Mary Lou Retton’s daughter says Olympic-winning mother faced recent ‘scary setback’ in pneumonia fight
Mary Lou Retton gained national attention when she won the Olympic women’s gymnastics individual all-around title. 1984 Summer Olympicsshe suffered a “terrible setback” while battling a “very rare form” of pneumonia. Retton’s daughter, Sheila Kelly Schlepfer, said in a four-day update that things seemed to be “getting better and better,” but things took a turn […]
