Kelyn Soong is a freelance writer. He previously worked as a staff writer on The Washington Post's Well+Being desk, covering fitness and exercise advice, trends and culture.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — American gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton faces a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence following her arrest in her West Virginia hometown.

Mary Lou Retton is thankful to be alive after a health scare in 2023 that almost took her life.

Mary Lou Retton Says Her Illness Is Being Considered a “Medical Mystery” In a new health update, the former Olympic gymnast said her doctors "still don't know what's wrong" with her following ...

Mary Lou Retton is sharing an update on health following her near-death experience last fall. After a rare form of pneumonia sent the retired Olympic gymnast, 56, to the ICU in October 2023, she ...

(CNN) — Mary Lou Retton is still on a path to recovery. The Olympic gymnastics legend was hospitalized with a serious lung illness seven months ago and said her doctors “still don’t know ...

Legendary Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton is still fighting a mysterious lung illness that has yet to be fully diagnosed, seven months she was hospitalized.

Former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton spoke out last week on the NBC "Today" show about what she said was a rare pneumonia that almost killed her and resulted in an expensive, monthlong hospital ...

When Mary Lou Retton’s family announced she was gravely ill with a rare form of pneumonia last fall, many people were shocked to learn the former gymnast had no health insurance.

Mary Lou Retton reveals the reason why she didn't have health insurance The Olympic gymnast's daughters had to set up a crowd-funding site to help her pay the hospital bill after she became ill ...

While former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton spent weeks in the hospital last year, her family wondered how they would pay her hospital bills. That’s because Retton did not have health insurance ...