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Unfortunate Incident Lands McKayla Maroney In ER

Unfortunate Incident Lands McKayla Maroney In ER

McKayla Maroney is a very popular retired gymnast who rose to notoriety as a member of the American women’s team known as the Fierce Five at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Maroney captured a gold medal in the team and an individual silver medal in the vault event.

Since stepping away from gymnastics, Maroney has risen to prominence as a social media influencer. She boasts 1.3 million followers on Instagram and approximately 73,000 on TikTok, recently going viral with an extremely popular video on the latter platform.

She also regularly posts extremely popular posts on Instagram:

 

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Unfortunately, this week, Maroney made headlines for some scary news.

In a recent Instagram story, she was rushed to the hospital with ‘severe pain.’

The cause?

Kidney stones.

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Fortunately, it seems like with time and rest Maroney will recover.

At that point, she’ll likely return to the regular social media posting schedule that has turned her into a viral star.

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Carlos Garcia

A longtime sports reporter, Carlos Garcia has written about some of the biggest and most notable athletic events of the last 5 years. He has been credentialed to cover MLS, NBA and MLB games all over the United States. His work has been published on Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, AOL and the Washington Post.

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