Mary Lou Retton, an Olympic gold medalist, is “fighting for her life” in an intensive care unit.
Retton’s daughter, McKenna Kelley, started a Spotfund account and explained her mother’s battle with a rare form of pneumonia. Retton has been in the ICU for “over a week” and is unable to breathe on her own.
Kelley did not provide any further details but mentioned that Retton was uninsured and asked that people pray for her mother at the end of the post.
Retton made her mark in gymnastics in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
She won five medals in the Summer Games that year, which included a gold medal in the individual all-around competition – a first for any American woman. She also took home two silver medals and two bronze medals that year, and her accomplishments earned her the title of Sportsperson of the Year by Sports Illustrated.
After she stopped gymnastics,...
Retton’s daughter, McKenna Kelley, started a Spotfund account and explained her mother’s battle with a rare form of pneumonia. Retton has been in the ICU for “over a week” and is unable to breathe on her own.
Kelley did not provide any further details but mentioned that Retton was uninsured and asked that people pray for her mother at the end of the post.
Retton made her mark in gymnastics in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
She won five medals in the Summer Games that year, which included a gold medal in the individual all-around competition – a first for any American woman. She also took home two silver medals and two bronze medals that year, and her accomplishments earned her the title of Sportsperson of the Year by Sports Illustrated.
After she stopped gymnastics,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
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