Suni Lee wins gold in Tokyo Olympics gymnastics all-around competition
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TOKYO — Suni Lee picked up where Simone Biles left off.
Lee won the Olympic all-around title Thursday night, the fifth consecutive American woman to claim gymnastics’ biggest prize. Joining Carly Patterson, Nastia Liukin, Gabby Douglas and Biles as Olympic gold medalists, Lee’s victory provided a bright spot in what has been a tough week for the U.S. women.
Her score of 57.433 beat Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade’s 57.298. Russia’s Angelina Melnikova took the bronze.
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Biles was heavily favored to become the first woman in more than a half-century – Czechoslovakia’s Vera Caslavska in 1968, for you trivia buffs — to repeat as Olympic champion, having not lost an all-around competition since 2013. But she withdrew from Tuesday night’s team competition after one event, citing mental health concerns.
The Americans still won the silver medal, but it was the first time since 2010 that they had failed to claim gold at the world championships or Olympics.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Suni Lee wins gold in Tokyo Olympics gymnastics all-around competition