Suni Lee wins Olympic gold for U.S. in women’s gymnastics all-around
UPDATED ON: JULY 29, 2021 / 10:20 AM / CBS/AP
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An American finished atop the podium in the women’s Olympic gymnastics all-around, just like always. Suni Lee became the fifth straight American woman to claim the Olympic title on Thursday, edging Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in an entertaining and hotly contested final while defending champion Simone Biles cheered from the stands.
Lee’s total of 57.433 points was just enough to top Andrade, who earned the first gymnastics all-around medal by a Latin American athlete but missed out on gold when she stepped out of bounds twice during her floor routine. Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova earned bronze two days after leading the Russian Olympic Committee, or ROC, to gold in the team final.
Lee and the Americans earned a silver in that event, one in which Biles withdrew after one rotation when she decided she was not mentally prepared to compete.
Yet if Lee, Andrade and the rest of the contenders were nervous, it hardly showed. Andrade’s near-perfect Cheng vault gave her an early lead, but Lee used her spectacular uneven bars set — the hardest one currently being done in competition — to pull closer.
Lee, an 18-year-old Hmong-American from Minnesota, gutted her way through a nervy beam routine. She nearly came off while executing a wolf turn — basically a seated spin — and basically needed to suction cup her toes to the 4-inch slab of wood to stay on. Her score of 13.833 moved her in front of Andrade heading into the floor exercise.
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Good!
I am very happy for Suni Lee winning the gold at theOlympics. Happy also that she chose to wear the distinctly USA red, white and blue Stars and Stripes theme uniform as well. Some uniforms are
Monochromatic and could be for any country.