
Sit back on your ankles the way she does and tell me if this would ADD or RELIEVE the pain and tension on freshly damaged nerves in your ankle. It's not even a close call. This rocking would have caused EXCRUCIATING pain and is why I don't think she'd do it.
superque4 2 years ago
she went to the hospital afterwards for a third degree latteral sprain and tendon damage. i dont know what you were trying to say but she was definetly hurt pretty bad
madcow312 2 years ago
???What does that even mean???? You don't "go to the hospital" knowing the extent of your injury. lol
However, I CAN tell you that when the Dr.s actually examined her, they could only say she had a "moderate" sprain. This was reported LIVE, ON-AIR by the reporters commentating during the All-Arounds.
Where did you get your information from? Did you make it up? I seem to be getting a lot of that around here.
superque4 2 years ago
They made that immediate diagnosis, whilst being in a hurry to give the minimum treatment that would allow her to join her team mates for the medal ceremony.
Later, after an MRI, they found that the injury was worse than what they announced on TV.
If she was faking, then all of the doctors, trainers etc. collaborated with her. think your theory is absurd, and I wonder why you insist on trying to stain the reputation of this beloved athlete.
66nylorac 2 years ago
OK, now we're getting somewhere. I have no problem admitting if I'm wrong. Her reaction simply seems too damaging to this particular injury.
If you can tell us where you get this information so that I can verify, I'll be happy to retract.
spongebaby0107 2 years ago
I have responded to many of your posts as you try and poison this moment in history. She was later diagnosed with a 3rd degree sprain, on the inSIDE of her ankle. 3rd degree means the ligament(s) was/were completely torn.
As for the "rocking" the only basis for your accusations, I watched carefully, watch the actual joint, it never flexes as she slides forward, as for her weight it was mostly over her arms then she reaches back and releases her foot and whatever pressure there was.
66nylorac 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
"She was later diagnosed with a 3rd degree sprain"
OK, I'll bite. Where do you get this info so we can check it out?
As for the rocking: Give me a break! At one point her entire ankle was in contact with the mat. Your ankle at rest is shaped like an "L" if you haven't noticed. Do exactly what she did to your healthy uninjured ankle and you'll see what I mean. It hurts.
...and yes this unnatural reaction to what you say is a 3rd degree sprain is a VERY GOOD basis for my accusation.
superque4 2 years ago
I think she was injured, maybe not badly, but injured.
fsugal77 2 years ago
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Sacramones performance was terrible during the olympics and was the reason why Team USA lost. With that kind of performance and still made it to the national team, I wonder how many coaches did she have to sleep with in order to get the spot. Her ass is so fat, I think her ass is at least 20 pounds extra compared to her teammates. That was why she brought down Team USA. Stupid bitch should go to Jenny Craig. Alicia will go down as the worst, and most disgraceful gymnast in Olympic history.
johnyaowuncar3 3 years ago
what is the name for the song.
sirob721 3 years ago 4
thats amazing! i cant beleive she landed her vault on one foot!
i can barely do a layout salto off vault!
Shes my role model...i did a report on her!
tumblingfreak1403 3 years ago 6
Well, technically, she didn't land it on one foot. Before the vault, she could walk; after the vault, she couldn't. That was from landing on both feet. She may have been favoring one side, but she landing on both feet. Amazing, either way.
tammy842 2 years ago
Kerri is a great American champion. Visa sucks ass and will do anything it can to suck more money out of people, including exploiting a fine American moment.
mka800 3 years ago
this keeps bugging me - she landed on BOTH feet, but brought her left foot up immediately after. Still, she was great. :~)
SuzQ2 3 years ago
It is figurative language moron. She didnt have the full use of her left foot since it was injured, hence the "do it all on one foot." Everything is not literal, especially marketing for visa adds. Nonetheless I loved these adds and thought this one was particuarly well written.
nbonacci1982 3 years ago 5
i remember when this happened. she twisted her ankle and tried to do it on one foot during the first vault and fell. She literally landed with most of her weight on her good ankle. This was an incredible moment to watch as a child.
quelyn08 3 years ago 2
She was determined and that's all you need in gym,nastics(besides not minding if you fall and skill)lol!!!
dancingrl5678 3 years ago
she's injured, see she kept going! u ding dongs not steroids on gymnastics!
SuperIceMan1 3 years ago
WOW AMAZING!!! GO GIRL!!!
IloveSEANTAYLOR 3 years ago
dayyummm girl!!
that was amazing.
nofocrush 3 years ago
That is amazing!
FootballGirl55 3 years ago
you gonna argue with morgan freeman bitch?
