Mary Lou Retton 1984 Olympics AA Vaults

Mary Lou Retton on her last event of the All Around competition at the 1984 Olympic Games. She needed a 10.00 to win the gold medal, and she did it twice. She scored a perfect 10 on both her vaults.

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[cosbyshowobsessed]

Mary Lou ... imma let you finish... but makayla maroney had one of the best vaults of all time!!

[Theresa Pelegano]

I was 14 when she did this it was history for us and it made women's gymnastic inUSA what it is today. Without Mary Lou there would have been no McKayla she brought the spiry to where it is.

[neecee401100]

I know right? Lol I wish there were more reactions like that

[Ryan Wilson]

Back the did they average the vaults or take the best of two? The commentators made it sound like it is the latter.

[akur2627]

or carly or nastia.

[Lucas Lewis]

She's my cousin

[TrexsterInNC]

One of the greatest clutch performances of all time. Nerves of steel.

[ljgymnast4856]

ok thanks :)

[Grace Chong]

that is true. it was near perfect, i heard. but it's still kind of sad she fell on the individual finals

[marcelle215]

not in the all around. that first fault was what gave the US their edge above the rest at the olympics. She only fell in the individual event

[kmburkezoo]

Nadia had some errors in her perfect 10s too. But scores rise throughout the competition, so if the judges start too high, they have to keep increasing to reward routines that were better than previous ones

[Asny Haakonsdottir]

She's not a gymnast. She's a goddess.