"Yeah I knew," Mary Lou Retton tells PEOPLE of her perfect vault routine, which landed a ten and earned her a gold medal in ...

For Mary Lou Retton, the 1984 Olympics yielded a sisterhood that has lasted 40 years. So the gold medalist could not help but be moved to tears when she was surprised with a special videotaped ...

Bela Karolyi, the embattled yet successful gymnastics coach who helped young women vault to the ... says Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton, who vaulted to stardom in 1984 as the first American ...

She's been America's sweetheart since the 1984 Games. Only 4 foot, 9 inches, little Mary Lou Retton scored tall—winning gold with a perfect 10 despite a serious knee injury. But that wasn't the ...