{"id":85763,"date":"2016-08-05T10:27:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=85763"},"modified":"2016-08-05T14:28:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T21:28:32","slug":"best-olympic-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/best-olympic-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"5 of Our Fave Moments for USA in Olympic History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Woo hoo, the 2016 Rio Olympic games are about to begin!<\/p>\n<p>Before the official ceremony starts, we&#8217;re looking back on some of our favorite moments\u00a0in Olympic history by Team USA&#8230;from the time one track and field runner gave it his all to when women&#8217;s soccer unexpectedly won gold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"660\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jB0n35UIv-s\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>When Jesse Owens became the first American to win four gold medals<\/strong><br \/>\nHe came in first\u00a0in the 100m, long jump, 200m, and 4x100m in the 1963 Berlin Olympics &#8212; and this was all in front of Adolf Hitler who thought Germans were superior in the Olympics.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"660\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SS_edrA0JEY\"><\/iframe><strong>When Abby Wambach scored the winning goal when tied with Brazil<\/strong><br \/>\nWambach brought the game against Brazil to a tie which lead them into overtime and a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"660\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ZRYiOa5lM8\"><\/iframe><strong>When Kerri Strug fought her ankle injury to win gold\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nShe injured her ankle in the first attempt on the vault but fought through it and scored well enough when she stuck her landing\u00a0in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"660\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AVExBUxIcIs\"><\/iframe> <strong>When Michael Phelps won\u00a0eight gold medals\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nHe brought home\u00a0eight gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and many of those were all won by a split second &#8212; and five of those victories were in individual events.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe width=\"660\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7pCose7131U\"><\/iframe><strong>When the Dream Team was assembled for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona<\/strong><br \/>\nMichael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Magic Johnson&#8230;including many other basketball greats, they were &#8220;the most dominant squad assembled in any sport&#8221; (as noted by Sports Illustrated) and brought home gold against Croatia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What are some of your fave moments from the past Olympics? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Woo hoo, the 2016 Rio Olympic games are about to begin! 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