University gymnast Olivia Dunne has forced her faculty to review her security system during the events she participates in. The student has an ultra-rising popularity rating, especially among young men her age, which has even given her the opportunity to become a millionaire.
Being a student and a millionaire is the dream combination of school children. Well college gymnast Olivia Dunne has managed to find the miracle recipe. The 20-year-old has raised nearly two million dollars through brand partners. A sum that can be explained by the status of the American, star of social networks, almost as followed as star gymnast Simone Biles, four-time Olympic champion.
Respect the crown?#GeauxTigers | @livvydunne pic.twitter.com/XeHwsz4OO3
—LSU Gymnastics (@LSUgym) 13 January 2023
In fact, Olivia Dunne has 3 and 6.8 million subscribers on Instagram and TikTok. Impressive numbers that follow her even at her sporting events, where she participates with her university. Many of her fans (mostly young men her age) come to see her at work in her gymnastics competitions.
On January 6, they did not see the young American, injured in the shoulder. Her admirers therefore thought they saw Olivia Dunne at the exit of the enclosure where the gymnastics meet took place. In vain. This caused their dissatisfaction, screamed at the young girls on Olivia Dunne’s team, but also the misunderstanding of certain gymnastics personalities. “It’s actually very scary and disturbing,” wrote former athlete Samantha Peszek, a silver medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. “I’m embarrassed for them.”
This is actually so scary and disturbing and creepy. I am embarrassed for them… pic.twitter.com/h23bBdBQ9B
— Samantha Peszek (@samanthapeszek) 8 January 2023
A security guard to protect his team
The police even had to intervene to calm the crowd and escort the TikTok star to safety, who responded by writing a message on his Twitter account: “I would appreciate and always have your support, but if you come to a meeting, I would like to ask you to respect other gymnasts and the gymnastics community because we are just doing our job.”
I will always appreciate and love your support, but if you come to a meet, I would ask that you please be respectful of the other gymnasts and the gymnastics community as we are just doing our jobu2764ufe0f
— Olivia Dunne (@livvydunne) 8 January 2023
As of now, the LSU University located in Louisiana has decided to hire a security guard to accompany Olivia Dunne’s team. An incredible choice, but anything but insane given the turn that recent events have taken. “The bodyguard will be at our hotel and outside our locker room and will drive us to and from the venue bus,” team coach Jay Clark explained.
“Seven figures. That’s something I’m proud of. Especially being a woman in college sports. There are no pro leagues for most women’s sports after college,” Olivia said. Dunne in an interview with The New York Times. Words not shared by several American sports personalities who believe that the reasons for its popularity are a step backwards for the female cause in sports.
