Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton is in intensive care with a rare type of pneumonia and “not able to breathe on her own,” her daughter said on Instagram.
Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton -- the first American woman to win the all-around gold medal in women's gymnastics -- is in intensive care with a rare type ofShe is “fighting for her life,” McKenna Lane Kelley said, but did not share additional information, theRetton, 55, has been in the ICU for more than a week, Kelley noted, without identifying the hospital she's in.
In a legend-making contest, Retton was five-hundredths of a point behind Ecaterina Szabo from Romania in the final rotation of the competition. She needed a perfect 10 on the vault, and she earned it, which launched her into superstardom.exercise Born in Fairmont, W.Va., Retton started gymnastics early and was training full-time by the time she was just 7 years old, the news report noted.
“I immediately recognized the tremendous physical potential of this little kid,” Karolyi said in a March 1984 interview.
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Olympic Gymnast Mary Lou Retton 'Fighting for Her Life' With 'Rare Form' of Pneumonia, Daughter SaysThe 55-year-old sports icon appears to be facing a serious health struggle.
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Mary Lou Retton, 1984 Olympic gymnastics champion, has life-threatening pneumoniaMary Lou Retton, who became one of the most popular athletes in the country after winning the all-around women’s gymnastics competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, has pneumonia and is “fighting for her life” in the intensive care unit, her daughter said in a statement this week.
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Olympic Gymnastics Star Mary Lou Retton ‘Fighting for Her Life’ in ICU: DaughterThe gymnastics champion has pneumonia and “is not able to breathe on her own,” daughter McKenna Lane Kelley said.
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Olympic gymnastics champ Mary Lou Retton ‘fighting for her life,’ daughter saysMary 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.
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Olympic gymnastics champ Mary Lou Retton ‘fighting for her life,’ daughter saysMary 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.
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