Episode 133: Interview Katelyn Ohashi Commits to UCLA

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🗓️ 20 January 2015

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

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.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Today, 2013 American Cup champion Caitlin Oh, Hashi is here to talk about her College Commit announcement
0:07.2	and her return to competition last weekend.
0:09.7	This is episode 133 for January 19, 2015. This is the best gymnastics
0:15.9	podcast ever bringing you all the most fascinating people from around the
0:19.2	gym internet. I'm Jessica and Spanny Tams, is here along with Uncle Tim.
0:24.0	Welcome to a very special interview episode with Caitlin Ohashi.
0:27.8	She's long been a Jim Ternet favorite for her gorgeous form
0:31.4	and insane difficulty and irrepressively joyful personality.
0:36.0	She returned to competition as a level 10 this past weekend at Texas Prime after recovering
0:41.0	from a serious back injury. You can check out all of her routines from that meet on our YouTube page.
0:45.0	Today she tells us why she chose UCLA,
0:48.0	the status of her comeback on bars, which she hasn't competed yet,
0:51.0	working with self-proclaimed haughty coach Laurent Landy, and what she
0:56.7	thinks of your posts about her on Tumblr.
1:01.1	Remember that if you love the show, you can support us by donating you can shop in our
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1:15.2	And you guys asked for a way to support the show directly, so we created a donate button.
1:19.6	Thank you so much to everybody who has set up donations weekly and monthly we
1:23.4	appreciate it. Okay let's talk to Caitlin. This interview with Caitlin
1:27.5	ohashi is brought to you by tumbletrack. As longtime listeners of the
1:31.9	show will know I have two little adorable gymnastics nieces.
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