Gymnast Katelyn Ohashi Holds Leotard With Her Teeth
By Rebecca Cukier on March 1, 2021 at 4:55 AM EST
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Artistic gymnast Katelyn Ohashi is literally holding her minuscule leotard with her teeth – the UCLA Gymnastics sensation is back with her off-beat Instagram posts. Katelyn, 23, and already making 2021 headlines for rolling into the splits in sheer undies for the "Buss It" Challenge, kicked off the week to a very eye-catching and colorful start, posting flower power photos for her 1 million followers and including a held-by-the-teeth deal. The photos came as another career win for the star. See how below.
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Scroll for the photos. They come as Katelyn ups her game from just flipping around mats and beams, with the star's post last night bringing her announcing a leotard collab with GK Gymnastics, a brand already boasting collections with 23-year-old gymnastics superstar Simone Biles.
All smiles and going floral in a green-and-pink blouse with blush pink matching pants, Katelyn smiled for the camera in her opening shot, seen with two flowers in her hair, a long rose stalk between her teeth, and a leotard dangling from it.
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A quick swipe to the right brought Ohashi's insane flexibility as she balanced on only her forearms with her legs yanked up against a wall, with fans seeing the gymnast's bare and pointed feet all steely-strong as she posed from behind a green veil.
Further images, showing the stylish leotards, came with a caption as Katelyn told her followers: "My @gkelite spring collection dropped almost two weeks ago. make sure you grab yours before they sell out!" See the photo and insane stretch below!
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Katelyn, whose viral gymnastics have been Tweeted by singer Janet Jackson, has opened up on her career, in particular, on seeing her parents give up everything to make it happen.
"My parents are everything—they’re so amazing and it’s just crazy that they were willing to do that,” Ohashi told Marie Claire, adding: “But as a 9-year-old person who feels like they are splitting their parents apart, there was a lot of pressure for me to live up to the expectations that my parents and family had for me.”
See her wild abs below!
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Despite stating she feels like she had no real childhood, Ohashi has expressed gratitude for what her career has brought her. "I had a lot of other opportunities that other people didn’t. I got to travel to Italy three times. I got to go to South Africa. I couldn’t be more grateful for stuff like that," she added.
The star's Instagram is now becoming a celebrity hotspot, with the feed followed by gymnast Simone Biles and 2016 face Aly Raisman, plus 23-year-old actress Bella Thorne.
Scroll for Simone Biles shirtless in an NFL helmet and flaunting her massive thigh gap.
