laurie hernandez walked through these doors and shared her enthusiasm for the sport. >> so sweet. >> reporter: young gymnasts lined up eager to meet laurie hernandez, a star in their sport. >> being able to just be an olympian in general, i think being able to go to the olympics and be able to represent your country, it almost -- it changes the way that you look at yourself. >> in 2016 hernandez won olympic team gold in the silver medal in the balance beam in rio. >> just being able to be an athlete from the summer olympics i'm rooting for the winter olympians. there are a lot of people especially nick goepper and chloe kim. >> reporter: their amazing feats are grabbing attention on the world stage while gymnasts in burlingame today showed hernandez their skills. >> seeing her on the olympic screen knowing that she was about 16, very close to my age, makes me like kind of want to be like here. i want to be at that level. >> reporter: gymnasts at excel gymnasts raised funds for a chirps hospital with hernandez along with advice. >> if you can't find it in you to believe in yourself