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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.
Gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton says sheโs โbeyond blessedโ as she recovers from pneumonia
Read full article: Gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton says sheโs โbeyond blessedโ as she recovers from pneumoniaAmerican gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton shared a statement Monday following her return home after hospitalization for pneumonia in early October.
Mary Lou Retton in โrecovery modeโ at home after hospital stay for pneumonia, daughter says
Read full article: Mary Lou Retton in โrecovery modeโ at home after hospital stay for pneumonia, daughter saysAmerican gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton has returned home following a lengthy hospital stay because of pneumonia.
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.
Hometown Legend: Mary Lou Retton
Read full article: Hometown Legend: Mary Lou RettonTeam USA women showed the depth of their talent in gymnastics competition in Tokyo, joining a small but elite group of renowned Olympic gymnasts that have come before. One hometown legend whose name still evokes visions of greatness at the Games is Mary Lou Retton.
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.