The LSU gymnast, Konnor McClain, recently shared a blunt warning for parents, urging them to rethink before asking their kids to join gymnastics. She revealed the shocking 11-scan medical list she underwent after her gymnastics season.
McClain was last seen in action at the 2026 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships, which took place in Fort Worth, Texas. She delivered a dominant performance in the championship, scoring an impressive 9.9500 on the uneven bars, where she anchored the rotation flawlessly. Along with this, she also executed a stunning routine in the balance beam event, scoring another 9.9500.
During the semifinals, she recorded a 9.9125 on bars and a 9.9500 on beam. She performed in the tournament despite battling through a severe arm injury. During the regional finals, she suffered a hard fall on the mat during her uneven bars performance, which affected her right elbow and arm.
Days after concluding the 2026 season, she shared a video on social media, opening up about all the check-ups, surgery, and the medical scans she had to go through after the season. Warning the parents who want to enroll their children in gymnastics, she said:
“If you ever think about putting your kids in gymnastics, watch this video because it’s been a month since the season ended, and I’ve had an ankle MRI, an ankle CT scan, an ankle surgery, a shoulder MRI, an elbow MRI, a wrist MRI, and I still have to get a neck MRI, a neck CT scan, a chest MRI, and I’m on the way to get. A gallbladder ultrasound and blood work and I’ve already gotten blood work a couple of weeks ago and I still have wrist surgery to go. So just rethink before you think about doing gymnastics,” said Konnor McClain.
Konnor McClain made her feelings known about her team’s growing talent after the NCAA regionals win
After the LSU Tigers won the second round in the NCAA Regionals, Konnor McClain and her teammate, Kailin Chio, sat for a press conference. The team posted a score of 198.375, which surpassed the record for the highest score in the second round of the NCAA gymnastics regional.
Lauding her team for the feat and talking about their growing talent, she said that this performance wasn’t their best.
“That’s still not our best and we are capable of still so much more. It’s just really exciting knowing that there’s still more in us and we go out there and we were having the time of our lives and it’s not over yet. So I think we are just excited to keep stacking the days and just keep going and ready for Saturday,” said Konnor McClain.
Konnor McClain joined the LSU gymnastics team in the summer of 2023 and made her official collegiate debut for them on January 5, 2024.
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