Play it off cool like you know her. She's famous, but like you said you had no idea who she was until you searched her. So, naturally if you know who she is she'll think you have some common interest. I bet she doesn't get much attention, so it will flatter her. It's a very thin line between an indirect\direct opener.

Of course you must play it off in a negging type of way because she is DHV by being slightly famous. So, perhaps start off next time she checks in with a puzzled look on your face as you read her name, then followed by a smile when you glane up at her.

I would then go into saying something like "'name'.. I know you from somewhere.. oh that's right you're a (insert something completely hypocritcal to what she does for a living)." Wait for a laugh or some gesture o that sort and be like, naw i'm just kidding, you did "such and such" right?..

Normally you wouldn't qualify her like that, but being famous you can do a little background search on her to have common ground to talk about. Since you are qualifying her by recognition, you must also disqualify her immediately and folow up with something like: "Oh, well that's cool. When I was little I was quite the gymnast in P.E class, but that didn't get me much popularity once I was out of elementary school..."

Take it from there bro, hope this helps.

Im sorry but I have to disagree with "igetit". One of the fundamental rules of PUA is that you are the exception to the rule. I think its pretty safe to say that several guys have gone up to her and recognized her saying, "OMG your that gymnast who won the gold medal in beijing!". The best thing to do is to play it off as if you dont even know who she is. Use more negs than usual, and treat her like you would any other HB9.

The best example I could give is how Papa sarged Paris Hilton in The Game. He acted totally oblivious to her celebrity. Do the exact same, and run tight game and I dont see how you wouldnt be successful.

I disagree with the last part about negging her and saying "thats why i didnt recognize you." first, this girl is passionate about her sport, and shes working HARD to compete in an attempt to win. You need to acknowledge that, and negging her for failing is just a complete insult to her whole character.

What I recommend is to build some common ground on her passions, ie. gymnastics, maybe comment on u understand how it sucks to have to train and eat a specific way 365 days a year, and how uve been there done that, tried the six pack eating lifestyle (since u work at a gym, i assume u know how painful it is to go on a cut, and maintain it) etc. And then from there, the rest of ur awesome game kicks in. Cheers

I never said "neg her for failing". I said to neg her for what she does. She probably thinks she's hot stuff for what she does, so you need to disqualify her.

Would you go up to a HB10 model and tell her "wow you're so gorgeous i know how hard it is for you to be a model congratulations." Just because it probably is hard and she deserves some brownie points? No, that will throw you into the AFC category. You don't want to qualify your target or else you put her on a pedestal and lose your power.

Guys as an athlete, I can tell you that we all have insecurities beyond your imagination. It comes with pressure. I never competed with Olympics. The pressure of being on national TV and around the globe is unimaginable. One screw up and you can be the laughing stock somewhere. Most athletes do not have social lives because of the training that they go through everyday. Relating to her sport is probably the best thing you can do. Just don't act as a completely creepy stalker.