- The 21-year-old social media personality ranks third among NIL earners
- He recently enjoyed one of his best performances in an NCAA meet with LSU.
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This is the shocking moment Olivia Dunne attempts a complicated gymnastics move at practice at LSU, only to fail on camera, as seen on social media.
The 21-year-old college senior shared a contrasting video of herself doing a backflip on bars at an SEC gymnastics meet before different images show her tumbling at Tigers practice on Instagram , late Wednesday.
‘Bars:1 Livvy:0,’ she captioned her post along with the hashtags ‘#lsu #gymnasticfs #tumbling fail.’
The clip also includes audio from former World Cup alpine skier and two-time Olympian Ken Read saying: “There will be times in life when you get that soulja boy out and there will be other times when that soulja boy gets you out.” you”.
Livvy’s post garnered more than 57,388 likes in the 15 hours since it was posted, as of Thursday afternoon.
Olivia Dunne dropped practice footage shared of her attempt to do a backflip on bars on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old social media personality scored a 9.90 on floor exercises at an LSU meet recently.
A day earlier, on Wednesday, Livvy joked that she was freaked out by a fan’s overly enthusiastic response to her Instagram selfies of herself in a black jumpsuit from Vuori Clothing.
The fan commented on Livvy’s post with a long poem mentioning how she “has captured my heart in ways I never thought possible,” to which she simply responded, “I’m scared.”
Another Instagram follower declared his love for her by dreaming of holding her hand, to which Livvy responded with a hint about her relationship with MLB prospect Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
“I hate to tell you…” Dunne responded.
The social media personality, who has a NIL valuation of $3.7 millionwho ranks behind only players like Colorado quarterback Sheddeur Sanders ($4.7 million) and USC guard Bronny James ($4.5 million), previously feared for his safety on LSU’s campus due to threats and online attacks.
Dunne performing a floor walk during an NCAA gymnastics meet against Ohio State in January 2019.
The LSU gymnastics team even had to hire a bodyguard for Dunne at last year’s competitions after a gang of “rude” teenagers harassed her in Utah.
Last week, Dunne enjoyed one of her best nights in gymnastics for LSU, earning a score of 9.90 despite being called upon to anchor the LSU Tigers in floor exercises on short notice.
In a contest against BYU, Oregon State and No. 15 Minnesota, Dunne replaced Kiya Johnson in the final minute to solidify a notable team performance.
“In the end we pulled Kiya not for anything in particular,” head coach Jay Clark said. “We knew the competition was close and we had to be easy on her body.”