“My new M2a-Magnum™ hip has truly exceeded my expectations.” But before that vault, Strug was a solid contributor for the U.S. at the 1992 games, an American Cup champ and a member of a world team every year from 1991 to 1995. She was not exactly a coal miner’s daughter, but the Retton family had been down in the mines in the past. Mary Lou Retton (born January 24, 1968) is a retired American gymnast.At the boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she won a gold medal in the individual all-around competition, as well as two silver medals and two bronze medals.

Four of the six members on … In June of 2005, Mary Lou’s left hip was replaced with Biomet’s M2a-Magnum™ metal-on-metal hip replacement system. At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Retton … Mary Lou Retton is an American gymnast who trained with Romanian coach Bela Karolyi and won the American Cup and the U.S. Nationals. I thought I was going to look like Mary Lou," she said, referring to Retton, the '84 gold medalist known for …

Texan Mary Lou Retton became the first woman from a non-Eastern Bloc country to win the Olympic all-around title.

14-year-old Dominique Moceanu, above right, is competing this year with a stress fracture in her leg.

“I am pain-free and can’t thank Biomet enough for changing my life,” states 38-year-old Mary Lou Retton.

Mary Lou Retton, above left, won a gold medal in 1984 six weeks after emergency knee surgery. Kerri Strug is best-known for one vault: a Yurchenko 1.5 twist she nearly stuck, on an injured ankle, to secure the U.S. team the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics.

Kerri Strug made this iconic final vault with a broken ankle, winning gold for the U.S. ... Mary Lou Retton, 1984.

Mary Lou Retton had come a long hard way to that moment. "I definitely had some contrasting emotions. At the age of 16, U.S. gymnast Mary Lou Retton made her first and only Olympic appearance at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, CA.

Jerry Sandusky, left. Her performance …

She went on to win five medals (one gold, two silver, and two bronze). The 16-year-old from Fairmont, W.V., became the first woman from outside Eastern Europe to win the all-around gold medal.

In the summer of 1984, Mary Lou Retton was America's Sweetheart. Right: Mary Lou Retton and Don Peters (AP/YouTube) Why my coach got away with sexual abuse A champion gymnast -- the first to blow the whistle on a national coach …