Olympic Gymnastics Updates: Sunisa Lee Wins All-Around Gold
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July 29, 2021, 8:59 p.m. ETJuly 29, 2021, 8:59 p.m. ET
Rebeca Andrade of Brazil won silver and Angelina Melnikova of Russia won bronze in a field that was missing the American superstar Simone Biles, who cheered on the other gymnasts from the stands.
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Sunisa Lee, 18, finished ahead of Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and Angelina Melnikova of Russia.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times
TOKYO — For years, Sunisa Lee, a teenager from Minnesota who became the Olympic all-around gymnastics champion on Thursday night, wasn’t training just for herself.
Lee, a Hmong American, went to the gym every day for all the first-generation Americans who wanted to achieve success when their parents had come to the United States with nothing. And she trained through grueling practices and painful injuries for her father, John, who suffered a spinal cord injury in 2019 and now uses a wheelchair.