Gymnast that says "Self-hatred goodbye" to body shamers scores 10.0

[Demovictory9]

[CatWoman]

1. I watched her on You Tube earlier

that girl is AWESOME!!!!!

[Demovictory9]

5. 'A 10 isn't enough': This UCLA gymnast's flawless floor routine just broke the Internet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/14/isnt-enough-this-ucla-gymnasts-flawless-floor-routine-just-broke-internet/?utm_term=.95576aa5c478

[Lithos]

2. Some people have no shame

She's absolutely stunning and beautiful to behold, her attitude with strength, poise and confidence, is inspiring. Her performance could have easily been entitled "Joy of Life".

Anyone who condemned her show what a fool they are. She is magnificent.

[Demovictory9]

3. The issue was people talking crap about her body. She learned not to care

[Lithos]

13. Sad she listened

Such a beautiful individual, glad she learned to ignore them and enjoy who she is. The world is better for it.

[Volaris]

34. WTF is wrong with her body again?

She looks like a gymnist to me...

[Demovictory9]

35. Fans wanted her to he thinner..cant be too thin in our culture

[Volaris]

39. She weighs 88 pounds, according to this thread.

If she lost weight, she'd goddamn DISSAPPEAR.

[Drahthaardogs]

38. She's body-beautiful. What is there to talk crap about?

My wife would kill to have her legs and butt. Are people insane?

[BigmanPigman]

4. A winner in many ways!

I was impressed when I heard her story when I saw her on TV after her achievement. She told about all her obstacles regarding body shaming for her weight and her many injuries and how she blew them all off. She decided she wanted to have fun for herself alone. That makes her a real winner to me.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2019/01/16/ucla-gymnast-katelyn-ohashi-story-behind-her-viral-floor-routine/2586047002/

"No one ever fully knew what I was going through, and I never really could say or publicize what was wrong with me," Ohashi said in a video for The Players' Tribune last August, noting that the pressure — specifically when it came to her body and what she ate — from fans and coaches left her "broken."

I was happy to be injured," she said. "I was told that it was embarrassing how big I'd become. I was compared to a bird that couldn't fly. These are all things that I heard before I even got injured, things that, when I was skinny I was told. So what would they think of me when I had become big? I couldn't accept myself. Gymnastics was my worth, it was my life. I hated myself."
Now gymnastics is just a part of her life."

[iluvtennis]

7. Well said BP - I agree

[ismnotwasm]

6. I watch her routine just to feel a bit better when I need to

It’s so awesome and joyous

[Merlot]

10. It's the perfect pick-me-up!

After being amazed the first 3 times or so watching it, I though how nice she doesn't look all skinny. Until now, I didn't realize that was an issue.

I'm gonna go watch it again!

[JI7]

18. it really is one of those videos

she had the right moves but the attitude that went with it just made it so perfect .

[calimary]

32. No kidding. That was a WUNNNNNNderful!

I watched with a 65-year-old’s mentality. Ohhh look at that - OWWW! Lands in the splits - OWWWW! On the knees - OWWWW!

And then she fairly dances off, looking like she could do ALL that high-impact stuff all over again... OWWWWWWWWWW!!!

She’s amazing! That performance is astounding! And all the little filler moves, dancing moves and quick little poses and flutters and snaps, she never stops moving, even in set-ups for the next tumbling run. Astonishing!

[IronLionZion]

8. Haters are just jealous

They wish they could have her athletic ability and confidence.

[Roadside Attraction]

9. This young lady is NOT a flash-in-the-pan

Read about her very long string of accomplishments here -- she's a W I N N E R !!!

https://www.thoughtco.com/gymnast-katelyn-ohashi-1714663

More here:

https://heavy.com/sports/2019/01/katelyn-ohashi/

Ohashi has had six perfect-10 performances throughout her career. In 2017, she earned two perfect scores for balance beam. Last year, she earned three perfect scores for her floor exercise. This year, she’s already off to a great start, earning her first perfect 10 this past weekend.

She's 4 ft 10 inches tall and weighs 88 pounds!!!!! All muscle!!!!!

And would you look at that smile !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tblue37]

29. She actually defeated Simone Biles in a championship meet some years ago, and

was considered at one time to be the best gymnast in the world. Simone Biles is, of course, also brilliant, but this young woman left the Olympic feeder circuit and found her own way.

[Ligyron]

11. Wait a minute...

no human being can do THAT!

Right?

Now I have to go read how one becomes super human.

and "body shaming"? Her? WTF

[Generic Brad]

12. She puts my body to shame

[SunSeeker]

17. Made want to go to the gym.

But I laid down until the feeling passed.

[calimary]

33. Yeah. Mine too.

[JI7]

16. happened to SHawn Johnson also and she ended up with an eating disorder

and this was AFTER she had already proved herself with awards including silver and gold at the olympics .

[uponit7771]

27. +1

[suffragette]

14. Meaningful words and beautiful routine.

Winner all around!

[SunSeeker]

15. Love love LOVE her!

[MontanaMama]

19. Shes "big"?

She looks normal. Healthy. I battled anorexia for 25 years before clawing my way out of that hell. I remember when I hit the 115lb threshold, my mother and my boyfriend telling me I’d gone too far and needed to eat less. I believe she is beautiful and perfect in every way. You go Katelyn!

[onetexan]

26. Second that

People who criticize other people usually are insecure about themselves. It can be very hard and devastating to a young person to hear such horrible things said about them.words can definitely hurt. Which is why its important to teach and help our young people to have confident in themselves and brush aside naysayers.

[Ohio Dem]

20. She has body shamers?

I don't see why.

At any rate, good for her for overcoming it.

[wellst0nev0ter]

31. People shame an 88-pound body?

Am I missing something?

[Olafjoy]

21. Bounciest

She’s just so damn Bouncy and springy!!! She’s like Tigger. She’s bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy fun fun fun fun fun and she’s the only one! (To borrow from the Tigger song) Just freaking awesome. The splits bouncing-how????

[Stargazer09]

24. I thought of Tigger, too

Not just the bouncy routine, but the sheer joy on her face as she does her routine.

Those splits made me wince, though!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

28. full of springs!

She's a bundle of happy and springs!

The body shaming is a shocker -- first I've read about it.

[Quayblue]

22. I love how her the whole team has her back!

[dalton99a]

23. Amazing talent

[ManiacJoe]

25. Reaction by Olympian Shawn Johnson:

[smirkymonkey]

30. She's amazing!

She has no reason for self-hatred and anyone who finds a reason to criticize her is just an insecure, hateful idiot. I hope she goes on to have a successful, happy life.

[lovemydogs]

37. from what I heard this young woman dropped out of gymastics

because she was trying to live up to an ideal of someone else demands and thinking and found herself no longer enjoying gymnastics.
Then she learned to live up to her ideals and say goodbye to others.
She found joy in the sport she loved again when she took her own self back and enjoyed the sport for itself and herself.

[lovemydogs]

36. an inspiration to all young women and girls.

She said goodbye to body shaming and the stupid things that keep girls and women down. riddled with insecurity and eating problems.
They hold onto a man's idea of perfection
She showed all young girls and women with her routine that you need to be true to self, not let others define you and learn to find the joy in self, perfection or not. To love what you can do and what you love to do.
She is a hero to young women everywhere striving for someone's else's idea of perfection instead of your own

[Scurrilous]

40. K&R