.uclagymnastics members DennisNia & IAmMargzetta honored fallen legend Kobe Bryant at competition last night. 🙌
and junior Nia Dennis showed their respect for Kobe by writing one of his numbers, 24, on their skin prior to an away gymnastics meet against Stanford. The Bruins won 197.575 to 196.250, and UCLA head coach Chris Waller, who took the reins over from longtime leaderIt was a tough 24 hours leading up into this meet
with the horrible tragedy of Kobe Bryant passing . . . it really affected our team and our coaches, and hearts went out to them," Chris said of the victims."Some of our athletes wore 24 to remember him by. . . . I know that some of them dedicated this meet to him and his family." Chris added that associate head coach Kristina Comforte had even met and spent time with the basketball star.
Nia told POPSUGAR through a spokesperson,"Miss Val recruited me, she always said I reminded her of Kobe Bryant because of my drive and hard work and good sportsmanship, and I was so honored every time she said that to me. I really wanted to honor and celebrate everything he did accomplish and how many people he inspired. I really live by that Mamba mentality, always fighting until the end."Margzetta told us that she loved Kobe since she was little.
The UCLA team did what they did best — they showed up, had fun, and performed. But, some chose to hit their routines in honor of Kobe, who will be
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