Sunisa Lee contemplated quitting gymnastics during quarantine, amid the sadness of losing family members to COVID-19 and the pain of a broken foot. That urge passed. And then she was in Tokyo, winning a gold medal. “It doesn’t seem like real life.”
Sunisa Lee, of United States, reacts as she poses for a picture after winning the gold medal in the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. It all had become too much. The lingering pain from a broken foot. The deaths of two family members from COVID-19. Her father’s slow recovery from an accident that left him paralyzed.
Then Biles opted out of the all-around competition to focus on her mental health following an eight-year run atop the sport. Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova added bronze to the gold she won in the team final. American Jade Carey, who joined the competition after Biles pulled out, finished eighth. Lee admitted she was getting “in her head” a little bit while prepping for her bar routine, the one that’s currently the hardest in the world. She didn’t exactly look nervous. The 15.300 the judges rewarded her for a series of intricate connections and releases tied Andrade’s near-perfect Cheng vault for the highest score of the night.Yet it wasn’t Lee’s brilliance that made the difference but her guts.
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