Olivia Dunne Preps for Competition Season With Super Impressive Gymnastics Routine and Back-to-Back Mid-Air Flips

The LSU Tigers squad will face off against Ohio State on Jan. 5.
Olivia Dunne.

Olivia Dunne.


College gymnastics season is just around the corner and LSU star athlete Olivia Dunne is in full practice mode. The TikTok influencer shared the most impressive routine video with her 7.8 million followers and took fans through her floor, beam and bars tricks all in one short clip set to the sound of “Lovin on Me” by Jack Harlow.

Her behind the scenes training videos never fail to amaze us, but this one really left our jaws on the floor. The 21-year-old donned a simple high-neck black leotard and her hair was tossed up into a floppy bun. Her wrists were covered with chalk to help with grip, and her ankles were wrapped in white tape. We can really tell that Dunne has been putting in the work ahead of her team’s first meet of the season against Ohio State University on Jan. 5.

She started with her floor routine and got a running start before leaping into a few cartwheels, roundoffs and a backflip that turned into two mid-air spins, all before perfectly sticking her landing.

The New Jersey native, who is dating MLB player Paul Skenes, then headed to the beam, where she practiced her jumps and mid-air splits. Dunne delivered a fabulous performance on the bars where she swung from the taller bar to the lower one with some spins. The Livvy Fund founder ended the video with a series of backflips on the beam—and she didn’t even use her hands for the last one.

“szn wya?!! #foryou #lsu #gymnastics,” the SI Swimsuit model, who was photographed in Puerto Rico last year and was just announced as a rookie for the 2024 issue, eagerly captioned her post.

Several fans chimed in to the comments to remind newer followers that Dunne originally went viral for being a wildly talented gymnast, before she was a model and influencer. Others just left sweet messages noting how impressed they were, or manifested a championship win for the Tigers next year.

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Ananya Panchal
ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit. Before joining SI Swimsuit in 2022, she worked at Bustle, the San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. When she is not writing or doom-scrolling on social media, Panchal can be found playing sudoku, rewatching One Tree Hill or trying new restaurants. She's also a coffee and chocolate (separately) enthusiast. Panchal has a bachelor’s in communications and journalism from Boston University.