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Making her first appearance on the mat after the months-long break, Olivia Dunne shone brightly in the season-opening game against Ohio State University on Friday night. Livvy starred in the floor category despite making its last appearance in 2022. As the competition progressed, the LSU Tigers’ were unmatched in all departments and eventually secured a dominant victory.

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It’s a great start for LSU at the 2024 NCAA Gymnastics Championships, and the victory has sparked celebrations in the camp. Making a statement in the opening game, Olivia Dunne jumped into celebrations with a trendy TikTok.

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Olivia Dunne picks new trend to celebrate victory

In her latest TikTok video, Olivia Dunne combined with teammate and ‘best friend’ Anna Frey to celebrate the victory against Ohio State University. The star duo competes on the trendy song ‘That’s My Best Friend with blazing moves from both. Livvy is the first to jump in with her swash-buckling moves as Anna holds the camera focused on the 21-year-old. “Can I get a geaux tigers?! “, she captioned the breathtaking video.

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As Livvy completes her quota of 3 dance moves, she takes the camera to throw Anna under the limelight. The LSU gymnast then repeats the moves Livvy did, and the winner is left for fans to decide. It looked like Livvy’s performance was more entertaining, however Anna’s was equally enjoyable. As fans decide who is the better dancer, LSU Tigresses celebrate their dominant victory against Ohio State University.

LSU Tigers clinch season-opening victory

Olivia looks to settle last year’s ‘business’ this time around, after LSU’s exhilarating show yesterday inside the PMAC. The No. 3 ranked team defeated Ohio State by a score of 196.975 – 196.775. Amari Drayton emerged as the star of the game, posting an impressive 9.925 in her first collegiate appearance. The other top performers included KJ Johnson, Savannah Schoenherr, Alexis Jeffrey, and of course, the undisputed LSU queen, Olivia Dunne.

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Livvy competed on the floor and posted a brilliant score of 9.875. The LSU floor squad was led by senior Sierra Ballard, who topped with a scintillating 9.90 routine. Tigers are now scheduled to take on Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad Meet on 13th January and would hope to replicate yesterday’s dominance.

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Zahid Rashid Dar is an Olympic Sports writer at EssentiallySports. With four years of experience as a combat sports correspondent, Zahid stepped into the Olympics fold at EssentiallySports. He started his coverage at EssentiallySports with rodeo, bull riding, and Alpine Skiing. He actively covers slalom races and demonstrated his journalistic skills through his live coverage of the 2023/24 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, where he detailed the season stat breakdown of Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova. While exploring the snow-covered Alps, Zahid found his footing in snowboarding and hence, he often writes about the three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White’s career statistics and post-retirement front. To know more about Zahid, follow him on:-

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