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re: Holy crap. LSU gymnastics signed Mary Lou Retton's daughter
Posted on 11/13/14 at 11:57 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 11/13/14 at 11:57 am to Jim Rockford
LOL at all the people who don't know who Mary Lou Retton is....it's the equivalent of not knowing who Carl Lewis is.
Wait....you do know who Carl Lewis is, right? Right?
Wait....you do know who Carl Lewis is, right? Right?
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Posted on 11/14/14 at 10:07 am to SuperFanDan
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it's the equivalent of not knowing who Carl Lewis is.
No, Mary Lou Retton was bigger than Lewis. She was the story of the 1984 Olympics.
It wasn't just that she won, becoming the first American to win gold. It was her smile and her joy. It was that her coach, Bela Karolyi, was the former coach of the girl that Retton beat.
It was also about American victory over Communism. Karolyi had defected in 1981, and Retton's victory was a statement about American democracy and freedom.
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