Eight months ago, Katelyn Ohashi was simply a student gymnast at UCLA – and now, she’s a viral sensation working alongside the likes of Peyton Manning and Serena Williams.
“My phone was blowing up,” Ohashi told AOL Sports of the day her high-energy floor routine went viral back in January. “I don’t even have my [Twitter] notifications on like that, so I didn’t understand what was happening.”
Within days, the college athlete and her parents were flown out to New York to appear on Good Morning America, and Ohashi’s ascension to internet royalty was complete. Since then, she’s gone viral again, stolen the show at the 2019 ESPYs with a moving speech on female stereotypes and has paired up with Gatorade to use her newfound platform for a good cause.
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