Sunisa Lee won the gold medal in the individual all-around gymnastics competition, continuing a U.S victory streak that began when Carly Patterson earned the title in 2004.
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Lee began her competition on the vault, which she executed cleanly. She landed her double-twisting Yurchenko with a slight bend in her hips, referred to as piking down, for a score of 14.6. nyti.ms/3xhaqim
Lee’s score on vault was fifth best in the competition, but on her next apparatus, the uneven bars, she ranked first. Overall, she scored 57.433, 0.135 better than Rebeca Andrade of Brazil. nyti.ms/3xhaqim
On the uneven bars, Lee powered through to connect the complex skills that make her routine the hardest in the world. nyti.ms/3xhaqim
Lee delivered on the beam after leaning back and waving her left arm to regain her balance on her first skill, a triple wolf turn where one leg is deeply bent and the other is held out straight. nyti.ms/3xhaqim
Below, Lee is shown near the end of her routine connecting a side aerial with two back flips called layout step-outs. The difficulty of the routine was key. After three rotations, she had taken the lead. nyti.ms/3xhaqim
Lee received her best floor exercise score of these Olympics, a 13.7, and became the fifth American woman in a row to win the all-around title. Below, Lee performs her most difficult floor skill. nyti.ms/3xhaqim
“You’re going to be just fine,” Simone Biles had told Lee and her U.S. teammates on Tuesday after she withdrew from the team final. As it turned out, Lee was better than fine. She was golden. nyti.ms/3xhaqim
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