Suni Lee Wins Olympic Gold in individual All-round Gymnastics closing At Tokyo games

Gymnast Sunisa (Suni) Lee is officially an Olympic gold medalist.

The 18-12 months-historic athlete scored suitable marks Thursday within the ladies's particular person all-around gymnastics ultimate at the Ariake Gymnastics center in Tokyo, defeating Brazil's Rebeca Andrade and Angelina Melnikova of Russia's Olympic Committee, who finished 2d and third, respectively. FYI, the particular person all-around adventure is comprised of performances on the vault, uneven bars, the steadiness beam, and a ground undertaking.

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Lee, who is the primary Hmong American Olympic gymnast, continued crew country's gold medal streak in the particular person all-round gymnastics closing as Simone Biles, who withdrew from Thursday's event and Tuesday's crew last to focal point on her mental health, had received the gold medal at the 2016 games in Rio. Gabby Douglas had up to now received in London at the 2012 games, four years after Natasia Liukin in Beijing. Carly Patterson had first gained the gold on the Athens games in 2004.

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Following Lee's monumental win on Thursday, she celebrated with her coaches, in response to americans, and teammate Jade Carey, who also participated within the individual all-around closing and positioned eighth.

Lee, a Minnesota native, had received the silver medal, along with Biles, Jordan Chiles, and grace McCallum for Tuesday's group final. Biles thanked her teammates on Instagram for stepping up. "i am SO proud of these girls appropriate right here. You girls are incredibly brave & talented! i may forever be impressed by way of your decision to not give up and to combat through adversity! They stepped up once I could not. thanks for being there for me and having my lower back! invariably love y'all," wrote Biles on Instagram.

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Lee herself also posted a touching message to Biles, who has received an outpouring of celeb help given that prioritizing her intellectual neatly-being on the games. "happy with you & everything you may have completed! thank you for being a job model and someone i lookup to each day. you no longer most effective encourage me as a gymnast however as an individual as well. your fearlessness and ability to do the inconceivable does not go overlooked, we adore you!" shared Lee on Wednesday.

As of Thursday, the U.S. has a complete of 37 medals from the Tokyo video games: 13 gold, 14 silver, and 10 bronze.

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