Ohashi Wins Pair of ESPYs
July 10, 2019 | Gymnastics
Recently-graduated UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi won a pair of ESPY Awards, taking home Best Viral Moment and Best Play for her perfect 10 floor exercise routine at the Collegiate Classic in January.
Ohashi's routine has amassed over 125 million views. It was the first of six perfect 10s she scored on floor exercise in 2019. She finished her UCLA career with two NCAA titles, five Pac-12 titles, 10 All-America awards and 11 perfect 10s.
Upon winning the Best Play award over Derrick Henry's 99-yard touchdown run, Kawhi Leonard's Game 7 buzzer-beater, and the Miami Dolphins' "Miami Miracle", Ohashi took the ESPYs stage to deliver a powerful spoken word poem for her acceptance speech.
Her victory in the Best Play category was just the third-ever by a female athlete.Speak on it, @katelyn_ohashi ?? pic.twitter.com/uydZMV4tSq
โ ESPN (@espn) July 11, 2019
A trio of Bruins also claimed an ESPY, as the U.S. Soccer Women's National Team won the award for Best Team. Sam Mewis, Abby Dahlkemper and Mal Pugh were there with their teammates to accept in person just hours after lining the streets of New York City for a ticker tape parade.
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