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Dec 15, 2023

Olivia Dunne Shares Moving Gymnastics Video With Throwback Snippets as She Heads Into Her Senior Year

Christopher Polk/Getty Images Olivia Dunne is getting sentimental as she begins her final year at LSU and enters her last gymnastics season with the Tigers. The 20-year-old, who is the highest-paid

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Olivia Dunne is getting sentimental as she begins her final year at LSU and enters her last gymnastics season with the Tigers. The 20-year-old, who is the highest-paid female NCAA athlete in the country, first stepped foot in a gymnasium at the age of 3 and hasn’t looked back since.

She just shared the sweetest TikTok of impressive gymnastics tricks with her 7.7 million followers. The video began with a throwback clip of her younger self running on the gym floor and leaping into a few flips. The snippet seamlessly transitioned to Dunne’s present day self, in her signature sparkly purple-and-yellow LSU leotard.

Dunne included short clips of herself on the floor, beam and bars, sticking her landings, celebrating with her teammates, and just doing what she does best.

“Girlhood,” read the on-screen text for the entire 22 seconds.

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The Aug. 1 TikTok was set to the sound of a moving monologue from the Barbie movie.

“Take my hands. Close your eyes. Now feel,” Rhea Perlman, who plays Barbie’s creator Ruth Handler in the film, narrated. The dialogue was overlaid above the opening piano ballad from Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?,” which is also featured on the film’s soundtrack.

“i can’t believe this is my last year ever #foryou #lsu #gymnastics,” Dunne captioned the video.

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