Olympian Sunisa Lee says kidney issue ended Auburn season
1 year, 8 months ago

Olympian Sunisa Lee says kidney issue ended Auburn season

The Hindu  

Olympic gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee said a kidney issue cut short her college career, but she still has her sights set on the Paris Games next year. Lee, who already had announced plans to leave college and resume training at the elite level this spring, missed the end of the regular season, the Southeastern Conference championships and the NCAA regional because of what Auburn described as a “non-gymnastics health issue.” She revealed Monday in a post on social media that it was related to kidney problems. “It’s been challenging to end my Auburn career early, but I am thankful for all the love and support,” Lee wrote. “I’ve been able to experience that once-in-a-lifetime feeling and the indescribable emotion when a gold medal is draped around your neck,” Lee said in a November social media post.

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Sunisa Lee credits doctors and team for lifting her to Games glory
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Sunisa Lee credits doctors and team for lifting her to Games glory

The Hindu  

Sunisa Lee thought her gymnastics career might be over when she was stricken with debilitating illness last year and credited the people close to her for the astounding recovery that sees her depart the Paris Olympics with three medals. “Having the support system definitely helped me a lot because there were times when I wanted to give up.” Lee, 21, …

Suni Lee leaves fans heartbroken as USA gymnast FALLS OFF the balance beam at the Olympics - before teammate Simone Biles consoles her
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Suni Lee leaves fans heartbroken as USA gymnast FALLS OFF the balance beam at the Olympics - before teammate Simone Biles consoles her

Daily Mail  

USA gymnast Suni Lee suffered disaster in her final event at the Olympics on Monday after coming flying off the balance beam in Paris. Lee, who has already claimed two bronze medals at this summer's Games, left fans heartbroken when her impressive routine suddenly went horribly wrong. Suni Lee suffered a disaster at the Olympics on Monday after falling off …

Sunisa Lee couldn’t get out of bed in December. Now she has three Olympic medals in Paris
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sunisa Lee couldn’t get out of bed in December. Now she has three Olympic medals in Paris

Associated Press  

PARIS — There is a freedom that Sunisa Lee feels when she’s on the uneven bars that’s hard for her to describe. “I just have to keep reminding myself that I wasn’t even supposed to be here,” Lee said. Like a couple months ago, we didn’t even think this was a possibility.’” The 21-year-old who wasn’t sure she’d ever get …

Suni Lee says Olympic bronze 'goes deeper than gymnastics' in emotional Instagram post reflecting on battling two rare kidney diseases
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Suni Lee says Olympic bronze 'goes deeper than gymnastics' in emotional Instagram post reflecting on battling two rare kidney diseases

Daily Mail  

After securing her fourth and fifth Olympic medals in Paris, Suni Lee reflected on her inspiring journey back to the world stage. However, after securing another Olympic berth on June 30, Lee starred in Team USA alongside Simone Biles as the Americans went on what many regarded as a redemption tour in the French capital. Suni Lee reflected on her …

How Suni Lee overcame kidney diseases to go from bedridden to Olympic medalist
4 months, 3 weeks ago

How Suni Lee overcame kidney diseases to go from bedridden to Olympic medalist

LA Times  

As little as an hour before Suni Lee stood on the third step of the Olympic all-around podium, Jess Graba couldn’t imagine this moment. Only her.” Lee’s miraculous comeback continued Thursday in the women’s all-around final, where she took the bronze medal. “I wanted to just prove to myself that I could do it,” Lee said, “because I didn’t think …

Sunisa Lee’s long road back to the Olympics ended in a familiar spot: the medal stand
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Sunisa Lee’s long road back to the Olympics ended in a familiar spot: the medal stand

Associated Press  

PARIS — Sunisa Lee called coach Jess Graba not long ago and told him it was over. “I just wanted to prove to myself that I could do it because I didn’t think that I could,” Lee said. She has relied on it for months as she and Graba put together a plan that ended with Lee finishing on the …

For Suni Lee, a triumphant Olympic medal caps an improbable comeback
4 months, 3 weeks ago

