In Pictures: Olivia Dunne, Aleah Finnegan and other LSU gymnasts host first official training session for 2024-25 season

By Soumik Bhattacharya

Modified Sep 25, 2024 17:19 GMT

LSU (Louisiana State University) gymnast Olivia Dunne recently featured in the first official training session of the LSU Tigers. The NCAA Gymnastics defending championships have begun their preparations for the 2024-25 NCAA season.

Besides Dunne, several other LSU Tigers such as the 2024 NCAA floor exercises champion, Aleah Finnegan, Chase Brock, and Haleigh Bryant were also present during the training drill held at the LSU Gymnastics Training facility.

New LSU recruit and two-time Pan American games gold medalist Kaliya Lincoln was also seen on the gymnastics floor in her first training session for the institution. The LSU's official Instagram handle shared pictures of the gymnasts practicing some sprinting drills and flexibility drills.

"It’s an everyday grind. First official practice is in the books"

Having won both the NCAA Gymnastics Championships and SEC Conference Championships last year, Olivia Dunne's LSU Tigers will be one of the top teams to watch out for in the upcoming collegiate gymnastics season.

Dunne, in her fifth season for the Tigers, will be looking to end her collegiate career with another victory in her final season for the institution.

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Olivia Dunne reacts to LSU newcomer Lexi Zeiss' first LSU training session

Dunne at the 2024 NCAA Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth Texas (Image via: Getty Images)

Olivia Dunne recently commented on the 2022 World Artistic Championships gold medalist Lexi Zeiss' post as the 18-year-old made her first appearance in an LSU training session.

Following Zeiss' first appearance in an LSU Tigers kit, she shared a few pictures from her training season at the training facility on Instagram with some of her LSU teammates like Kailin Cho and Leah Miller. She captioned the post:

"Heart so full"

Olivia Dunne, one of the senior members on the LSU roster, wrote a sweet comment for the 18-year-old gymnast to make her comfortable as a newcomer. She wrote:

"My idol"

Dunne's comment on Lexi Zeiss's IG post (Image via Zeiss' Instagram)

Zeiss is a seasoned campaigner for the United States national gymnastics team. She won the 2022 World Gymnastics Championships as part of the team and also won a silver and a bronze respectively in the individual all-around and balance beam apparatus during the 2022 Pan-American Championships.