StephyDiscool 3 years ago 63
anger management much?
iloveleointhe90s 3 years ago
oh and whats the song? i like it
yrvotms16 3 years ago
VISA owns the world!
cloud218 3 years ago 5
dam dat is determination... i kno if that was me i would of just quit... but woooow gotta love her
creshana1 3 years ago
lol! steroids on gymnastics? u retard! ahahaa
yrvotms16 3 years ago
nukelok ure a dumb faggot u dnt know shit.
chencho2689 3 years ago
why the hell would yo take steroids for gymnastics. what are you retarded?
thetopdog99 3 years ago
wow. issues. -.-
darkchocolate190 3 years ago
Song plz??
LiLChRiS80070 3 years ago
NukeLok - Forget to take your meds?
nancydrew50 3 years ago
Wow! I actually remember watching this Olympics when she got hurt. Since then, I've always associated Gymnastics with her.
saiyandali 3 years ago 2
Kerri Strug = Badass
bjornde 3 years ago
She's performing at an Olympic level with an injured ankle. Regardless of if she stepped with the injured foot or not, IT WAS INJURED -.- She was pretty much completely relying on the other foot.
She Did It On One Foot.
Dark1Sky 3 years ago 2
my nigga morgan
bigpoulaki11 3 years ago
LOVE this commercial!
ladyamanda123 3 years ago 3
Morgan Freeman kicks ass. I love his voice. And Kerri Strug kicked ass for the US too. I love watching USA win!!
lewchurch 3 years ago 2
these commercials are awesome
morgan freeman is good too i guess lol
whats the name of the song?
jonnorreeds 3 years ago
Clutch
madcow312 3 years ago
that's very impresive...even though she had a sprained ankle, she still went out and won gold for u.s.a.
wazinup9394 3 years ago
nice...
CuteZeta1920 3 years ago
yea, but you didnt see that her ankle was really badly sprained, did you? And besides, when she landed, she had one foot up in the air...or did you not notice that?
soccer4life911 3 years ago
i love this commercial too!!! thats awesome how she landed!!!!!you go girl!
pooh2012bear 3 years ago
You clearly aren't old enough to have watched Kerri do that live. She sprained her ankle on the first vault, and the coach told her if she didn't do one more vault and get at least a 9.4 the USA would lose gold. So she stuck the landing on a sprained ankle and got a 9.7. This vault won the gold. It's one of the greatest Olympic moments of all time.
sunnshiine2 3 years ago 2
Thanks for telling all the youngsters here the story. That was one of the best moments in olympic history. She had some heart, my friend.
jeffrushing 3 years ago 2
ouch...thats gotta hurt...but she did like it was easy. go kerri
killgore09 3 years ago
i think it was a great commercial and with me being a athlete myself still at age 12 and able to swim in sectionals is great i think she shows how much heart she had and you saying go suck a (man hood) is very disrespectful..... why dont you try breaking your leg and having heart to spin around the air and stick a landing
flygurlunder30 3 years ago
Uh, you are a complete moron. The fact that "she did it all on one foot" shows how much heart she had. Holy crap, it's called an implied meaning...anyone who isn't mentally retarded would understand it.
eruzeis 3 years ago 2
anyone knows the background musics name?
ebluebear 3 years ago
some of you are idiots, what she did was amazing, what these athletes do is amazing, when they do it injured its spectacular
TravisCBR600 3 years ago
by stating that she had to do it on one foot just goes to show how much heart she truly had
redant25689 3 years ago
well, sort of. one of her feet was pretty useless because she tore ligaments and tendons on her first vault.
kate104 3 years ago
she had to stick her landing on one foot,
cause when she landed she broke her leg/foot
whatever.
lastxkissx3x 3 years ago
no, her ankle was already injured.
soccer4life911 3 years ago
No she sprained her ankle on the first vault. She then did a second vault which got her a 9.7
Dark1Sky 3 years ago
i agree..to slightly correct freeman though...she did it on one *good* foot (=...the music for these commercials are amazing.........jus wanted to throw that in.
BLOOURN 3 years ago
she had a sprang ankle it was her second time around the doctor said she shouldn't, but the judges let her. It's not how many feet she used it's the heart it took to do it again
isaiah322 3 years ago
amazing!
riffxraff 3 years ago
it is a nice presentation but really crappy for VISA to exploit it. I remember when it happened and it was more memorable than even this silly commercial can capture
armus550 3 years ago
This puts tears in my eyes
jaszmina9 3 years ago
i remember this i was hoppin up cuz she won it for us!!!! great moment!!!!
STUPIDWEED630 3 years ago
I remember watching while it was on tv. OMG it was the single most amazing thing I have ever seen.
love9boy 3 years ago