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Mary Lou Retton says she's a 'fighter' as she recuperates at home following pneumonia scare
Read full article: Mary Lou Retton says she's a 'fighter' as she recuperates at home following pneumonia scareOlympic gymnastics great Mary Lou Retton says she faces a long battle recuperating at home from a rare form of pneumonia in which doctors werenโt sure whether she would survive.
Mary Lou Retton says she's 'overwhelmed' with love and support as she recovers from rare pneumonia
Read full article: Mary Lou Retton says she's 'overwhelmed' with love and support as she recovers from rare pneumoniaAmerican gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton says she is โoverwhelmed with all the love and supportโ she has received and is slowly recovering with family after being hospitalized with a rare form of pneumonia earlier this month.
Family of Olympic champion gymnast Mary Lou Retton says she is making 'remarkable' progress
Read full article: Family of Olympic champion gymnast Mary Lou Retton says she is making 'remarkable' progressThe family of Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton says she is making โremarkableโ progress in her battle with a rare form of pneumonia.
Durham, first Black US women's gymnastics champion, dies
Read full article: Durham, first Black US women's gymnastics champion, diesDurham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national championship, died on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, She was 52. (AP Photo/Lisa Genesen, File)Dianne Durham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national championship, died Thursday in Chicago following a short illness, her husband said. Her victory in the all-around at the 1983 national championships as a teenager was the first by a Black woman in the organization's history. โPeople said, youโre the first Black โ Iโm using Black because African American wasnโt a term in my era โ national champion. Her husband said he hopes USA Gymnastics will honor her by inducting her into the organization's Hall of Fame.
On this day: August 3
Read full article: On this day: August 31984: Mary Lou Retton wins a gold medal in the all-around gymnastics competition at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics, becoming the first female gymnast from outside Eastern Europe to do so. She went on to win four additional medals in Los Angeles: silver in the team competition and the horse vault, and bronze in the floor exercise and uneven bars. Hide Caption