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re: Olympic legend Mary Lou Retton ‘fighting for her life’ in ICU: daughter
Posted on 10/10/23 at 5:20 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 10/10/23 at 5:20 pm to Jim Rockford
America went nuts and was as proud as we could be when she pulled that off in LA '84. Those summer games were an awesome arse kicking in so many ways.
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Posted on 10/10/23 at 5:28 pm to Sao
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America went nuts and was as proud as we could be when she pulled that off in LA '84. Those summer games were an awesome arse kicking in so many ways.
I always felt that one was pretty watered down, iirc, USSR boycotted as did some other communist bloc countries, and judges, I didn't think the best athletes in the world were there and they were a little too liberal with 10s, maybe it's just me
Posted on 10/10/23 at 5:33 pm to Sao
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America went nuts and was as proud as we could be when she pulled that off in LA '84. Those summer games were an awesome arse kicking in so many ways.
I remember it well.. she was the ‘It’ girl, and no one else came close. ..if you would have told us South La kids back then that one day her kid would wind up being a gymnast at LSU, we would have all said ‘No way !’.. yet i dont think it got much publicity at all, other than a few crowd shots of MLR during meets.. . i guess it’s because 1984 was so long ago .
Posted on 10/10/23 at 6:08 pm to Sao
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America went nuts and was as proud as we could be when she pulled that off in LA '84. Those summer games were an awesome arse kicking in so many ways.
Probably a function of age and fewer TV viewing options at the time, but I remember the ‘84 LA Summer Olympics better than any other Olympics. They just seemed really big that year.
Posted on 10/10/23 at 7:07 pm to Sao
Her 84 coaches caught a lot of flack years later because they played her hurt. The 80s were different. We were 35 years away from WW2 and sacrifice was the name of the game. Those things don’t happen anymore.
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