Name: Identity After NCAA Gymnastics with Kara Lovan by monsooniowa
Duration: 33 min 28 s
Description: Former collegiate gymnast and second-generation Asian American, Kara Lovan, won three NCAA Women's Gymnastics National Championships and four Big-12 Conference Championships at the University of Oklahoma from 2013 to 2017. Lovan reflects on her time as an elite athlete, including juggling the anxiety and pressures that come with the sacrifice of the sport, and life thereafter.

Former collegiate gymnast and second-generation Asian American, Kara Lovan, won three NCAA Women's Gymnastics National Championships and four Big-12 Conference Championships at the University of Oklahoma from 2013 to 2017. Lovan reflects on her time as an elite athlete, including juggling the anxiety and pressures that come with the sacrifice of the sport, and life thereafter.

Identity After NCAA Gymnastics with Kara Lovan

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