- Gymnastics icon suffered ‘pretty scary setback’ per daughter
- Retton, 55, won five medals at 1984 Summer Olympics in LA
Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton experienced a “pretty scary setback” in her fight against a rare form of pneumonia this week, after showing remarkable progress towards recovery just days ago, her daughter said on Wednesday night.
The 55-year-old gymnastics icon is still in the intensive care unit and is “really exhausted” after the setback, her daughter Shayla Kelley Schrepfer said in a video posted to Instagram.
