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Suni Lee wins bronze in all-around gymnastics competition

Suni Lee won her second medal in the Paris games today coming in third in the all-around individual women’s gymnastics competition.

It was a 1-3 finish for Team USA with Simone Biles winning her second gold in the all-around competition. She’s the third woman in history to ever do that.

Suni Lee gets a big hug from her coach after completing her medal-clinching floor exercise at the Paris Olympics.
Suni Lee gets a big hug from her coach after completing her medal-clinching floor exercise at the Paris Olympics. AsAmNews photo

Both Biles and Lee also won a gold with Team USA in the women’s team competition held earlier this week.

Biles eked out a narrow victory over Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade who took the silver, USA Today reported.

Lee and Biles jointly raised the U.S. flag together in victory.

Lee guaranteed herself a medal after her performance on the floor exercise. Judges gave her a 13.666, slightly more than the 13.535 she needed to guarantee victory, according to NBC. She is the first gold medalist in her field to return to the next Olympics to win a medal since Nadia Comaneci of Romania in 1976 and 1980.

It culminates an amazing comeback for Lee who battled back from kidney disease to return to the Olympics.

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