Olympic Gymnastics Great Mary Lou Retton Out of Hospital – News18

Olympic gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton has been discharged from hospital and is recovering at residence after battling a uncommon type of pneumonia, her daughter mentioned Monday.

Retton’s daughter McKenna Kelley revealed on October 10 that her mom was “fighting for her life” in intensive care at an undisclosed hospital as she battled the sickness.

However Kelley mentioned in an Instagram submit on Monday that the 1984 Olympic gold medalist was now again at residence.

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“Mom is home & in recovery mode,” Kelley wrote. “We still have a long road of recovery ahead of us, but baby steps.”

Earlier this month, Kelley mentioned Retton was unable to breathe unassisted because of the pneumonia, whereas interesting for funds to assist cowl her remedy, revealing that her mom didn’t have medical insurance.

Retton turned one of the faces of the 1984 Olympics for her dazzling performances that earned her the all-round gold in addition to two silver medals and two bronze.

The then teenager from West Virginia clinched gold within the all-round after successful an exciting battle with Romania’s Ecaterina Szabo.

Szabo led the competitors by 0.15 factors after the uneven bars and steadiness beam, however Retton produced good 10s on the ground train and the vault to grab victory.

Retton’s win made her the primary lady from outdoors Eastern Europe to win the Olympic all-round gold.

Her gold medal-successful efficiency was made all of the extra outstanding by the very fact she had suffered a knee damage earlier than the video games that required surgical procedure.

(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)