Magnificent 7 Documentary: Anything To Win (part 1)
A documentary about the 1996 US Olympic gymnastics team that won the nation’s first-ever team gold medal at the Atlanta Games. The team members, Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps, and Kerri Strug, are better known as the Magnificent 7 and hold a place in gymnastics history.
y is moceanu in court?
@Elemarth Thanks, I always wondered how they got involved if they weren’t former athletes, appreciate the response
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@tmwalkerm Marta was, I think, but Bela was absolutely terrible at it. They were sports teachers who just got more interested in gymnastics than any other sport. They thought it was the best one for the kids who lived in their area, and then it took off.
@svetaswan I couldn’t have put it better. I totally agree with you. Amanda was the best as captain.
@diamepiece I had two different posters of Moceanu.. and a biography about her. lol.. I was lucky enough to be at the Atlanta games (8 years old!) when they took the gold. I still talk about it! (Obviously!) They were my heroes for the longest time!
I hate to be a buzzkill but MLR would not be an Olympic champion if the 1984 games were a fully attended Olympics… I probably would have given it to Szabo over her anyway. The real gymnastics competition that year took place in Olomouc.
@ginoseast123 You’re right, it’s not always the case. More often than not, however, the team captain is someone who has “been there before.” Amanda competed in 3 World Championships, so she definitely knew what international competitions were all about. While MIller, Dawes and Strug had more SUCCESS than Borden, they also had more pressure to perform well individually in Atlanta. I’d say Amanda was chosen because of her experience and support, but also because her main focus was the team.
@doublelayout10 seniority is not always the case when choosing a captain…Amanda Borden was chosen the captain of the 1996 team and Dominique Dawes, shannon miller and kerry strug all had so much more international and national experience than amanda did
Did Shannon get two nose jobs plus veneers? She looks like a different person.
I was always curious – did Bela and/or Marta have a gymnastics background themselves? Were they former gymnasts?
@lindseylee77 it was for health reasons, but yeah you can’t even recognize her now.
@all4uanew LMAO She was off at Worlds but she is the best on the floor in the US and she will be put together really soon!
@MrArbitrager Actually she’s right though. Mens bodies are built for the strength. Women have to work harder to be as strong as a man because their bodies are smaller and aren’t built to carry as many muscles, if that makes sense. But you really can’t compare the two, because womens is ALL lower body with the exception of bars and mens is ALL upper body. But I think they should take away mens floor and vault because they look stupid doing them.
The rest of the world are not ignorant, the USA were not as surprise winner in the Atlanta…not shocking…..though the screams of USA, USA were very annoying and that alone made people want the Russians, Ukrainians and Romanians win..
@SexyLiLLeilaniMya after watching the 2010 worlds do you care to define “it”?
‘i think we’re better than guys’… is she kidding? There is no comparison really
i wish shannon miller didn’t get a nose job. I liked her the way she was.
they didnt mention that the soviet boycott the LA olympics when mary lou won the gold.. thats not fair and a little misleading..
We wont see another team Gold medal until at least 2016 or 2020 the team that ill head to London in 2012 ont be ready I just watched nationals and the girls are horrile except for Mattie Larson she has it!
@iloveyourstory the only american person who had yet broken through the ranks at that time was cathy rigby
that sounds like a force to be reckoned with.
NOT!
How is it, Bela has been in America for at LEAST 25 years, yet he still has such an uber thick accent?!? hahaha.
Haha I love Nadia’s part at the beginning.
Little Moceanu was BORN in Hollywood, but they didn’t live there for long. She was in Illinois by at LEAST 3 1/2, in time to get strung up by a clothesline in the kitchen.
@Swankdor – and its debatable believe it or not if all of Nadias 7 perfect scores really were perfect….I think the judges got carried away personally on a cpl of them!
why would they show a romanian team when they are talking about the soviet union