At 7:20 a.m. sharp, Emma Malabuyo steps out of the elevator across from Pauley Pavilion. A poster of her dressed in a sparkly blue leotard faces the front door of UCLA’s Acosta Training Center. It ...
In the corridors under Bercy Arena, Emma Malabuyo prepared for a dream to come true. The UCLA gymnast felt the pulse of a full crowd. She saw the flag of the Philippines hanging in all corners of the ...
This post was updated July 29 at 5:06 p.m. Correction: The original version of this article misspelled Tokyo in a sentence. Emma Malabuyo’s road to the Olympics has been long, to say the least. “It’s ...
The UCLA gymnastics team has only four home meets this season. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the “Bruin Magic” the team relies on is confined to Pauley Pavilion. “It’s just so sad that we only ...
This post was updated July 2 at 7:06 p.m. Emma Malabuyo is admittedly still learning to speak Filipino. UCLA gymnastics’ rising junior said she relies upon family members and her new teammates to help ...
Emma Malabuyo knows what the pressure of the Olympics feels like. She was an alternate for Team USA gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics that was held in 2021. Now, she can celebrate another chance to ...
Jordan Chiles’ music wouldn’t start. Despite attempts to play the track over the Yates Gym speakers at the John Wooden Center, the Billboard Top 100 hits that often serenade UCLA gymnastics floor ...