Jim Hartung, Olympic champion with historic 1984 US gymnastics team, dies aged 65
by Agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#72SX5)
Olympic champion on historic 1984 US team
Nebraska legend with seven NCAA titles
Longtime coach and international judge
Jim Hartung, a two-time Olympian who helped lead the 1984 US team to its first and only gold medal in men's gymnastics, has died. He was 65.
The University of Nebraska announced Hartung died Saturday night. He had been a Cornhuskers assistant coach for 19 years. No cause of death was given.
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