By ROGER ADKINS
Jackson Newspapers
RIPLEY, W.Va. — If she had listened to the doubters, Mary Lou Retton would never have set foot on the competition floor at the 1984 Olympic Games.
Retton was the guest speaker last week at the Jackson County Community Foundation’s annual Community Celebration Dinner. Retton’s remarks centered around overcoming adversity to achieve success.
“I wasn’t supposed to be there. People like me weren’t supposed to go to the Olympics,” she said. “I was that self-taught kid tumbling in my front yard.”
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