Paris Olympics: Former Auburn gymnast Suni Lee shines as Team USA captures gold medal
That’s two-time Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee to you.
After helping Team USA women’s gymnastics to its first Olympic gold medal in team competition since the 2016 Rio Olympics, former Auburn gymnast Suni Lee secured the second Olympic gold medal of her career on Tuesday from Paris’ Bercy Arena.
Lee won her first Olympic gold medal during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as she won the all-around competition.
On Tuesday, Lee was set to compete on the uneven bars, balance beam and floor, meaning she was forced to sit and wait during the first rotation as Team USA started on vault.
The Americans’ time on vault was followed by a trip to the uneven bars, which is arguably Lee’s best event.
Lee ended up falling off the uneven bars during her warmup, but brushed it off quickly and put together a Team USA-leading score of 14.566.
Following bars, Team USA took to the balance beam, where it was presented with quick gut check as Jordan Chiles fell off the apparatus to start the team’s turn.
And while following a fall is never easy as they are sometimes considered “contagious,” Lee made sure that wasn’t the case and strung together a near-flawless routine, finishing with a score of 14.600.
In what felt like a victory-lap-of-a-final rotation on floor, Lee finished up her brilliant day with a 13.533 before carrying the American flag across the floor alongside Simone Biles as gold medalists once again.