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 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin told IG that "The Office" star Brian Baumgartner was "hilarious" during their recent shoot at UCLA for an upcoming show. In Los Angeles this week to host the UCLA Nastia Liukin Summer Gymnastics Camp, 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin told IG that "The Office" star Brian Baumgartner was "hilarious" during their recent shoot at UCLA for an upcoming show. "Brian is a golfer on the show, so his therapist tells him to visit some athletes," said Liukin, taking a break before camp outside the UCLA's John Wooden Center on Saturday morning. "So he comes to the gym, and he doesn't know whom he's going to see. He walks in and sees me, and he's like, 'Oh my God, why am I seeing Nastia Liukin here?'" Liukin, who recently played herself in an episode of ABC Family's gymnastics-themed drama "Make It or Break It," said Baumgartner's character remained befuddled as the scene continued. "He's like, 'Do you know anything about golf?'" Liukin said. "And I'm like, 'No.' He asks, 'Have you ever played golf?' and I'm like 'No.' He's really confused. He came in here to try and train his mind on a different aspect of golf. All sports are somewhat related, and he comes to the gym for balance. The idea is that you can transfer golf to gymnastics." The 20-year-old Liukin said she enjoyed working with Baumgartner, who plays accountant Kevin Malone on the hit NBC comedy. "It was a lot of fun," Liukin told IG. "Brian was hilarious. I was teaching him how to do beam. I honestly don't watch much TV, but the other night I was watching 'The Office' and I saw him. I was like "Oh my gosh!' It was cool." Liukin said she also enjoyed sharing her experiences with the 250 young gymnasts who participated in the UCLA camp. "A lot of the camp was based on things I wanted to see, so we had a 'dream board' session." Liukin said. "I had a dream board before the Olympics, so I told my story about it and what I had on mine. We gave poster boards and markers to the girls. It was great seeing their dreams. Some of them are 6 years old, and they wrote 'Go to the Olympics!' One girl asked me, 'What color are the Olympic rings?' It's really cool to be able to teach these girls that you can have big dreams like that. I was one of them at one time, so it's really special to me." Because Liukin will be in New York for the launch of her Nastia Liukin Supergirl fashion line, she will not be attending this coming weekend's Cover Girl Classic in Chicago, a qualifying meet for the Visa (U.S.) Championships. She plans to attend the Visa Championships in August in Hartford, as well as the world championships in October in Rotterdam. Liukin said she may be working in broadcasting at both events. Read more from Nastia Liukin in an upcoming issue of International Gymnast Magazine. Comments (0)
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