A lot of great responses. I've really enjoy reading this thread!
I especially like reading about the USA upsets; something about seeing the Red, White & Blue compete that gets my blood flowing.
How about the 1996 USA Women's Gymnastics Team winning the Gold Medal in Atlanta?!?!?! The Russian women had won every team gold since 1952 except one (Romania -1984). Facing an uphill climb on the second night of competition, the US Women rode the wave of emotion set forth by a ruckus Atlanta crowd and took advantage of team Russia's missteps on the balance beam to put themselves in prime position for gold. They just needed solid scores on the vault to reach their ultimate goal, but normally flawless Dominique Moceanu fell on both of her attempts putting the US team's gold-medal hopes in doubt. Kerri Strug, fresh off a fall of her own, limped to the line with a mountain of tape on her injured ankle, bounded down the runway, vaulted high in the air, twisting and turning about and stuck the landing securing the gold.
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