Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian casually throw gold-winning first pitches
Olympians Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian brought their outstanding gymnastics skills to the baseball diamond on Saturday and blew us all away.
The gold medal winners were given the honor of throwing the first pitches for the New York Mets and Texas Rangers, and as you can imagine, they did not disappoint.
When 16-year-old Laurie Hernandez took to the plate at Citi Field on Saturday night, she busted out some acrobatics to impress the New York Mets.
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While wearing her custom Mets jersey, Hernandez removed her gold medal before rocking an aerial cartwheel and her signature smile. Here's a video of the casual pitch in case you missed it:
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Now that she's conquered the baseball field, we're looking forward to seeing Hernandez bring her skills to the dance floor, as she joins this year's cast of Dancing with the Stars.
Final Five member Madison Kocian also got a chance to throw the first pitch on Saturday for her favorite MLB team, the Texas Rangers.
In an interview with SportsDay, Kocian -- a die-hard Rangers fan -- explained that her dad was at a Rangers game when her mother went into labor with her, and she even ranked getting an autographed bat from Adrian Beltre over getting a hug from Beyoncé (woah, baby).
Like Hernandez, some impressive acrobatics accompanied Kocian's pitch as the 19-year-old did a handstand and walkover before tossing the ball down the plate to Jeff Banister.
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