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Watch Gymnast Abby Paulson Perform Stellar Taylor Swift-Inspired Floor Routine
There aren’t any blank spaces in Abby Paulson’s floor routine as she completely nailed every move, twist, turn, and flip to various instrumental versions of Taylor Swift songs.
Abby began her performance lying on the floor as an instrumental version of ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ played in the background. After performing some simple dance moves, she went into her first tumbling pass, which included a front tuck into a round-off, backhand spring, into what looks like a double full twist.
Look At What You Made Abby Paulson DoAfter performing some other killer dance moves and leaps, Abby went into a split leap just as the song switched to an instrumental version of ‘Shake It Off’.
Of course, she had to add in Taylor’s iconic three-clap move, which the pop icon does on stage while performing the hit, right before she went into her third tumbling pass.
Following the tumble pass, Abby did a shimmy, which Taylor also does during her live performance of the hit.The floor routine gained so much attention that ESPN shared the video to their Instagram page, captioning the post, “Are you ready for it?” and fans could not get enough.
“Omg! That was incredible,” one user wrote as another chimed in by expressing, “Killed it.”
One fan, who follows Abby and her gymnastics journey, commented that she also uses Taylor’s songs for her beam routine. “She also plays Taylor for beam and tonight she got a 10,” they shared.
A Swiftie commented, “Automatic 13 out of 10,” referencing Taylor’s favorite number, lucky 13. “13.0 for Abby,” another said.
While Paulson scored a 9.925 for her Taylor Swift-inspired floor routine, she did score a perfect 10 for her beam routine earlier that day in front of a home crowd of over 13,000 fans. According to Utah State, it was the second perfect score of her career and the first 10.0 since her freshman season.
In another post, the 2023 NCAA team bronze medalist referenced Taylor Swift as she told her fans to “make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and come cheer on the red rocks.”
“Wear your Taylor themed leo’s, sparkly outfits, and friendship bracelets to help us celebrate the eras of @utahgymnastics,” she added.
She first got into gymnastics thanks to her parents, who “put me in gymnastics when I was 2 because I was climbing all over the counters and furniture.”
It’s clear Abby Paulson is a huge Swiftie, and we hope Taylor sees her incredible floor routine!