Episode 133: Interview Katelyn Ohashi Commits to UCLA

Published: Jan. 20, 2015, 8:56 a.m.

\xa0

\n

\n

She is the\xa0gymnastics equivalent of\xa0panda cubs\xa0playing in snow for the first time, combined with the feeling you got when\xa0Nastia\xa0did a pirouette on bars; the\xa0perfect 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:

\n
    \n
  • The candlelit moment when she told the team
  • \n
  • Why she chose UCLA and when she will start
  • \n
  • The status of her return to bars and what skills she's working on
  • \n
  • Surprising her coach by busting out crazy dismounts
  • \n
  • The look on her face after her second pass on floor at Texas Prime last weekend
  • \n
  • What she thinks of the Tumblr posts you make about her
  • \n
  • Switching from coach Valeri Luikin to Laurent Landi
  • \n
  • If she knows that the gymternet is obsessed with Laurent
  • \n
\n

\n\n

\xa0

\n

\n

Watch all of Ohashi's routines from this Texas Prime\xa0here.

\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\xa0 \n

\xa0