American gymnast nails incredible opening pitch
Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin knows how to entertain a crowd.
She proved as much during the 2008 Olympics, when she took home the all-around gold medal after wowing the judges in four different events.
So when it came to throwing out a first pitch prior to Wednesday's Chicago Cubs game, Liukin knew she would need to kick things up a notch to impress those in attendance. She did not disappoint.
Liukin tapped into her gymnast roots, performing an impressive front flip before delivering the first pitch to the plate. You don’t usually see that kind of commitment during a first pitch.
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While Liukin has thrown out first pitches in the past, this appears to be the first time she’s added a flip to her routine.
She was asked to throw out first pitches for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets in 2014, and opted to go with a straight-forward approach for those.
The most famous first pitch fail came in 2014 via rapper 50 Cent:
Fellow rapper Snoop Dogg wasn't much better in 2016:
Miss Texas also had a shocker in 2014:
But Aussie cricket captain Steve Smith showed the yanks how it's done last year:
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