Olivia Dunne Returns to LSU Gymnastics After Announcing Her Retirement
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The media gymnast Olivia Dunne, who posed in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit in 2023 and 2024 and has over 5.3 million followers on Instagram, decided to return to competition after seriously considering her retirement at 21. The sport’s dubbed ‘Golden Girl’ confirmed that “no matter how many opportunities are presented to me, there is something about LSU.”
In a conversation with her teammate Flau’jae Johnson on the Best of Both Worlds with Flau’jae podcast, she revealed one of the strangest requests her followers have made to her on social media. “You know what they used to put in my comments section for a long time? People would ask me for the water I bathed in,” Olivia Dunne shared.
“I thought… ‘Where has my life gone?’ These people are asking for the water I bathed in. But in a way, they’ve calmed down, but it was a crazy thing I’ll never forget, and in a way, I took it as a joke. It was funny at the time,” the media gymnast pointed out.
“I remember I saw it. I was wondering, ‘Why do they do that?'” Flau’jae Johnson recalled, corroborating her teammate’s account.
Olivia Disappointed
Olivia Dunne acknowledged in the conversation her discomfort with people who link her success in the sport to her physical appearance: “One of the things that bothers me the most is when people say, ‘She doesn’t deserve anything she has’ and that ‘gymnastics is not a real sport’ and things like that.”
Current Scenario
Dunne currently studies at the University of Louisiana, where she trains with the gymnastics team. This case has generated surprise and amazement on social media, causing a great stir in public opinion, with many wondering what motivated this fan to make such an extravagant request.
“It’s amazing how people can come to ask for something so strange and, simultaneously, question the talent and dedication of an athlete like Olivia Dunne,” she highlighted.
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