- Gymnastics legend’s ‘reliance on machines is diminishing’
- Retton, 55, won five medals at 1984 Summer Olympics in LA
Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton has made “remarkable” progress, her daughter Shayla Schrepfer said on social media on Saturday, after a rare form of pneumonia left the American fighting for her life.
The 55-year-old gymnastics icon has been in intensive care for several days as she was unable to breathe on her own.