[2][3] Coach Bela Karolyi yelled at Stack for this, telling her, "I have to single you out in the whole gymnastics world as the craziest person I've ever seen and the most uneducated.

"[3] Karolyi still wanted Stack to compete, so she was treated with two shots of Novocain to dull the pain in her foot.

[2] She competed at the 1988 American Cup, winning the floor exercise and finishing third in the vault, balance beam and all-around.

[2] That same year, she competed at the Gymnastics World Championships, placing fourth with the United States team and 28th individually in the all-around.

[2] Internationally, she competed at Golden Sands in Bulgaria, winning silver medals in the all-around and balance beam.

[2] After 1992, Stack was no longer on the US national team because she retired from elite gymnastics[4] due to a broken knee.

[6] Stack said, "You could tell it was not a safe vault for her to be doing," and was quoted in Joan Ryan's book Little Girls in Pretty Boxes.

[8] From 1998 until December 2001[8] or early 2002[4] Stack helped produce and performed in Cirque de Soleil's show "La Nouba.