PARIS — Three times, this American gymnast and former Olympic all-around champion has taken the floor to compete at these Paris Games. And three times, she has walked away with a medal. With an inspiring tale of redemption and courage, she emerged from a personal nightmare to write a new Olympic story — ending up with enough hardware to join the short list of the most decorated gymnasts of all time.
Sunisa Lee may not get the headlines of teammate Simone Biles, and she might never match the career exploits of America’s most famous gymnast. But in adding a sixth career medal to her collection Sunday afternoon with a bronze on the uneven parallel bars, Lee more than earned this day in the solo spotlight. Suni Lee wins an uneven bars bronze medal with a fantastic routine in the final! #ParisOlympics 📺 NBC and Peacock pic.
twitter.com/0V1TGS25sp As much as anyone in Paris, the 21-year-old Minnesota native has pushed her way out of life’s shadows and into the light — her recovery from not one, but two debilitating kidney diseases in the past year just the headline of a grueling three-year span since she took an unexpected gold medal home from the Tokyo Games in 2021. With one more competition to go, in Monday’s balance beam finals, Lee is the owner of six Olympic medals, including the team gold and all-around bronze here in Paris.
Advertisement “I can’t believe that I have six medals, and this one definitely means a lot, a lot more than I thought,” Lee said. �.