Mary Lou Retton, who captured America’s heart after winning the all-around women’s gymnastics title at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, is battling pneumonia and is “fighting for her life,” her daughter said.
Mary Lou Retton, the 1984 Olympics gymnastics champion, is in the intensive care unit with pneumonia and is “fighting for her life,” her daughter said.“My amazing mom, Mary Lou, has a very rare form of pneumonia and is fighting for her life,” Kelley wrote on . “She is not able to breathe on her own. She’s been in the ICU for over a week now. Out of respect for her and her privacy, I will not disclose all details. However, I will disclose that she is not insured.
woman to win the all-around gold medal or any individual Olympic medal in gymnastics, the reported. Going into the final rotation of the competition, Retton trailed Romania’s Ecaterina Szabo by five-hundredths of a point and needed a perfect 10 on the vault to win.
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