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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amelia Neath

Mary Lou Retton reveals new details of health battle in first TV interview

NBC Today

Former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton has revealed that her neighbour found her on the floor struggling to breathe before she was admitted to hospital.

Speaking to Hoda Kotb on the NBC Today show, Ms Retton sat down alongside her eldest daughter, Shayla Schrepfer, to reveal new details about her frightening battle with a rare form of pneumonia.

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