Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton in denial after failing field sobriety tests in DUI arrest, video shows

Fox News Digital has obtained footage Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton's DUI arrest, as a police officer is seen saying she failed all sobriety tests. (Credit: City of Fairmont)

U.S. Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton was seemingly in disbelief after police determined she failed a series of field sobriety tests during a DUI stop, as seen in newly released police body camera footage of her May 17 arrest in West Virginia, obtained by Fox News Digital.

The footage showed a Fairmont County police officer running the women's gymnastics legend through a series of sobriety tests for more than seven minutes. 

She was seen detaching and re-attaching oxygen tubes from her nose in order to carry out the tests. Retton was diagnosed with a "rare form of pneumonia" in 2023.

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Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton was given sobriety tests by Fairmont, West Virginia, police officers in April. (City of Fairmont)

Officers then asked if she had a valid driver's license on her, to which she replied, "It's in Texas." 

After nearly 10 minutes of taking tests, one officer told another officer, "She failed all of it." 

Retton gasped in disbelief. 

"I what!?" she asked. 

"You failed all your field sobriety, ma'am," the first officer said. 

"No, I didn't!" she retorted. 

"Yes, you did," he insisted.

The former gymnast was then seen declining to take a breathalyzer test, as police officers informed her she would be arrested on suspicion of DUI. As the officers put her in handcuffs, she yelled to a nearby acquaintance, "They think I'm drunk!"

Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton was arrested by police for DUI in West Virginia. (City of Fairmont)

Footage later showed Retton being escorted