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Breaking News: Fall of a hero: How gymnastics made Mary Lou Retton a star — and damaged her forever as she’s left relying on oxygen, it is with heavy heart we announce as she was pronounce…see more
Mary Lou Retton became a true American hero while still a teenager, scooping up a spectacular gold in the individual all-around competition at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, at age 16.
The price of such glories had to be paid later in life.
“She couldn’t even take a full breath when I talked to her, she takes these little panting breaths,” ex-brother-in-law Shaun Kelley, who remains close to her, told The Post. It’s a far cry from when she proudly became the first female athlete to grace a Wheaties box in her Olympic year.
Retton, now 57, frequently wears an oxygen cannula, remains on medication, and has undergone many debilitating hip surgeries that have left her struggling physically.
It’s a heavy toll that her career as an Olympian has taken on her body, according to Kelley, who said he last spoke with Retton a few weeks ago.
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