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The first American to win the all-around Olympic title in 1984 now has four daughters – three of which are gymnasts. But they didn't take on the sport just because of their legendary mother.
Former Olympics gymnastics star Mary Lou Retton is “fighting for her life” in the ICU as she battles pneumonia, according to her family.. Ms Retton competed in the 1984 Olympic Games and was ...
American businessman Mattress Mack – real name Jim McIngvale – and his wife Linda donated $50,000 to the gold medallist
He participated in the effort to bring the 2012 Summer Olympics to Baltimore and Washington. [5] In 1995, McKay had heart surgery and was forced to miss the Preakness Stakes. McKay died on June 7, 2008, from natural causes at age 86. He was survived by his wife Margaret, son Sean, daughter Mary Guba, and three grandchildren.
A modern reconstruction of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, topic of the oration.. The Olympic Oration or On Man's First Conception of God (Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπικὸς ἢ περὶ τῆς πρώτης τοῦ θεοῦ ἐννοίας, romanized: Olympikos ē peri tēs protēs tou theou ennoias, Oration 12 in modern corpora) is a speech delivered by Dio Chrysostom at the Olympic games ...
And, yes, he always had a knack for gymnastics, his mother said. “That’s why we put him in gymnastics when he was 4 years old,” she said. “He was walking at 9 months old.
Man's Right to Knowledge was a radio program that ran from January 3, 1954 to December 26, 1954 on CBS. Created by Columbia University on the occasion of its bicentennial, the show consisted of two weekly lecture series, each episode featuring a different prominent academic or world leader. The university's president, Grayson L. Kirk, hosted ...
The family of Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton says she is making “remarkable” progress in her battle with a rare form of pneumonia that landed her in intensive care. McKenna Kelley ...