She is the gymnastics equivalent of panda cubs playing in snow for the first time, combined with the feeling you got when Nastia did a pirouette on bars; the perfect gymnastics happiness pill. The 2013 American Cup all-around champion, Katelyn Ohashi, has committed to UCLA and we have the exclusive interview just hours after she announced her decision to her future teammates. We discuss:
- The candlelit moment when she told the team
- Why she chose UCLA and when she will start
- The status of her return to bars and what skills she’s working on
- Surprising her coach by busting out crazy dismounts
- The look on her face after her second pass on floor at Texas Prime last weekend
- What she thinks of the Tumblr posts you make about her
- Switching from coach Valeri Luikin to Laurent Landi
- If she knows that the gymternet is obsessed with Laurent
Watch all of Ohashi’s routines from this Texas Prime here.