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On This Date In 1984, Mary Lou Retton Wins Gold

Gifted with a low center of gravity — and powered by stocky legs that remind sportswriters of fullbacks and tree trunks — she is the sport’s first industrial-strength performer: gymnastics in a drum.

Newsweek August 13, 1984

Awesome uniform.

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    awk moment when gymnastics are supposed to have a ton of muscle anyway….whether they’re big or cut or both, she has...

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    WV Represent! I’m excited to see the flashback special tonight.

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