For Suni Lee, a triumphant Olympic medal caps an improbable comeback

New York Times  

PARIS — A little more than a year ago, her body beaten down by two kidney diseases and her psyche in shambles, Sunisa Lee found herself confronting a horrible thought that kept nagging at her. Biles’ fight back Thursday in the women’s all-around competition to win gold stole the headline, but Lee’s fight to win the bronze at the 2024 …

Meet Suni Lee, the USA gymnast who fought back from career-threatening kidney disease to clinch gold at Paris Olympics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Meet Suni Lee, the USA gymnast who fought back from career-threatening kidney disease to clinch gold at Paris Olympics

Hindustan Times  

When Suni Lee was diagnosed with two incurable kidney diseases in 2023, it felt like she was going to have to bid goodbye to the one thing she loved with all her heart — gymnastics. US' Sunisa Lee competes in the balance beam event of the artistic gymnastics women's team final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games A year later, …

Gold medalist Suni Lee is back at the Olympics. A team doctor helped make it so
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Gold medalist Suni Lee is back at the Olympics. A team doctor helped make it so

New York Times  

It was nearing 11 p.m., the end of a long, arduous day that brought to an end the long, arduous Olympic trials that, for Sunisa Lee, served as the culmination of a long and impossibly arduous journey back to herself. Still shaking her head in disbelief and near teary-eyed that a double-barrel diagnosis of dueling kidney diseases had not ended …

Gymnastics Paris Olympics trials: Suni Lee’s comeback was even more amazing than Simone Biles’.
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Gymnastics Paris Olympics trials: Suni Lee’s comeback was even more amazing than Simone Biles’.

Slate  

For American gymnastics fans seeking a less dramatic 2024 quadrennial after the lasting trauma of the Tokyo Olympics, those hopes were summarily decimated as not one, not two, but three presumptive stars of the Paris squad went down one after another with injuries during last week’s Olympic Trials in Minneapolis. Joining the always dominant Biles—who, despite two shaky beam routines, …

Simone Biles, looking perhaps better than ever, surges to early lead at US Championships
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles, looking perhaps better than ever, surges to early lead at US Championships

Associated Press  

FORT WORTH, Texas — It’s not the skills, otherworldly though they may be, that Simone Biles has displayed so regularly for so long that stand out so much anymore, at least not to the ones who know her best. Biles posted an all-around total 60.450 — the highest in the world during the current Olympic quad — and in some …

Paris 2024: Olympic champion gymnast Suni Lee expected to make the U.S. team after recovering from kidney ailment
8 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024: Olympic champion gymnast Suni Lee expected to make the U.S. team after recovering from kidney ailment

The Hindu  

Olympic gymnastics all-around champion Suni Lee revealed that at the height of dealing with a kidney disease last year, she retained 45 pounds in water weight that made her question whether a return to top form was even possible. “My motivation started to fall,” Lee said this week at the Team USA media summit. “We know what to do and …

Olympic champion Suni Lee back in form after debilitating kidney ailment
8 months, 1 week ago

Olympic champion Suni Lee back in form after debilitating kidney ailment

Associated Press  

Olympic gymnastics all-around champion Suni Lee revealed that at the height of dealing with a kidney disease last year, she questioned whether a return to top form was even possible. “I could not bend my legs the slightest, I couldn’t squeeze my fingers, my face was swollen,” Lee said, noting she retained 45 pounds in water weight. “We know what …

Olympic all-around champ Sunisa Lee is happy competing again. She also wants a skill named for her
10 months ago

Olympic all-around champ Sunisa Lee is happy competing again. She also wants a skill named for her

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Simply competing is an encouraging sign that Sunisa Lee is in a good, healthy place, especially the latter. All of which makes Lee’s work toward having an uneven bars skill named after her as impressive as taking the year’s first competitive step toward this summer’s Paris Games. “I’m doing really good,” Lee said after Friday morning’s workout …

Sunisa Lee, after ‘terrible’ 2023, takes her next big step toward another Olympics
10 months ago

Sunisa Lee, after ‘terrible’ 2023, takes her next big step toward another Olympics

