US Gymnast Sunisa Lee Wins Gold In All-Around Event

The Associated Press reports:

Sunisa Lee became the fifth straight American woman to claim the Olympic title in the women’s all-around. She edged Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in an entertaining and hotly contested final while Simone Biles watched from the stands.

Lee’s total of 57.433 points was just enough to top Andrade. The Brazilian earned the first gymnastics all-around medal by a Latin American athlete but missed out on gold when she stepped out of bounds twice during her floor routine.

Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova earned bronze two days after leading ROC to gold in the team final.

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U.S. gymnast Sunisa Lee won the all-around gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, taking the lead after the third of four rotations.https://t.co/9JtaMAnseG

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 29, 2021

OLYMPIC ALL-AROUND CHAMPION SUNISA LEE. #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/l3CR3Fv8JJ

— Team USA (@TeamUSA) July 29, 2021

An amazing performance from Sunisa Lee to keep the #USA streak going!

After a thrilling women’s all-around #artisticgymnastics final, @sunisalee_ takes #gold#StrongerTogether | #Tokyo2020 | @gymnastics | @TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/aDEFml8a0o

— Olympics (@Olympics) July 29, 2021

JUST IN: American Sunisa Lee takes gold in all-around gymnastics at the #Tokyo2020 Olympics with Simone Biles cheering from the stands https://t.co/jYr5rkIlUB

— CNN (@CNN) July 29, 2021