Olivia Dunne joked in a hilarious TikTok video that she wouldn’t be competing in this year’s Summer Olympics in Paris.
A few days after Team USA’s gymnastics roster for the Paris Games was finalized, Dunne joked to her 8 million followers on the platform that she wasn’t on the team.
Dunne posted a 14-second montage of her low points to sarcastically mourn the rejection. The failed jumps and falls were accompanied by a bass-boosted version of the Star-Spangled Banner.
“Very sad to announce that I have not been selected for the 2024 Olympic Games,” she wrote with a disappointed emoji.
“Rejected,” she added in the caption.
Olivia Dunne joked about being cut from Team USA’s gymnastics roster for the Olympics
The Team USA gymnastics team is led by Simone Biles with teammates Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera. Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong travel with the team as alternate athletes.
The video emerged just a day after Dunne told the New York Post about her gymnastics career, including the Olympics.
Dunne concluded her senior season at LSU Gymnastics as part of the program’s first NCAA national championship team in April.
“So I’m entitled to a fifth year, but I haven’t made a decision yet,” she told the Post. “I’m thinking about it… But I am entitled to a fifth year. [for another year at LSU].
“I don’t think I’ll be running for the Olympics or anything like that after that, since I played for Team USA at one point and closed that chapter by going to LSU.”
Simone Biles will lead the stars and stripes in gymnastics at the Olympics this summer
Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera complete the US gymnastics squad
Dunne was part of the first LSU gymnastics team to win an NCAA national title in April
Two of the four seniors in Dunne’s class have committed to return for a fifth season
The Tigers captured their first NCAA title by scoring 198,225 points to defeat California (197,850), Utah (197,800) and Florida (197,4375) at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.
“The national championship, that was the end goal, of course,” Dunne said. “That was the icing on the cake of my senior year. It’s just so cool to be able to make history with my whole team.”
In her four years at LSU, Dunne added accolades to her resume including 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2021 WCGA All-American, 2021 WCGA All-American and 2021 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.
The social media star has a career-high score of 9.925 on bars, which she set in 2021 against Auburn and 2022 against Centenary. She also has a personal best of 9.90 on floor, which she set against Alabama in 2022.