The individual Olympic finals were bronze-coated for NCAA-affiliated gymnasts Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, and Sunisa Lee.
Former Auburn standout Sunisa Lee, the 2020 Olympic all-around champion, won bronze in the all-around final behind teammate Simone Biles of the U.S. and Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade.
It was a historic podium for women’s gymnastics. Lee was the first Olympic champion to win a second all-around medal at the next Olympic Games since Nadia Comăneci in 1980. Biles made history herself by becoming the first gymnast to win gold all-around medals at two non-consecutive Olympics, as well as the first to win two all-around Olympic gold medals since Věra Čáslavská in 1968. As for Andrade, this was her second consecutive all-around silver medal at the Olympics.
Lee, an NCAA beam champion and all-around silver medalist, trailed the top gymnasts for much of the competition but performed one of her best ever routines on floor, her final event, to clinch bronze ahead of Italy’s Alice D’Amato, who finished in a historic fourth place. Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour was fifth, Canada’s Ellie Black sixth, China’s Qiu Qiyuan seventh, and Germany’s Helen Kevric eighth.
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