'Magnificent Seven' gymnasts flaunt their AGELESS looks on cover of SELF - as Team USA superstar Dominique Moceanu, 42, lays bare 'abusive psychological torment' she endured before 1996 Olympics

Members of the 'Magnificent Seven' have reunited nearly three decades after their iconic gold medal win at the Olympics - and they opened up about the 'abusive psychological torment' that they endured ahead of and during the 1996 Games.

In 1996, the US Olympic women's gymnastics team was branded as the 'Magnificent Seven' thanks to their impressive win at the coveted event.

The young women brought home the country's first-ever gold medal in women's gymnastics after a nail-biting ending that saw the team pull ahead in the final moments thanks to Kerri Strug's vault - which she landed with a hurt ankle.

The events completely captured the nation and propelled all seven of the athletes into the spotlight, turning them into American heroes and massive celebrities practically overnight.

Now, three of those women have teamed up to grace the cover of Self Magazine together, 28 years on from their captivating victory, and they discussed the immense 'pressure' that the Games and its aftermath had on them.

Members of the 'Magnificent Seven' reunited nearly three decades after their gold medal win at the Olympics - and they opened up about the 'abusive psychological torment' they endured

In 1996, the US Olympic women's gymnastics team was branded as the 'Magnificent Seven' thanks to their impressive win at the coveted event

Dominique Moceanu, Shannon Miller, and Dominique Dawes showed off their ageless beauty as they stunned on the front of the publication's most recent issue - while reflecting on the history-making events.

'I felt the enormity of it all. I had my own pressure on myself, I had pressure from my father, I had pressure from my coaches. Honestly, it was a lot,' Moceanu, who was 14 at the time, said of the 1996 Games.

'It was the abusive psychological torment behaviors between coach and athlete and then between my father and me.'

The now 42-year-old, who competed with a four-inch stress fracture in her tibia, recalled suffering from a terrifying fall during the event final for the balance beam, which saw her land on her head.

And she said she was more worried about what her coach, Márta Károlyi, would think than potential injuries.

She went on to compete on the floor 'minutes later' without receiving a 'cervical spine exam,' she previously said on X.

'When you're a kid, you can't speak up for yourself,' she added to Self of the incident. 

Dawes, who was 19 at the time, told the outlet that she had 'an emotional breakdown' right before the 1996 Olympics kicked off.

Now, Dominique Moceanu, Shannon Miller, and Dominique Dawes showed off their ageless beauty as they posed for the publication - while reflecting on the history-making events

'I felt the enormity of it all. I had my own pressure on myself, I had pressure from my father, I had pressure from my coaches. Honestly, it was a lot,' Moceanu (seen) said of the 1996 Games

'I just felt the weight of the world on my shoulders,' the now 47-year-old explained.

'If I came from an environment that was full of compassion and empathy and love and they looked at me beyond just a commodity, I would have been a much happier, fulfilled kid, a happier and more fulfilled adult,' she added.

She added, 'It was the abusive psychological torment behaviors between coach and athlete and then between my father and me.' She's seen at the Olympic games in 1996

Miller, who was also 19 when the team brought home the gold, recalled trying to just 'enjoy the moment' during the whirlwind win.

But she admitted that her struggles came after she stepped away from the sport following the Olympics.

'That's what people don't see, what they don't always understand about retiring from sport - whether that's collegiate, Olympic, or professional sports,' Miller, now also 47, said.

'You do go through this moment of, "What do I do with the rest of my life?" I mean, I retired when I was 19. I didn't know anything else.'

'The level of commitment we make to the sport, that's all you know. You don't see life not wearing a leotard. All my friends were my teammates and were in that bubble,' Dawes agreed. 

Miller went on to attended the University of Houston in 2003, but she remembered she felt completely isolated.

Moceanu, now 42, competed with a four-inch stress fracture in her tibia and recalled suffering from a terrifying fall during the event final for the balance beam

She landed on her head - and she said she was more worried about what her coach, Márta Károlyi, would think than potential injuries

Dawes (seen), who was 19 at the time, told the outlet that she had 'an emotional breakdown' right before the 1996 Olympics kicked off

'I was losing all that confidence that I had built through sport. I went back to not talking to anyone,' she told Self.  'I went to school, went home, did my homework, and that was kind of it.'

After graduating, she continued her studies at Boston College Law School, but never took the bar exam.

'I just felt the weight of the world on my shoulders,' Dawes (seen at the Olympics) explained

Instead, she began making public appearances and speaking at gyms to young athletes about some of the things that she learned during her years as a gymnast - and that changed everything for her.

'To help people realize that they already have this strength within them, I love that,' she gushed.

'Now people say, "You're making up for not talking then because you won't stop talking now.""

She battled ovarian cancer in 2011 but was declared cancer-free after undergoing surgery and chemotherapy.

'It took several years to figure out that I didn’t have to do all of this alone, that I didn’t just have to take everything on,' she added. 

'I hope I continue to inspire others to do and be their very best each day.' 

Moceanu, who said she was 'ostracized' from the gymnastics community after she publicly accused her coaches or 'verbal and emotional abuse' in 2008, now runs her own gymnastics center in Medina, Ohio.

She is fiercely dedicated to ensuring the young athletes that train there are taken care of mentally and physically, telling Self, 'I think that that probably is the biggest thing because it was so absent in my life.'

Miller, who was also 19 when the team brought home the gold, recalled trying to just 'enjoy the moment' during the whirlwind win

But she admitted that her struggles came after she stepped away from the sport following the Olympics

'No matter what, I can sleep and put my head down at night knowing that I did the right thing when it was extremely hard,' she added. 'That makes me feel good that I stood for something in my life.'

As for Dawes, she served as President of the Women's Sports Foundation from 2004 until 2006, and the co-chair of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition in 2010.

She now also runs owns a training facility, which has two locations in Maryland. 

'If I can give young people that compassionate and kind environment that maybe they otherwise don’t have, that's where I feel like I'm making the greatest difference in this world,' she said.

'Then young people feel that safe environment. They start listening to themselves. 

'And if it's an unsafe environment, it won't be this dull ringing in their head, where they just don't know because they don't know what's safe and what's unsafe.

'My younger self was in a pretty bad situation for quite a few years, and I can right that [wrong] by trying to provide something healthy and empowering for the next generation.' 

Márta and her husband, Béla, served as the head coaches for the United States Women's National Gymnastics team for many years.

Numerous athletes have accused them of verbal and psychological abuse, and some claimed the couple forced them to train despite knowing they had injuries.

In addition, it was at their ranch in Texas that many young gymnasts say they were sexually abused by former team doctor Larry Nassar. 

They have said that they were unaware of the abuse, and denied the allegations of abuse. Béla stepped down in 2001 and Márta left her role in 2016.