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National Post
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- National Post
Livvy Dunne reveals reason why her Olympic dreams ended in 2018
Olivia 'Livvy' Dunne has lifted the curtain on how her Olympic dreams were literally shattered. Article content The former LSU gymnast appeared on the What's Your Story? podcast with wrestling personality and heir Stephanie McMahon last week. Article content Article content Dunne announced her retirement from gymnastics in April and is recovering from a major knee injury suffered in March. Article content The avulsion fracture was just the latest in a long line of injuries suffered by the 22-year-old. Article content 'I was actually competing on a hurt ankle (at) the 2018 USA Championships,' she told McMahon. 'And part of my ankle bone died … so my Olympic dreams died with it.' Article content She said she was diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans, a condition in which bone beneath the cartilage of a joint dies due to lack of blood flow, saying that it can also cause pain and possibly hinder joint motion,' according to People. Article content But she kept trying anyway, only to get hurt again. Last month Dunne told People: 'I fractured my kneecap during my gymnastics season and it's getting better, slowly but surely. I've been grinding non-stop ever since the season ended, but I think that it is getting a little bit better. Article content Article content Article content Dunne, who was one of the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover stars, told People she's adjusting to life after athletics. Article content 'My life has revolved around gymnastics,' she said. 'So honestly, to be able to say yes to more things and potentially maybe do some more performing art stuff on screen — and I'm very excited.' Article content That might even include more acting, she hinted to the publication. She previously was a star of an Amazon Prime series on LSU athletes. Article content
BBC News
07-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Melissa Andreatta keen to make 'dreams come true' with Scotland
Melissa Andreatta's predecessor, Pedro Martinez Losa, was dismissed because of his inability to guide Scotland to Euro 2025. The third major tournament in a row the Scots failed to reach. A battered and bruised side fell to their knees in December at the Bolt Arena in Helsinki while Finland were celebrating and planning for Switzerland this summer. Although Scotland have become all too familiar with failure, Andreatta insists the job, and the move around the world with her family, "wasn't a hard sell" and she is confident of "competing on the world stage" with her new team. "My family know what I'm very passionate about and what I've dreamt of for a long time in my football career and that's to be a head coach," the Australian said at her first media conference. "It wasn't a hard sell. Whether you're a player or a coach, you want to mix it with the best. You want to be at the highest level and I think of that 12-year-old Mel who dreamt of being a gold medallist at the Olympic Games. "I think that's the same thing to me, being at the highest level competing against the best on the world stage is things that dreams are made of. "It would be an honour, a privilege, a dream come true for me as well, but more importantly for a group of players who have been working hard at this for many years - some just starting out on their journey - and it would be super special for them. "That's what I'm all about, supporting a group of people with this one goal to all get on the same page, aligned behind it and going for it and I hope we can do that."
