Olympic champion Jim Hartung dead at 65

Jim Hartung, a former U.S. Olympic gymnast who won gold in 1984 and was a member of the Nebraska Cornhuskers national championship teams, has died, the school said. He was 65.

Nebraska announced Hartung’s death on Monday. He was an assistant gymnastics coach for the Big Ten school for the last 19 seasons.

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"The Nebraska Athletic Department is deeply saddened to announce the passing of assistant men’s gymnastics coach Jim Hartung on Saturday night," Nebraska athletics said.