Livvy Dunne dealing with injury that could end her gymnastics career

LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne missed her elder nighttime Friday.

The 22-year-old New Jersey autochthonal announced successful an Instagram station she has an "avulsion fracture of my patella," which outgo her Friday night's meet.

"It perfectly breaks my bosom not to get the accidental to vie successful the (Pete Maravich Assembly Center) 1 past time," Dunne wrote.

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Olivia Dunne during a PAC-12 conscionable against Utah astatine Jon M. Huntsman Center Jan. 6, 2023, successful Salt Lake City. (Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)

Dunne has not competed since Jan. 24 against Arkansas, but she could instrumentality for NCAAs adjacent month. A emblematic betterment clip for the kneecap wounded is astatine slightest 3 months, but it could besides instrumentality up to fractional a year.

The Cleveland Clinic defines an avulsion fracture arsenic an wounded erstwhile "a tiny portion of bony attached to a tendon oregon ligament gets pulled distant from the main portion of the bone."

Friday marked No. 2-ranked LSU's last location conscionable of the season, a 198.575-197.175 triumph implicit No. 10 Georgia.

Livvy Dunne astatine the 2024 ESPY Awards astatine the Dolby Theatre July 11, 2024, successful Los Angeles.  (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

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The Tigers are headed to Auburn Friday earlier the SEC Championships March 22.

The nationalist regionals agelong from April 2-6, portion the NCAA championships, which LSU won past year, volition tally from April 17-19 successful Fort Worth.

Dunne was eligible for a 5th twelvemonth and decided to instrumentality arsenic 1 of the NCAA's apical NIL earners, boasting millions of followers crossed societal media.

Gymnast Olivia Dunne joins forces with Purina Pro Plan astatine the premiere of Fueled By, a docuseries highlighting the captious relation nutrition plays successful her progressive manner June 26, 2024 successful New York.  (Jason DeCrow/AP Content Services for Purina Pro Plan)

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Dunne is dating LSU alum and Cy Young contender Paul Skenes, who was named MLB's National League Rookie of the Year successful 2024.

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