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 for Saturday’s USA Gymnastics Winter Cup. Lee figured to share this weekend’s spotlight with 2012 Olympic all-around champ Gabby Douglas, who last week announced her return to competition after an eight-year break. Lee hopes to use it in international competition and have it entered into the sport’s Code of Points as something new -- in much the same way Simone Biles, the 2016 Olympic all-around champ and the sport’s most decorated American gymnast, has five elements named for her.

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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, …

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 clinches another Olympic medal as Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes make rare public appearance to watch USA gymnast take bronze in uneven bars
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Suni Lee clinches another Olympic medal as Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes make rare public appearance to watch USA gymnast take bronze in uneven bars

Daily Mail  

Suni Lee added another medal to her collection when she took home bronze in the women's uneven bars final on Sunday. In the crowd, Lee received support from Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes, who made a rare public appearance to cheer her on. Suni Lee took home a bronze medal in the women's uneven bars final on Sunday Ryan Gosling …

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 …

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

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sunisa Lee called coach Jess …

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
5 months 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, …

How Simone Biles and the U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team is shaping up
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How Simone Biles and the U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team is shaping up

New York Times  

Follow our Olympics coverage in the lead-up to the Paris Games. Though she didn’t compete at U.S. championships due to a shoulder injury flaring up after the Core Hydration Classic earlier in May, Jones successfully petitioned to compete in the Olympic trials and will likely place second in the all-around if she performs to her normal standard. Considering the results …

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 …

Gabby Douglas returns to training ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics
1 year, 5 months ago

Gabby Douglas returns to training ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics

The Hindu  

Three-time Olympic gold medallist Gabby Douglas has returned to training with an eye on next year’s Games in Paris, the 27-year-old American said on Thursday. Douglas, who has not competed since the 2016 Rio Games when she led the United States to a second consecutive Olympic team gold, said last year she was taking time off to focus on her …

Gold medalist Gabby Douglas, 27, returning to gymnastics training: What it could mean for 2024
1 year, 5 months ago

Gold medalist Gabby Douglas, 27, returning to gymnastics training: What it could mean for 2024

New York Times  

Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas announced she has returned to gymnastics training in an Instagram post Thursday. Here’s what you need to know: The 27-year-old, who in 2012 became the first Black woman to win the Olympic all-around title, wrote that after “a lot of journaling, reflecting, soul searching,” she has “found back where it all began.” She last competed …

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 …

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 …

U.S. women earn record sixth straight world gymnastics title
2 years, 1 month ago

U.S. women earn record sixth straight world gymnastics title

Associated Press  

LIVERPOOL, England — A pair of falls on the balance beam in qualifying cost Jordan Chiles a shot at the world all-around gymnastics title. Chiles essentially assured the U.S. women of a sixth straight world team championship on Tuesday, drilling her beam routine during the three-up/three-count finals as the Americans pulled away from host Britain. Chiles’ nervy 13.333 on the …

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 …

What’s next for Olympic gold medalists Suni Lee and Jade Carey? College gymnastics
3 years, 4 months ago

What’s next for Olympic gold medalists Suni Lee and Jade Carey? College gymnastics

LA Times  

Since gymnast Suni Lee won the Olympic all-around title on July 29, her social media accounts have been buzzing. The three-time Olympic medalist is heading to Auburn and, with new name, image and likeness rules enacted this summer, is part of a large group of Olympic gymnasts who can have what Auburn coach Jeff Graba calls “the best of both …

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 …

Suni Lee: US gymnast wins Olympic all-around after injuries, tragedies and a horrific accident
3 years, 4 months ago

Suni Lee: US gymnast wins Olympic all-around after injuries, tragedies and a horrific accident

CNN  

CNN — Suni Lee just accomplished what no one expected three days ago – not even herself. She also extended the United States’ 17-year winning streak in that competition – a dynasty that seemed in jeopardy this week when the previous Olympic all-around champ, Simone Biles, announced her withdrawal. Just days after her father’s devastating accident, Suni Lee made her …

Opinion: Suni Lee earned her glory in the hardest of ways
3 years, 4 months ago

Opinion: Suni Lee earned her glory in the hardest of ways

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Amy Bass is a professor of sport studies at Manhattanville College and the author of “One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together” and “Not the Triumph but the Struggle: The 1968 Olympics and the Making of the Black Athlete,” among other titles. Amy Bass Courtesy Rodney Bedsole The headlines before …

Olympics: Suni Lee wins the gymnastics all-around gold medal
3 years, 4 months ago

Olympics: Suni Lee wins the gymnastics all-around gold medal

LA Times  

When Suni Lee first showed interest in gymnastics, her father, John, built her a wooden balance beam in the family’s backyard in St. Paul, Minn., because they couldn’t afford to buy one. John and her mother, Yeev were thousands of miles from Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Thursday when 18-year-old Suni seized the lead after the third of four rotations and …

‘I didn’t think I would ever be here,’ says Sunisa Lee after winning ‘surreal’ all-around gymnastics gold at the Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

‘I didn’t think I would ever be here,’ says Sunisa Lee after winning ‘surreal’ all-around gymnastics gold at the Tokyo Olympics

CNN  

Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo CNN — After a turbulent few years, Sunisa Lee can now call herself an Olympic gold medalist. Lee, who extends the USA’s run of Olympic gold medals in the event to five, scored 57.433 as teammate and 2016 all-around champion Simone Biles watched on from the stands. Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Suni Lee wins gymnastics …

Sunisa Lee Claims Olympic Gold And Shows U.S. Gymnastics Has More Than 1 Superstar
3 years, 4 months ago

Sunisa Lee Claims Olympic Gold And Shows U.S. Gymnastics Has More Than 1 Superstar

NPR  

Sunisa Lee Claims Olympic Gold And Shows U.S. Gymnastics Has More Than 1 Superstar Enlarge this image toggle caption Ashley Landis/AP Ashley Landis/AP TOKYO — Sunisa Lee has won Olympic gold in the marquee individual competition of women's gymnastics after U.S. star and heavy favorite Simone Biles pulled out to take care of her mental health. Enlarge this image toggle …

Who are Sunisa Lee and Jade Carey? Meet Team USA’s all-around competitors
3 years, 4 months ago

Who are Sunisa Lee and Jade Carey? Meet Team USA’s all-around competitors

LA Times  

U.S. gymnasts Sunisa Lee, left, and Jade Carey fist bump during the qualification round at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Simone Biles has made a name for herself by rewriting the international code of points with increasingly difficult skills that bear her name, but with the greatest of all time out of Thursday’s all-around final, don’t sleep on Sunisa Lee …

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