New York Times  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — She grabbed her pink water bottle, gave the uneven bars a quick spritz, climbed up and began her routine. Sunisa Lee, the defending Olympic all-around gold medalist in women’s gymnastics, made it all look effortless and seamless, including twice executing the full-twisting layout Jaeger catch-and-release move that she hopes eventually will be named after her. The morning …

Reigning Olympic champion Sunisa Lee overcomes health issue to compete at U.S. Gymnastics Championships
1 year, 3 months ago

Reigning Olympic champion Sunisa Lee overcomes health issue to compete at U.S. Gymnastics Championships

The Hindu  

Strictly going by standings, reigning Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee finished last at the U.S. Championships — yet ask anybody who knows her and they will view those results in a completely different light. “I’m beyond proud of her that she was able to come out here and show what she did,” said Jordan Chiles, Lee’s good friend and runner-up …

Reigning Olympic champion Sunisa Lee overcomes health issue to compete at US Championships
1 year, 3 months ago

Reigning Olympic champion Sunisa Lee overcomes health issue to compete at US Championships

Associated Press  

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Strictly going by standings, reigning Olympic all-around gold medalist Sunisa Lee finished last at the U.S. Championships — yet ask anybody who knows her and they will view those results in a completely different light. “And we also have to remember that and we’re not going to be doing this forever, so at the end of …

Olympian Sunisa Lee says kidney issue ended Auburn season
1 year, 8 months ago

Olympian Sunisa Lee says kidney issue ended Auburn season

Associated Press  

AUBURN, Ala. — Olympic gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee said a kidney issue cut short her college career, but she still has her sights set on the Paris Games next year. Lee, who already had announced plans to leave college and resume training at the elite level this spring, missed the end of the regular season, the Southeastern Conference championships and …

2020 Olympic champ Sunisa Lee to make a run at Paris 2024
2 years, 1 month ago

2020 Olympic champ Sunisa Lee to make a run at Paris 2024

Associated Press  

AUBURN, Ala. — Sunisa Lee is going to make another run at Olympic glory. The 2020 women’s all-around gymnastics champion announced Tuesday that she will return to training at the elite level following the end of her sophomore season at Auburn next spring. “But I don’t want it to be just once in a lifetime,” Lee, 19, became the fifth …

Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee banking more NCAA success
2 years, 8 months ago

Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee banking more NCAA success

Associated Press  

AUBURN, Ala. — Sunisa Lee needed a respite from the exhausting, all-consuming world of elite gymnastics. “I think if the Olympics were a year earlier and this happened, she couldn’t make that decision” to attend college, said Auburn coach Jeff Graba, whose twin brother Jess has been Lee’s longtime personal coach. “I think it’s something I just want to prove …

Olympic champ Sunisa Lee still focused on college, not fame
3 years, 4 months ago

Olympic champ Sunisa Lee still focused on college, not fame

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Sunisa Lee’s life changed the second she placed a gold medal around her neck. “ just has been another one of my dreams and goals after the Olympics,” the 18-year-old said Friday, less than 24 hours after edging Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade for the top spot on the podium. “I do want to go to college and have fun …

American gymnast Sunisa Lee takes Olympic gold
3 years, 4 months ago

American gymnast Sunisa Lee takes Olympic gold

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Sunisa Lee wanted to quit during quarantine. “It’s crazy,” Lee said after winning the Olympic all-around title following a tight duel with Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade. “It doesn’t seem like real life.” Even though the pain in Lee’s foot eased — funny how it seemed to get better the more she trained — she arrived in Japan figuring her …

Tokyo Olympics: USA’s Sunisa Lee wins gymnastics all-around gold in absence of Simone Biles
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: USA’s Sunisa Lee wins gymnastics all-around gold in absence of Simone Biles

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Biles cheered …

2021 Olympics: With Simone Biles out, Suni Lee wins all-around gold
3 years, 4 months ago

2021 Olympics: With Simone Biles out, Suni Lee wins all-around gold

New York Times  

American Sunisa Lee won gold in the women’s gymnastics all-around final at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday as her teammate and defending champion Simone Biles cheered her on from the sidelines. The 18-year-old Lee captured the gold with a strong floor routine in the final rotation, finishing with a total score of 57.433. The whole season, I’ve been second to …

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