I don’t know if it’s because I’m typing this in my daughter’s gym that inspiration hit me to write about gymnastics, or if it was the absolutely dominating season that the UCLA gymnastics team had.
Either way, gymnasts will tell you they are no stranger to injuries. A story recently came out about our own 2018 floor co-champion Katelyn Ohashi, and how UCLA gymnastics and coach Valerie Kondos-Field (better known as “Coach Val” or “Miss Val”) basically saved her life. Ohashi was quoted as saying she had an n“abusive and restrictive” experience with elite gymnastics, but the passion to perform was reignited at UCLA.