Remember When? (Part I)

I often go back and try to find previous Olympic moments to watch again. The special ones that still give you the chills even though you know what happens. Often, it's the time and place that I was watching this happen that also makes it special to me.

I think I'll start to share some of my favorites as we get closer to the games and maybe even throughout the Olympics as I think of them.

We begin, of course, with the Magnificent Seven. Can you believe this was 20 years ago?! It seems like yesterday to me. We recorded all the gymnastics during the Atlanta Olympics and I just about wore out the types rewatching them over the years. And it should come as no surprise that I still have them and wouldn't hesitate to pull them out and watch once again. I'll never forget watching this at our old house in Stephen's Grant. As an 11-year-old-girl watching this, I was truly mesmerized.

Every year I look through the press profiles of the incoming student-athletes we have at Elon. A few years ago, I started to notice that many of them weren't alive during the '96 Olympics. That's just so hard for me to comprehend. It was such a major moment in my life. I mean, little girls who don't remember watching Kerri Strug land that final vault on a sprained ankle to win U.S. the gold? I impersonated that vault for years to come. And really, what girl my age didn't?!

Go to 1:28:00 for the start of the best part. Also, one of the best opening fluff pieces ever. Can't go wrong with a little Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring!